Lakers 2022-23 Lineup talk

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[gng930]

It seems like Darvin wants to have 2 of Bron/DLO/Schro on the floor at all times with AR sprinkled in throughout. Makes a ton of sense to have multiple playmakers on the floor at all times.
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[leking006]

I think the best rotation Ham did this season is the 2nd Half vs the Pelicans. He immediately subbed Bron in after all the starters are resting. Ham rest Bron early in the 3rd and put him back late im the 3rd together with the bench mob, and that is where they blew out the Pelicans.

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[markjay]

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The players we saw in Game 3 of the season against the Pelicans 2/15/2023:

Starters
Anthony Davis
Jarred Vanderbilt
Lebron James
Malik Beasley
D'angelo Russell

Bench
Mo Bamba
Rui Hachimura
Troy Brown Jr.
Dennis Schroder
Austin Reaves

DNP/Victory Cigars
Max Christie
Davon Reed
Lonnie Walker IV
Wenyen Gabriel
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[justsomelakerfan]

This is the most excited I've been to watch the Lakers since 2020. Despite the front office hatred etc... here I am, excited to watch basketball again!

This is a deep team with a lot of potentially perfect synergy, and if the core here is held together over the summer, I think this squad is poised to make some noise next year if not THIS year.

Not just DLO, who I'm thrilled to have back with a few concerns. Vanderbilt, Beasley, Rui, Reaves, the subtraction of Westbrook, this just has the makings of a really great team.
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[Theseus]

The game felt like we were ahead by much more than we were and that is due to the missed FTs. The starting lineup is golden. Beasley is better defensively than I thought, and that was my main worry with putting him in the starting lineup. Now I think you have to

[Hanging from Rafters]

I would like to see substitutions staggered and not rigidly conformed to preset plans. This would allow sticking with the hot hand offensively and sticking with good defensive matchups that are working well. Vandi’s time mirroring BI seems like it would have been a better decision that subbing him out for TBjr to stick with pre-set rotations. Also, It didn’t look like it was effective to see all five reserves on the court at the same time like against the Pelicans.

Also regarding the line up, AD and LBJ have to have some of their rest time overlap but some part should staggered so that there is less time when both are off the floor.

All that being said…I really enjoyed the starting unit and the he reserves. Playing the 3 former T-Wolves together (Dlo/Beasley/Vandi) was genius and could mitigate the challenges of integrating so many new players on the fly without trading camp/pre-season. It also helped to match existing Lakers (Schro/Reaves/TBjr/Rui) who have been playing together all season.
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One more thing about the starting lineup, they assisted on every basket. 13 assists for 13 baskets in 13 minutes. Man it was beautiful.

That second lineup where Ham subbed out only Lebron for Troy actually had a better net rating than the starting lineup by about 7 points. Small sample size, but I hope it continues.
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[cencio_999]

Beasley starting, rivers closing.