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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:47 am    Post subject:

Having both ball dominant players Luka and LBJ on the same team is probably the exact opposite offense philosophy to what JJ want to do.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 8:51 am    Post subject:

JJ played with Luka in Dallas.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 9:00 am    Post subject:

Defense is going to take a nosedive but team will still be entertaining to watch. Hello league pass.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 11:51 am    Post subject:

So reportedly JJ knew and was on board throughout the negotiation so he's had 3 weeks of knowledge to prep coaching Luka, should be fun
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 4:32 pm    Post subject:

Day wrote:
So reportedly JJ knew and was on board throughout the negotiation so he's had 3 weeks of knowledge to prep coaching Luka, should be fun


He will have at least a couple more weeks since Luka still hurt
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 4:34 pm    Post subject:

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So reportedly JJ knew and was on board throughout the negotiation so he's had 3 weeks of knowledge to prep coaching Luka, should be fun


He will have at least a couple more weeks since Luka still hurt

Might be less than one, he was supposed to come back to the Mavs on the 8th.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:34 pm    Post subject:

lakersfan8 wrote:
Having both ball dominant players Luka and LBJ on the same team is probably the exact opposite offense philosophy to what JJ want to do.


Lebron has shown he can play off ball a lot.


Luka is going to handle the ball for the majority of time making Lebrons life a whole lot easier.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 7:37 pm    Post subject:

lakersfan8 wrote:
Having both ball dominant players Luka and LBJ on the same team is probably the exact opposite offense philosophy to what JJ want to do.

Agree. It’s Lukas show. JJ has to let bron know. We want the ball in Lukas hands in crunch time. There shouldn’t be a question of who’s team this is.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 11:21 pm    Post subject:

TMG wrote:
lakersfan8 wrote:
Having both ball dominant players Luka and LBJ on the same team is probably the exact opposite offense philosophy to what JJ want to do.


Lebron has shown he can play off ball a lot.


Luka is going to handle the ball for the majority of time making Lebrons life a whole lot easier.

I believe JJ wants to play a fast tempo motion offense that involves a lot of running and cutting. If there’s one thing that Pelinka excels, it would be giving wrong ingredients to the head coach.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:42 am    Post subject:

lakersfan8 wrote:
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lakersfan8 wrote:
Having both ball dominant players Luka and LBJ on the same team is probably the exact opposite offense philosophy to what JJ want to do.


Lebron has shown he can play off ball a lot.


Luka is going to handle the ball for the majority of time making Lebrons life a whole lot easier.

I believe JJ wants to play a fast tempo motion offense that involves a lot of running and cutting. If there’s one thing that Pelinka excels, it would be giving wrong ingredients to the head coach.


Lebron is one of the greatest cutters this game has ever seen. Lebron is ranked 11th in transition baskets.

I think this duo in theory should be great. Luka has never played with anyone like Lebron and vice versa.

Now we've got someone that can take over in crunch time as well. AD didn't want it and Lebron is too old.

Where Rob will be judged is how he builds this team. We still need a starting center and someone to replace Max.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:48 am    Post subject:

Ok JJ, I won’t accept anything less than top-3 offense
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 6:54 am    Post subject:

I’m sure JJ is super excited to coach Luka. Especially as Luka is a floor-raiser - JJ will be hard-pressed to ever miss the play-in with Luka on this roster
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 7:18 am    Post subject:

JJ does have a challenge in how to manage this team until Pelinka re-balances the roster. But I think the big burden is on Pelinka to put the right pieces around Luka, Luka is a once in a a decade franchise talent, and Pelinka needs to have real urgency to put the right talent around him. JJ I think will be fine, he's shown that he's at least an adequate coach.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 8:15 pm    Post subject:

excited to see what JJ can do.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 5:33 pm    Post subject:

I wonder how mad Darvin Ham must be. If he had survived one more season he could have coached Luka.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:55 pm    Post subject:

When we first hired JJ, I said give him half a season before coming to conclusions. Now that we're past that half, we could see JJ getting a better grasp of the team and the players.

Almost everyone is playing better. From AR to Rui to Knect to Max. Everyone. Everyone has improved. Have to give JJ a ton of credit here. Winning blowout games with a bunch of supposed misfits. We have no stars on the team other than Lebron if you still consider him a star.

JJ is the GOAT!!!
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 9:33 pm    Post subject:

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With this 5th win on the 6-game Grammy Trip, the Lakers improve to 10 games over .500, and now 13-13 on the road. They’re 1 game back of Denver for 4th in the West, and the 8th-best win percentage in the NBA (.604).


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:16 pm    Post subject:

Another blowout, another leap in netrtg. We're now finally in the positives at +0.3, good for 14th in the league.

20th in DRTG, 10th in ORTG. You have to think both of those continue to climb.

Also, we just dismantled the 5th and 9th rated teams playing one hand tied behind our backs.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:32 pm    Post subject:

CandyCanes wrote:
I wonder how mad Darvin Ham must be. If he had survived one more season he could have coached Luka.


He would have ruined Luka.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:34 pm    Post subject:

such an inspired choice...
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:36 pm    Post subject:

Did you guys see the picture of JJ hugging Luka? Literally never seen him happier lol
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:39 pm    Post subject:

Cutheon wrote:
CandyCanes wrote:
I wonder how mad Darvin Ham must be. If he had survived one more season he could have coached Luka.


He would have ruined Luka.


That is just absurd hyperbole. Please stop.

He absolutely would not ruin him. He would probably prolong his career and spare his body. Imagine how much less wear and tear Luka would have coming off the bench to spell Taurean Prince.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:54 pm    Post subject:

strong9 wrote:
Cutheon wrote:
CandyCanes wrote:
I wonder how mad Darvin Ham must be. If he had survived one more season he could have coached Luka.


He would have ruined Luka.


That is just absurd hyperbole. Please stop.

He absolutely would not ruin him. He would probably prolong his career and spare his body. Imagine how much less wear and tear Luka would have coming off the bench to spell Taurean Prince.




You had me going there lol
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:05 pm    Post subject:

We should be able to go at least 3-1 in the next 4. Gotta take it one game at a time. That Utah road game may be sneaky hard, also the Pacers game
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 05, 2025 7:24 am    Post subject:

Cutheon wrote:
CandyCanes wrote:
I wonder how mad Darvin Ham must be. If he had survived one more season he could have coached Luka.


He would have ruined Luka.

To be fair to Darvin, he did get results and similar level to JJ in year 1. Year 1 was never gonna be the test. The test would be year 2 and 3 and the playoffs.

The same guys that were hugging Darvin and battling to the WCF with him soured on him by year 2. The guys really played hard for Darvin in year 1 post-WB trade things went very well.

We also need to see what JJ can do in the playoffs. We can't forget the 2023 run the team had post-WB trade. They went something like 20-9 and went to the WCF. There was a time during that stretch some were saying Ham was the best coach since Phil.

I feel we're on a similar level the post-WB team was on. That stretch between Feb-May 2023. If Luka and Lebron fit in, it's going to be tough to beat this team with Lebron playing this way. I do question Lebron and Luka fitting in though. Last night, Lebron was running the show big time. Same in NY. To me Lebron and Luka are like having the same player, and same flaws on defense. So how do you get them both having the same MVP level impact at the same time? That's going to be the big test for JJ.
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