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| ElginBaylor wrote: | | Lucky_Shot wrote: | https://youtu.be/W1QHtUn8bZ8
Svi, Ball and Hart three point shorting drill.
Svi seems to be the most accurate of the three (by a little) and Ball's tweaks he has made seem to make his shot more smooth (great camera angles). |
Lonzo's shot really looks better. |
Shooting it with confidence makes a big difference, you can tell he is way more comfortable. |
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CervantesRises
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | ElginBaylor wrote: | | Lucky_Shot wrote: | https://youtu.be/W1QHtUn8bZ8
Svi, Ball and Hart three point shorting drill.
Svi seems to be the most accurate of the three (by a little) and Ball's tweaks he has made seem to make his shot more smooth (great camera angles). |
Lonzo's shot really looks better. |
Shooting it with confidence makes a big difference, you can tell he is way more comfortable. |
When Zo stays balanced and leaves his hand on the follow thru it's money...when he drifts or brings his hand down quickly it's a brick.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| Lucky_Shot wrote: | https://youtu.be/W1QHtUn8bZ8
Svi, Ball and Hart three point shorting drill.
Svi seems to be the most accurate of the three (by a little) and Ball's tweaks he has made seem to make his shot more smooth (great camera angles). |
Hart was missing a lot.. |
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lakersfever714
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Where's the way-too-early preseason game thread? I can't wait any longer!!!
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Tristan Thompson is in for a huge wake-up call this year. He's a bum that thinks he's better than he really is like Mario Chalmers because of the LeBron effect. He (and the rest of the Cavs) will have a horrible season and will be lucky to make the playoffs. |
Yup. He's going to get very frustrated when he's setting those high picks and rolling to the basket and his teammates don't feed him like Lebron used to. Who's going to setup all these guys now? George Hill? Jordan Clarkson? or are they putting it all on the rookie?
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 8:30 am Post subject: |
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| numero-ocho wrote: | | BadGuy wrote: |
Tristan Thompson is in for a huge wake-up call this year. He's a bum that thinks he's better than he really is like Mario Chalmers because of the LeBron effect. He (and the rest of the Cavs) will have a horrible season and will be lucky to make the playoffs. |
Yup. He's going to get very frustrated when he's setting those high picks and rolling to the basket and his teammates don't feed him like Lebron used to. Who's going to setup all these guys now? George Hill? Jordan Clarkson? or are they putting it all on the rookie? |
On the plus side I think we’ll get to see JC and Nance put up some nice numbers.
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| PartyMan wrote: | | numero-ocho wrote: | | BadGuy wrote: |
Tristan Thompson is in for a huge wake-up call this year. He's a bum that thinks he's better than he really is like Mario Chalmers because of the LeBron effect. He (and the rest of the Cavs) will have a horrible season and will be lucky to make the playoffs. |
Yup. He's going to get very frustrated when he's setting those high picks and rolling to the basket and his teammates don't feed him like Lebron used to. Who's going to setup all these guys now? George Hill? Jordan Clarkson? or are they putting it all on the rookie? |
On the plus side I think we’ll get to see JC and Nance put up some nice numbers. |
I feel bad for Cavs fans who are gonna have to watch JC rack up empty stats on a bad team by being incredibly selfish. Dark times as a Lakers fan. |
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Baron Von Humongous
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| BigGameHames wrote: | | PartyMan wrote: | | numero-ocho wrote: | | BadGuy wrote: |
Tristan Thompson is in for a huge wake-up call this year. He's a bum that thinks he's better than he really is like Mario Chalmers because of the LeBron effect. He (and the rest of the Cavs) will have a horrible season and will be lucky to make the playoffs. |
Yup. He's going to get very frustrated when he's setting those high picks and rolling to the basket and his teammates don't feed him like Lebron used to. Who's going to setup all these guys now? George Hill? Jordan Clarkson? or are they putting it all on the rookie? |
On the plus side I think we’ll get to see JC and Nance put up some nice numbers. |
I feel bad for Cavs fans who are gonna have to watch JC rack up empty stats on a bad team by being incredibly selfish. Dark times as a Lakers fan. |
JC's whole career trajectory may have changed when Nash left.
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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | BigGameHames wrote: | | PartyMan wrote: | | numero-ocho wrote: | | BadGuy wrote: |
Tristan Thompson is in for a huge wake-up call this year. He's a bum that thinks he's better than he really is like Mario Chalmers because of the LeBron effect. He (and the rest of the Cavs) will have a horrible season and will be lucky to make the playoffs. |
Yup. He's going to get very frustrated when he's setting those high picks and rolling to the basket and his teammates don't feed him like Lebron used to. Who's going to setup all these guys now? George Hill? Jordan Clarkson? or are they putting it all on the rookie? |
On the plus side I think we’ll get to see JC and Nance put up some nice numbers. |
I feel bad for Cavs fans who are gonna have to watch JC rack up empty stats on a bad team by being incredibly selfish. Dark times as a Lakers fan. |
JC's whole career trajectory may have changed when Nash left. |
He may not of had a 2nd contract if he was drafted by a competitive team that wasn’t fascinated with iso ball. |
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slavavov
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Kuzma at the 5?
If Luke does that we'll be giving up tons of offensive rebounds, which means no fast breaks.
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BigGameHames
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Kuzma at the 5?
If Luke does that we'll be giving up tons of offensive rebounds, which means no fast breaks. |
Not necessarily. If he can just keep the other 5 off the boards we have great rebounders at the 1-4 on the roster. With that said, I don’t love the idea of Kuz at the 5 but that isn’t the primary reason. |
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TooMuchMajicBuss
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| BigGameHames wrote: | | slavavov wrote: |
Kuzma at the 5?
If Luke does that we'll be giving up tons of offensive rebounds, which means no fast breaks. |
Not necessarily. If he can just keep the other 5 off the boards we have great rebounders at the 1-4 on the roster. With that said, I don’t love the idea of Kuz at the 5 but that isn’t the primary reason. |
I agree - I assume Luke is talking small ball death lineup time?
We do have 3 of the best offensive rebounding guards in the game right now, so Kuz just has to keep the opponent off the boards, but I thought McGee was going to see more floor time here than he saw in GS as well. And we have Zubac. Kuz needs more minutes than he'll get at 5. |
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BigGameHames
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| TooMuchMajicBuss wrote: | | BigGameHames wrote: | | slavavov wrote: |
Kuzma at the 5?
If Luke does that we'll be giving up tons of offensive rebounds, which means no fast breaks. |
Not necessarily. If he can just keep the other 5 off the boards we have great rebounders at the 1-4 on the roster. With that said, I don’t love the idea of Kuz at the 5 but that isn’t the primary reason. |
I agree - I assume Luke is talking small ball death lineup time?
We do have 3 of the best offensive rebounding guards in the game right now, so Kuz just has to keep the opponent off the boards, but I thought McGee was going to see more floor time here than he saw in GS as well. And we have Zubac. Kuz needs more minutes than he'll get at 5. |
I watched the interview after posting and Luke didn’t seem too dedicated to Kuz at the 5. It sounded like they were experimenting with it. I’d guess he plays very little 5. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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| slavavov wrote: |
Kuzma at the 5?
If Luke does that we'll be giving up tons of offensive rebounds, which means no fast breaks. |
Again, you have to factor in the fact that whoever is playing the 5 on the opposing team won't be a true 5 either, and teams shoot more outside shots than they did 30 years ago. Long rebounds are a thing.
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Preseason game is less than 48 hours away and still no thread? We had the summer league game thread up days before the 1st game i think  |
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| did not even realize some teams began their preseason tonight until I saw some scored pop up....it is getting close |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | ElginBaylor wrote: | | Lucky_Shot wrote: | https://youtu.be/W1QHtUn8bZ8
Svi, Ball and Hart three point shorting drill.
Svi seems to be the most accurate of the three (by a little) and Ball's tweaks he has made seem to make his shot more smooth (great camera angles). |
Lonzo's shot really looks better. |
Shooting it with confidence makes a big difference, you can tell he is way more comfortable. |
yep. way more. in addition notice his bricks are not as wild as they were last year even in practice. he would cash 3 in a row all net. then air ball one one way, airball the other another side of the rim. brick one off the backboard then back to swishes. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Judah wrote: | | slavavov wrote: |
Kuzma at the 5?
If Luke does that we'll be giving up tons of offensive rebounds, which means no fast breaks. |
Again, you have to factor in the fact that whoever is playing the 5 on the opposing team won't be a true 5 either, and teams shoot more outside shots than they did 30 years ago. Long rebounds are a thing. |
All good points, but Kuzma will still be giving up 10-15 lbs against other small ball 5s. I'd rather see Beasley as a small ball 5 - he weighs 235 and he needs 15-20 minutes a game so that he can help us with his immense talent.
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| slavavov wrote: | | Judah wrote: | | slavavov wrote: |
Kuzma at the 5?
If Luke does that we'll be giving up tons of offensive rebounds, which means no fast breaks. |
Again, you have to factor in the fact that whoever is playing the 5 on the opposing team won't be a true 5 either, and teams shoot more outside shots than they did 30 years ago. Long rebounds are a thing. |
All good points, but Kuzma will still be giving up 10-15 lbs against other small ball 5s. I'd rather see Beasley as a small ball 5 - he weighs 235 and he needs 15-20 minutes a game so that he can help us with his immense talent. |
Kuz is nearing 235... he came in the league 222. Don’t think small ball 5s weigh more or much more.. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| slavavov wrote: | | Judah wrote: | | slavavov wrote: |
Kuzma at the 5?
If Luke does that we'll be giving up tons of offensive rebounds, which means no fast breaks. |
Again, you have to factor in the fact that whoever is playing the 5 on the opposing team won't be a true 5 either, and teams shoot more outside shots than they did 30 years ago. Long rebounds are a thing. |
All good points, but Kuzma will still be giving up 10-15 lbs against other small ball 5s. I'd rather see Beasley as a small ball 5 - he weighs 235 and he needs 15-20 minutes a game so that he can help us with his immense talent. |
Who's the odd man out in your lineup then if Beasley is at the 5? Kuz, BI, or one of KCP/Hart or Lonzo/Rondo?
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slavavov
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Judah wrote: | | slavavov wrote: | | Judah wrote: | | slavavov wrote: |
Kuzma at the 5?
If Luke does that we'll be giving up tons of offensive rebounds, which means no fast breaks. |
Again, you have to factor in the fact that whoever is playing the 5 on the opposing team won't be a true 5 either, and teams shoot more outside shots than they did 30 years ago. Long rebounds are a thing. |
All good points, but Kuzma will still be giving up 10-15 lbs against other small ball 5s. I'd rather see Beasley as a small ball 5 - he weighs 235 and he needs 15-20 minutes a game so that he can help us with his immense talent. |
Who's the odd man out in your lineup then if Beasley is at the 5? Kuz, BI, or one of KCP/Hart or Lonzo/Rondo? |
I'm thinking our small ball lineup will look like this:
Ball/Rondo
KCP/Hart
KCP/Hart
Lebron/Beasley
Kuzma/Beasley/Lebron
If we want more length and D, put in Ball. If we want more quickness and torque for our transition game, put in Rondo. If Hart or KCP is at the 3 and Lebron is resting, we could put Beasley at the 4. If Beasley is at the 5, put Kuzma at the 4, so Ingram would be the odd man out unless you want to put him at the 3 when we go small. There's many possibilities and combinations.
To what KIROE said, if Kuzma really is at 235 now, maybe giving him a few minutes or so as a small ball 5 when matched up with another small ball 5 who is only 6-9 or 6-10 won't be such a bad idea. I wasn't sure how much muscle weight he gained over the offseason.
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| adkindo wrote: | | did not even realize some teams began their preseason tonight until I saw some scored pop up....it is getting close |
None of the teams looked particularly good last night even though Charlotte, Philly, and Boston all have a lot of roster continuity, so I'm expecting some rough ball from the Lakers tomorrow night.
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | https://mobile.twitter.com/BenGolliver/status/1046123267931566081
Damn.. I’m excited to see what these guys can do to wreck havoc on teams. |
LeBron showing an open mind and supporting Luke's strategy - wonder what his critics will think of that?
It's almost a complete mystery to me what this team is going to look like on the floor. This is a good thing. Versatility. |
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