Weren’t you watching. Vando started scoring around 12 points along with his elite defense. The Lakers were rolling before he got hurt. Vando needs to stay healthy. He already proved on the move he can score.
Vando is a liability in the playoffs. Simple as that. Scheming for him might work in the season and in the first round. But it won’t work deep in the playoffs. This team isn’t a contender though so that shouldn’t matter.
He's a liability preseason to season to playoffs to offseason, he's not an elite defender, occasionally he has had a moment or tow...the only one of significance was guarding Curry in 2023 playoffs, other than that ball pokes are often from recovering when beat...he's not a good rebounder as he is too scrawny and he has zero outlet pass....back to "liability"....his salary on new contract of $48M/4 years makes him very overpaid, and I don't see him as a trade asset for all of the above. Around 12 points....I'll go look later, probably averaged 8-11 during his best run of offense. I'd trade Vanderbilt and 2 second round picks for a superior player Sochan of the Spurs.....and b0th are far from being the next Dennis Rodman....
Why do they keep talking about trading Jared Vanderbilt when he is the best mfkn defender on the team? The Lakers were rolling before he got hurt again.
None factor if he hurt all yr again remember he got paid so he not gonna play hard nomore it's a hustle for these guys nowadays 💯 that is why the NBA is not what it use to be
EXACTLY! im so confused. Hes actually the glue that makes both laker weaknesses strong. Perimeter defense and rebounding. Hes one of the best at it. In fact hes what JJ wants Rui to be. I honestly dont get it. AND HES CHEAP! He should never he moved. Idc about his offense. U need a guy like that to won chips period
I’m so glad JJ’s talking about keeping Vando. Despite his offensive deficiencies, he’s an elite wing defender with a motor and we’ll need that for any kind of championship run.
@@josephmcintyre752JV is two way when he clogs those lanes and gets us running the other way with numbers! 😂 We need Vanderbilt. He makes a huge difference. We need a big!
@@KeeganStephen0914 how is he a TWO WAY PLAYER, when he cant shoot, & fumbles ball, around basket? Who TF, have you been watching. Mikal Bridges, Jaylon Brown, PG 13, Kahawai, OG Annanobuy, KCP. These are, TWO WAY players. No one says JV, & thinks offense. Stop playing
@@josephmcintyre752And no one says vando is a bum lol. He is a decisive championship piece.. u can have vando and still need 2 way players and vando can still be a dawg
@@hunter-zp2hf i beg to differ. A player who isn't on court, isn't worth 💩, no matter the talent. I don't get what people see in him. Basketball is OFFENSE & DEFENSE. Did Boston just win, with a player, who cant shoot? He doesn't even score much as Draymond. Then he doesn't rebound & assist, like Draymond. How about getting in gym, & developing shot. Even with his defense, He's a liability, on court. His man doubles, because he cant shoot. How does that, help Lakers?
How tf are our players ALWAYS hurt... Our season been over for a month+ and we still have injuries..... Players out for ENTIRE YEARS.. K Nunn, Gabe, Jarred, JHS. Our medical staff has serious questions that need be asked
@@chrisrobinson8339 I think it's crazy we blame the Miami heat when it's 100% our fault K Nunn and Gabe have NO VALUE. They came to us as highly sought after players and we completely eliminated their value entirely... Shocking work
@@RK-ck6pl clearly you don't get it. It's the recovery time. Kendrick Nunn missed the entire year with a bone bruise, Which is a 1 month injury TOPS. 🤣🤣 Gabe had "knee swelling" that's mismanagement in training. Nobody pulled a hamstring or tore a tendon. They had overuse/poor recovery injuries..... Muppet
@@jaredchalker7914 lol 😆 Bless your heart. All injuries are the same? all people heal the same? and it's the trainer not the patient who does the healing? You think our training staff handled a bone bruise radically differently than anyone else would have? 🤔 🤣 There's a reason people get credit for being an iron man. It's because it's really impressive. Not everyone can do it.
I love JJ's attitude. He understands where some of these players need to be at specific points in the game that Ham did not. Yall might not like that the roster was the same but players were not used in their best ways last year. I think there is at least room for 15% increase in production.
Street clothes & the aging Queen got lucky neither were injured for any length of time this past season. They're about to play in the Olympics before going into training camp. Good luck with lightning to striking twice. Roster is still trash & no new signings of any worth. Play in team again at best. 😂
I like the new CBA personally. Forces teams to draft better. There's less player movement so fans can actually fall in love with their heroes instead of watching them walk away every 2 years. Building fan-team loyalty. Also, no more boring cakewalk superteams like the Ws had when kd joined.
To get AD more involved is getting the guards to pass him the ball. Looks like our guards lacked getting him the ball in the low post. Those pick and rolls don't always get AD points because the opponent always crowd the paint. I haven't seen any player make AD a hub since Rondo.
You're dead on with this, and in fact it's emblematic of a larger issue in the NBA that guards are TERRIBLE at throwing entry passes to the post, which used to be a basic skill.
Guards and Lebron James allowed Anthony Davis to get only 1 shot attempt for the entire 4th Quarter of Game 2 of the Playoffs. Now this change to A.D at Top of Key to catch the 1st pass is great because it automatically leads to an EXTRA PASS.
Vando is a solid defensive player but totally useless on offence. He's strictly one way player that the team needs to use sparingly. If you have a starting 5 of AD, LeBron, AR, DLO and Vando, you would have 4 one way players starting a game, not a good thing.
@@fattony9227so he cant set picks?? Slip to the basket?? Do dribble hand offs?? Crash the offensive glass??? So he can't do nun of that??? It's spelled offense by the way.. no offense though 😂😂
Bismack Biyombo was available half the year last before someone picked him up , I'm sure he second string somewhere right now , stick him in the middle and let's roll , he tough , strong and can rebound
A coach's job is not only to take the players to practice movements , shots and strategy, and coach them through a game.. He has to know each player's strengths, weaknesses, pros and cons and fit them together like a jig saw puzzle so they can perform at their highest. He also must know to improvise strategies during a game to pull the team out of a slump, or take advantage of situations. If JJ can do that, which Ham was not doing, then he will be successful.
Reaves is tired from golfing so damn much! When you interviewed him look at how small his arms were. That's because if he had that bulk from working out would effect his golf game. He has his golf build rn. He needs to committ to basketball.
I'm not a lakers fan but I like the NBA in general and listen to a lot of podcasts. You guys consistently create content and do a great job in covering the Lakers! Keep up the good work.
I know he hasn't talked about him much since becoming coach, but as a longtime listener of his podcast JJ has been a huge fan of Vando for years. Put him on his list of best "star in their role" players multiple times.
They just gotta make the right move, don’t overpay for underwhelming assets. And I think Gary Trent Jr at the TMLE and Dinwiddie at the minimum after a DLo trade for a 3 and D wing is the likely move
I'm not asking for Vando to develop a corner 3 He is an excellent rebounder and the best pair on the team for cutting to the basket without the ball I want him to work on his hands so he can catch passes and I want him to work on his putbacks so he can score when he gets the ball or when he gets the offensive glass THAT is rare he can help the most offensively
I hate how the media acts like Palinka made some great deal to get rid of Russ. NO! The Timberwolves were just as desperate to dump D'Angela and they also wanted to trade Vando. They couldn't find a trade for them, the Lakers were their only option. So the two teams felt like they were helping each other. But the media spun it to made Sob Palinka look good. And Beasley was supposed to be a bonus, didn't workout.
The Lakers needs everyone to be healthy and stay healthy when the season starts. The Lakers have capable players that can play and needs to step up and play their game when they are all healthy. I hope JJ.REDICK has a better offense plan. The Lakers have to get their role players in the offense and take their shots get them involved in some pick"n roll situation. The Lakers dribble to much and waste to much time on the shot on their one play. Their high pick'n roll. The Lakers players needs get themselves in shape and be healthy and ready to play
Oh Trev I definitely agree with you on the reasons the rebounding was bad I'm just saying all of us should have been screaming at the top of our lungs about it long ago
You're optimistic. I like you 😂. LakeShowLife on the other hand is a sadist, so pessimistic and so always right, I'm afraid. If I needed a reminder that the Lakers are doomed, I go there 😂😂. If i needed hope that the Lakers might survive this predicament they are in, I come here but then we just lying to ourselves 😭 😭 ❤❤
5-Out Offense with A.D as the "Hub of the Offense, " catching the 1st pass in a non-catch & shoot situation is awesome multiple pass offense. Vanderbilt's role on offense escapes me.
Vando has to set lots of picks on offense so teams have to account for him on that side of the ball.He just has to make good passes or go to the hoop strong on the roll.
@@tonypapas9854Vando’s been traded 3 times in his first few years in the league and all those teams knew how good his defense was.. it just doesn’t translate well in the playoffs.
@@wills.9422uhh… golden state last year?. the problem isn’t the fact his defense doesn’t translate because it surely does. it’s his offensive capabilities. also outside of the lakers. the last time he was on a true playoff team. was the 2021-22 t-wolves. and he was arguably a top 5 player on that team. outside of ant,dlo,kat,patbev
The problem is that all the players that we as fans know whom are available that would make an immediate title impact, we aren't making moves to acquire them.
Yeah the off ball movement is huge I hated the fact that when we were on defense we were chasing five guys around but when the other team was on defense they could just basically focus on whoever had the bulb and the other guys stood around
Can we admit that the league, its GMs, and most free agents want nothing to do with the Lakers until maybe the trade deadline….consequences of R Paul’s marketing scheme.
As a fan of the games yeah I'd like that. As a Lakers fan, I wouldn't want them to ask that question. The team needs to move on and look forward. Can't be dwelling on the past.
He didnt backtrack, AD was his 4th in DPOY in one of his videos explaining his DPOY choices. So him saying top 5 checks out. Also I dont think he voted All Defense as if its position-less.
QSpades That's a good question. I myself have wondered if they understand we need another big and that's why I've been begging this channel and all the fans to make noise about it for years
Nobody listened to me when I said Jared Vanderbilt was limping at the start of the season. When he came back for those few games. HE WAS LIMPING AFTER EVERYGAME. He needed surgery MONTHS AGO. I think he got surgery in march o April and has been recovering since.
Man nah! Vando spent the entire season rehabbing and now he need to rehab again! Nah the lakers medical staff is fucking horrible! Clearly his injury was worse than what was said! He gotta go and if Rui don’t get better defensively he need to go too! We can afford inconsistent players again
Vando is super injury prone which is why the Lakers front office needs to get rid of Wood, Cam, JHS, etc. And replace them with Saddiq Bey, Garry Trent Jr, Precious Achiuwa, and Wendell Carter. Lakers need upgrades at SF, PF, & center.
It's odd that game time chooses to focus on the fact that it's user friendly I use it to go to the Lakers game last year and it was anything but One thing I needed was here. Another thing I needed was there You can't just download or screenshot your tickets cuz they won't be accepted. So you have to download the app and then where the tickets are in the app isn't even easy to find because there's no place. This actually says "your tickets" It's just buried in some other menu selection Not at all user friendly
Vando is the second best cutter to James. The Lakers could keep Vando for the next years with Davis, and they'll be in the top 10 defensive team for 5 years, Howard is the best center Davis played with!!
Austin knew we needed defense in the guard positions and tried to pick it up. He just didn’t have the conditioning to play both ways and so his shooting suffered.
We should've traded up to get Edey, knowing that he's the exact type of player that we needed. San Antonio just gave away there 8th pick to Minnesota 🤦
@@Flush0000 Minnesota traded a 2031 draft and a pick swap in 2030 to San Antonio for their 8th pick in the draft, you mean to tell me we couldn't have matched that?
I'm all the way on the east coast and I could see Austin shouldn't have played heavy minutes at the beginning of last season AKA Poor player management
Why even have a soft cap if there's going to be an MLE? Just make the cap the soft cap plus the MLE I'm sure there's something I'm missing but seems unnecessarily complicated to me
What were the starters when Ham actually played them together? Wasn’t it 16-6. If they played all year together record could be better. See how JJ uses DLo and Rui then make trade at deadline if not working
You'll notice in the comments at the time that I stopped celebrating the Boston when the moment Vando went down I know that injury and I knew he wasn't coming back
Vando and Vincent were still injured at the end of the season. Vando has a bruised heel. That will take a long time to heal. Vando will probably be injured again this year.
Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't we talking last summer about how there was not very many true centers available that we could afford? Regardless whether they were easy to attain or not, we needed one going in the last season just as badly as we do going into this season so this is nothing new
Weren’t you watching. Vando started scoring around 12 points along with his elite defense. The Lakers were rolling before he got hurt. Vando needs to stay healthy. He already proved on the move he can score.
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Vando is a liability in the playoffs. Simple as that. Scheming for him might work in the season and in the first round. But it won’t work deep in the playoffs. This team isn’t a contender though so that shouldn’t matter.
He's a liability preseason to season to playoffs to offseason, he's not an elite defender, occasionally he has had a moment or tow...the only one of significance was guarding Curry in 2023 playoffs, other than that ball pokes are often from recovering when beat...he's not a good rebounder as he is too scrawny and he has zero outlet pass....back to "liability"....his salary on new contract of $48M/4 years makes him very overpaid, and I don't see him as a trade asset for all of the above. Around 12 points....I'll go look later, probably averaged 8-11 during his best run of offense. I'd trade Vanderbilt and 2 second round picks for a superior player Sochan of the Spurs.....and b0th are far from being the next Dennis Rodman....
Why do they keep talking about trading Jared Vanderbilt when he is the best mfkn defender on the team? The Lakers were rolling before he got hurt again.
None factor if he hurt all yr again remember he got paid so he not gonna play hard nomore it's a hustle for these guys nowadays 💯 that is why the NBA is not what it use to be
Yup.
Just like they keep talking about trading Dlo for Sexton. Sexton?
EXACTLY! im so confused. Hes actually the glue that makes both laker weaknesses strong. Perimeter defense and rebounding. Hes one of the best at it. In fact hes what JJ wants Rui to be. I honestly dont get it. AND HES CHEAP! He should never he moved. Idc about his offense. U need a guy like that to won chips period
@user-or3ld5so9c Where do u guys get these takes from. Hes not gonna play hard cuz he got paid? Seriously, i truly hope u dont view sports like that
I can't believe we are still talking about trades and signings lol . The ship has long sailed
It's all about clicks at this time of the year
Agreed
Facts!
Facts 😭😂
Youre right. Trades NEVER happen after July 9th
Oh wait
lol
I’m so glad JJ’s talking about keeping Vando. Despite his offensive deficiencies, he’s an elite wing defender with a motor and we’ll need that for any kind of championship run.
We need TWO WAY PLAYERS
@@josephmcintyre752JV is two way when he clogs those lanes and gets us running the other way with numbers! 😂
We need Vanderbilt. He makes a huge difference. We need a big!
@@KeeganStephen0914 how is he a TWO WAY PLAYER, when he cant shoot, & fumbles ball, around basket? Who TF, have you been watching. Mikal Bridges, Jaylon Brown, PG 13, Kahawai, OG Annanobuy, KCP. These are, TWO WAY players. No one says JV, & thinks offense. Stop playing
@@josephmcintyre752And no one says vando is a bum lol. He is a decisive championship piece.. u can have vando and still need 2 way players and vando can still be a dawg
@@hunter-zp2hf i beg to differ. A player who isn't on court, isn't worth 💩, no matter the talent. I don't get what people see in him. Basketball is OFFENSE & DEFENSE. Did Boston just win, with a player, who cant shoot? He doesn't even score much as Draymond. Then he doesn't rebound & assist, like Draymond. How about getting in gym, & developing shot. Even with his defense, He's a liability, on court. His man doubles, because he cant shoot. How does that, help Lakers?
How tf are our players ALWAYS hurt... Our season been over for a month+ and we still have injuries..... Players out for ENTIRE YEARS.. K Nunn, Gabe, Jarred, JHS. Our medical staff has serious questions that need be asked
Right. Wtf
@@chrisrobinson8339 I think it's crazy we blame the Miami heat when it's 100% our fault K Nunn and Gabe have NO VALUE. They came to us as highly sought after players and we completely eliminated their value entirely... Shocking work
Guys get hurt.
@@RK-ck6pl clearly you don't get it. It's the recovery time. Kendrick Nunn missed the entire year with a bone bruise, Which is a 1 month injury TOPS. 🤣🤣 Gabe had "knee swelling" that's mismanagement in training. Nobody pulled a hamstring or tore a tendon. They had overuse/poor recovery injuries..... Muppet
@@jaredchalker7914 lol 😆 Bless your heart. All injuries are the same? all people heal the same? and it's the trainer not the patient who does the healing? You think our training staff handled a bone bruise radically differently than anyone else would have? 🤔 🤣 There's a reason people get credit for being an iron man. It's because it's really impressive. Not everyone can do it.
I love JJ's attitude. He understands where some of these players need to be at specific points in the game that Ham did not. Yall might not like that the roster was the same but players were not used in their best ways last year. I think there is at least room for 15% increase in production.
It needs to be 70%better
@@joseguinto7630 lol thats like the KD warriors team
Street clothes & the aging Queen got lucky neither were injured for any length of time this past season. They're about to play in the Olympics before going into training camp. Good luck with lightning to striking twice. Roster is still trash & no new signings of any worth. Play in team again at best. 😂
So when jj loses more games than darvin this year there should be no excuse right?
@@kaferratwhy are you here?? All you do is hate, complain, and cry like a little baby. Ur no fan
Trevor keeping us fans sane 🫡
Hearing about Vanderbilt needing rehab is gut wrenching , hope he’s ready to start the season
@@SSJRome our medical staff sucks.
He had all last season to rehab
@@jaredchalker7914 No they don't lol
THEY NEED TO CUT HIM...HE CANT PLAY
@@dariusewing6962 They can't cut him without doing harm to there own salary cap
I like the new CBA personally. Forces teams to draft better. There's less player movement so fans can actually fall in love with their heroes instead of watching them walk away every 2 years. Building fan-team loyalty. Also, no more boring cakewalk superteams like the Ws had when kd joined.
nobody really liked the kd warriors and the stunts harden pulled was a turn off to the super teams
Pelinka doesn’t care about winning he only care about a paycheck
To get AD more involved is getting the guards to pass him the ball. Looks like our guards lacked getting him the ball in the low post. Those pick and rolls don't always get AD points because the opponent always crowd the paint. I haven't seen any player make AD a hub since Rondo.
Playing 4 made it easier
You're dead on with this, and in fact it's emblematic of a larger issue in the NBA that guards are TERRIBLE at throwing entry passes to the post, which used to be a basic skill.
Guards and Lebron James allowed Anthony Davis to get only 1 shot attempt for the entire 4th Quarter of Game 2 of the Playoffs. Now this change to A.D at Top of Key to catch the 1st pass is great because it automatically leads to an EXTRA PASS.
Teammates setting more physical off the ball screens to help the cutter gain separation from his defender for passes from A.D.
Or he can bring the ball up more like Greek and Joker and Bam and Sabonis does
44:00-46:40 Makes the most sense
Vando was cooking offensively before he got hurt. That game he hit both corner 3s was a turning point. Excited to see him build on that with JJ
Vando is a solid defensive player but totally useless on offence. He's strictly one way player that the team needs to use sparingly. If you have a starting 5 of AD, LeBron, AR, DLO and Vando, you would have 4 one way players starting a game, not a good thing.
@@fattony9227so he cant set picks?? Slip to the basket?? Do dribble hand offs?? Crash the offensive glass??? So he can't do nun of that??? It's spelled offense by the way.. no offense though 😂😂
@@FundzFargo15 NO
@@dariusewing6962 lol ok
Bismack Biyombo was available half the year last before someone picked him up , I'm sure he second string somewhere right now , stick him in the middle and let's roll , he tough , strong and can rebound
A coach's job is not only to take the players to practice movements , shots and strategy, and coach them through a game.. He has to know each player's strengths, weaknesses, pros and cons and fit them together like a jig saw puzzle so they can perform at their highest. He also must know to improvise strategies during a game to pull the team out of a slump, or take advantage of situations. If JJ can do that, which Ham was not doing, then he will be successful.
Everyone have a blessed day
Reaves is tired from golfing so damn much! When you interviewed him look at how small his arms were. That's because if he had that bulk from working out would effect his golf game. He has his golf build rn. He needs to committ to basketball.
So many excuses made for Austin it’s ridiculous. Never seen these mental gymnastics for any other mediocre role player. Pathetic
I'm not a lakers fan but I like the NBA in general and listen to a lot of podcasts. You guys consistently create content and do a great job in covering the Lakers! Keep up the good work.
I know he hasn't talked about him much since becoming coach, but as a longtime listener of his podcast JJ has been a huge fan of Vando for years. Put him on his list of best "star in their role" players multiple times.
😂😂😂 AD shot up JJ’s defensive rankings … 😂😂😂
Not just shot up but two whole tiers 😂😂😂
Time to fully focus on football season
AD better win it soon bcuz wemby will own that award for awhile once he gets his 1st DPOY
AD not winning defensive player of the year until he can win a game against Sabonis😂
They just gotta make the right move, don’t overpay for underwhelming assets. And I think Gary Trent Jr at the TMLE and Dinwiddie at the minimum after a DLo trade for a 3 and D wing is the likely move
Talk about souring the chemistry
I'm not asking for Vando to develop a corner 3
He is an excellent rebounder and the best pair on the team for cutting to the basket without the ball
I want him to work on his hands so he can catch passes and I want him to work on his putbacks so he can score when he gets the ball or when he gets the offensive glass
THAT is rare he can help the most offensively
I been saying that all year, he do not disappear, he’s making others able to score! If they can hit an open three!!!!
AD should get hockey assists
Love the jj seems to actually have a vision. Never got the feeling ham ever did
All nice talk but so UNREALISTIC! I would even say DELUSIONAL! Just like the Front Office! 😑
I hate how the media acts like Palinka made some great deal to get rid of Russ. NO! The Timberwolves were just as desperate to dump D'Angela and they also wanted to trade Vando. They couldn't find a trade for them, the Lakers were their only option. So the two teams felt like they were helping each other. But the media spun it to made Sob Palinka look good.
And Beasley was supposed to be a bonus, didn't workout.
We are so toast not just this year, but years to come.
Been saying Lakers are done for another decade. ESPECIALLY with this management.
@nimajaytv6156 nah especially since Lebron
You're not a true LAKERS Fan
@thisismylife0722 why cause he's telling the truth about what your guy did to the franchise?????
@@thatway2249You're not a laker fan. It's easy to arrive at that conclusion based on your comment.
This team right now may be fine the way it is. For that to work, many players need to step up and actually contribute.
The Lakers needs everyone to be healthy and stay healthy when the season starts. The Lakers have capable players that can play and needs to step up and play their game when they are all healthy. I hope JJ.REDICK has a better offense plan. The Lakers have to get their role players in the offense and take their shots get them involved in some pick"n roll situation. The Lakers dribble to much and waste to much time on the shot on their one play. Their high pick'n roll. The Lakers players needs get themselves in shape and be healthy and ready to play
I would hold onto my cards like Rob and play it smart
I'm reminded of when 'Antoni became coach and talked about how
We are not beating Denver without getting a physical big that can help AD. Jokic just got our number and 10-1 is not something to take lightly
If you are depending on AD to be, the focal point of offense will result in injury. & the defense will suffer. Just watch
Oh Trev I definitely agree with you on the reasons the rebounding was bad
I'm just saying all of us should have been screaming at the top of our lungs about it long ago
Starting 5 is DLo, AR, Vando, LeBron & AD. Backup 5 is Gabe, Dalton, MaxC, Rui & CWood.
Not a bad 10 man unit. Lacking a help center for sure though
Tough month for the Lakers. I mean it's always tough for them after that bubble
Am I the only one that waves at my phone when he says "Hello Lakers Nation!"?I am okay 😢😂
You're optimistic. I like you 😂. LakeShowLife on the other hand is a sadist, so pessimistic and so always right, I'm afraid. If I needed a reminder that the Lakers are doomed, I go there 😂😂. If i needed hope that the Lakers might survive this predicament they are in, I come here but then we just lying to ourselves 😭 😭 ❤❤
OKC fixed one weakness against us and Dallas - size in the paint. we're not gettin passed them
Jeanie needs to fire Rob Pelinka
different doesnt mean better...lets see what jj can do with this team first
We were 47 win team but we weren’t fully healthy. Missing players. Not playing certain players. Bad coaching. This team is underrated.!!!
5-Out Offense with A.D as the "Hub of the Offense, " catching the 1st pass in a non-catch & shoot situation is awesome multiple pass offense. Vanderbilt's role on offense escapes me.
Vando has to set lots of picks on offense so teams have to account for him on that side of the ball.He just has to make good passes or go to the hoop strong on the roll.
Idk why we’re so attached to Vando
Because he actually plays defense. Other than AD, the rest of the players have deficiencies - even LBJ now that he's close to 40.
Uhh maybe because he's the best defenders we have had since Matt Barnes
If you start Lebron DLo and Reaves you need someone who is a plus defender to help make up for those 3
@@tonypapas9854Vando’s been traded 3 times in his first few years in the league and all those teams knew how good his defense was.. it just doesn’t translate well in the playoffs.
@@wills.9422uhh… golden state last year?. the problem isn’t the fact his defense doesn’t translate because it surely does. it’s his offensive capabilities. also outside of the lakers. the last time he was on a true playoff team. was the 2021-22 t-wolves. and he was arguably a top 5 player on that team. outside of ant,dlo,kat,patbev
BTW, love you all !!
Lakers had four years to work on putting a big man next to AD, it’s not just this year. The other three years were before the current CBA.
The problem is that all the players that we as fans know whom are available that would make an immediate title impact, we aren't making moves to acquire them.
Lakers are the only team out of 30 that have not done a trade this offseason or signed a free agent.
Rehab means alot of things. Can be injury can be therapy can be a multitude of things
Yeah the off ball movement is huge
I hated the fact that when we were on defense we were chasing five guys around but when the other team was on defense they could just basically focus on whoever had the bulb and the other guys stood around
But the two teams that were in finals had the least off ball movement in the playoffs 😂..
Can we admit that the league, its GMs, and most free agents want nothing to do with the Lakers until maybe the trade deadline….consequences of R Paul’s marketing scheme.
Slightly correct. But only in the way that Lebrons recruitment days are over, his peers are too old or out of the league.
Laker Nation 🔥
Trevor “big guns” Lane 💪
I wish mainstream media would question JJ about him backtracking on DPotY.
As a fan of the games yeah I'd like that. As a Lakers fan, I wouldn't want them to ask that question. The team needs to move on and look forward. Can't be dwelling on the past.
It's simple. Before he didn't think AD was worthy of being on 1st or 2nd team. As. a Laker coach now...he's just kissing ass to make up for it.🤣
He didnt backtrack, AD was his 4th in DPOY in one of his videos explaining his DPOY choices. So him saying top 5 checks out. Also I dont think he voted All Defense as if its position-less.
freaking JJ
QSpades That's a good question. I myself have wondered if they understand we need another big and that's why I've been begging this channel and all the fans to make noise about it for years
a coach who plans on being here for a long time talks about developing young players for the future who would’ve guessed it 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯😱😱🤯😱
If Vando is going to constantly miss games with minor injuries, we need to trade him.
Nobody listened to me when I said Jared Vanderbilt was limping at the start of the season. When he came back for those few games. HE WAS LIMPING AFTER EVERYGAME. He needed surgery MONTHS AGO. I think he got surgery in march o April and has been recovering since.
I believe AD got a career high in triple doubles in a season this past season
JJ full of it lying to your player when you voted against him I hope the team plays well but I don't think it will anything to do with JJ redick
The potential for this team to truly be unlocked is crazy. we really need just two pieces
Easier said than done. To get two quality pieces were getting trade raped and gutting out the role players.
Grant and Kessler equals championship...
Thank you JJ Redick for saying that Reeves need to be in better shape. So Reeves put down those golf clubs and get to the gym.
Man nah! Vando spent the entire season rehabbing and now he need to rehab again! Nah the lakers medical staff is fucking horrible! Clearly his injury was worse than what was said! He gotta go and if Rui don’t get better defensively he need to go too! We can afford inconsistent players again
He needs to keep AD on his side to keep his job lol
Vando is super injury prone which is why the Lakers front office needs to get rid of Wood, Cam, JHS, etc. And replace them with Saddiq Bey, Garry Trent Jr, Precious Achiuwa, and Wendell Carter. Lakers need upgrades at SF, PF, & center.
Your Hired 😂 go run the front office
Facts with that bench yea they would ball
Bey won’t be back till like next February
He played 72 and 80 games before being injured this past season
I LIKE THAT BUT THEY NEEDED TO GET RID OF VANDO...
Player development was atrocious under Ham. Wait till All star break and see where everyone is. Then we can trade if needed
Trevor is GOAT
Can't we all just get along??
We are better than a lot of teams in the league
Vando is a legit defender. Like we need people that can play defense. thats how caruso got a bag
I guarantee JJ runs Austin with that lame shit he was running when Doc brought his career back to life. Running around screens all day.
It's odd that game time chooses to focus on the fact that it's user friendly
I use it to go to the Lakers game last year and it was anything but
One thing I needed was here. Another thing I needed was there
You can't just download or screenshot your tickets cuz they won't be accepted. So you have to download the app and then where the tickets are in the app isn't even easy to find because there's no place. This actually says "your tickets" It's just buried in some other menu selection
Not at all user friendly
When you have 3 or 4 bad defenders and AD! He should have been defensive player of the year!!!!
Your podcast for this segment is not working. BTW.
Why do you leave Castleton out? He plays center.
Vando is the second best cutter to James. The Lakers could keep Vando for the next years with Davis, and they'll be in the top 10 defensive team for 5 years, Howard is the best center Davis played with!!
Austin knew we needed defense in the guard positions and tried to pick it up. He just didn’t have the conditioning to play both ways and so his shooting suffered.
Damn you Memphis! Edey looks so good 😢
Summer league. Knecht will be solid. Just wait before sending him to the JHS gulag lmaoo
We should've traded up to get Edey, knowing that he's the exact type of player that we needed. San Antonio just gave away there 8th pick to Minnesota 🤦
@@michaelsmith5801 We couldn't trade up that high
@@Flush0000 Minnesota traded a 2031 draft and a pick swap in 2030 to San Antonio for their 8th pick in the draft, you mean to tell me we couldn't have matched that?
I'm all the way on the east coast and I could see Austin shouldn't have played heavy minutes at the beginning of last season AKA Poor player management
AD is going to be used like how Castleton is being used right now in the summer league
Come on come on we need big trade....I love to get Lauri
You only trade him if it makes the team better. Dlo is much better fit than most of these other guys
What’s s good about Gary Trent Jr?
Why even have a soft cap if there's going to be an MLE?
Just make the cap the soft cap plus the MLE
I'm sure there's something I'm missing but seems unnecessarily complicated to me
Im mad we didn't sign daniel theis or luke kennard
Trev having no problem with man lying non stop makes me question Trev integrity
I really like B.I. and want him back, but Kessler and Sexton would be 🔥
Laker's (Rui, DLo, 1st), Piston's (Duren, Ivrey, 1st), Buck's (Lopez) Piston's receive (Rui, Lopez), Buck's receive (1st), Laker's receive (Duren and 1st)
Can Val be included on a Kuzma trade?
What were the starters when Ham actually played them together? Wasn’t it 16-6. If they played all year together record could be better. See how JJ uses DLo and Rui then make trade at deadline if not working
You need to fix the close caption on here
You'll notice in the comments at the time that I stopped celebrating the Boston when the moment Vando went down
I know that injury and I knew he wasn't coming back
Vando and Vincent were still injured at the end of the season. Vando has a bruised heel. That will take a long time to heal. Vando will probably be injured again this year.
This channel used to be a really good watch but the condescending tone on every episode has made it damn near unwatchable
Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't we talking last summer about how there was not very many true centers available that we could afford?
Regardless whether they were easy to attain or not, we needed one going in the last season just as badly as we do going into this season so this is nothing new