Ham NO MORE 3 GUARD LINEUPS!

[miggz23]

[lakerican]

I understand telling the 3 guard lineup when Ham uses WB, Dennis & PatBev but telling that Max, TBrown and AReeves are not wings in this 2023 basketball is wrong when you have BHield, NPowell, JBrown, JHart, RBarrett, KCP all playing wings from the SF position. For Ty Lue is very easy to say to staybout of the 3 guard minejp when he have not one bkt two of the better, taller wings in the last decade still in their prime.

The cardinal error Ham is doing is WB entering the game for TBrown, he should be entering for PatBev or Dennis. Maybe from now on, he begins doing that, let's wait and see.

Rui has played ONE game and came ffom the bench. Again let's see how this road trip goes. Remember, these games are really must win!

[Hanging from Rafters]

Posted in another thread:

Overall Ham gets a D.

- Consistent poor 1st quarter team performance to start the game appears to indicate a lack of effective coaching preparedness.
- Continually getting outplayed in the 3rd quarter seems to point to lack of halftime adjustments in the locker-room
- 9 games lost on the last possession or two could show an inability to draw up a scheme or implement a rotation that closes out games successfully.
- Particularly, in regard to closing out games, the losses have a common culprit...turnovers, missed multiple shots especially 3s, poor decision making, and failing to get a defensive rebound. These problems should have been addressed such that so many games would not be lost the same way.

Additionally, the 3 and 4 guard line-ups have given up leads and increased deficits resulting in losses. Ham had it looking like Bryant was unplayable with DNPs and 4 minutes of playing time but after AD went out Bryant showed that he could play, and may have been a better option over the 4-guard strategy that could have resulted in more wins.

Finally, Ham's infatuation with Pat Beverly in the line-up, tho Bev has looked good lately, appears to indicate a lack of awareness from the coach on how to go with what's working and what's not and when to switch.

The reason Ham has earned a D instead of F is because he moved WB to the bench...which is really just phycological jostling but effective for the fans... because WB IS NOT better than last year. I don't want to argue the point about WB, just look it up if there is disagreement.

Big picture...the team fired a coach (justifiably agreed with the decision) that won a championship for the team after the team had a losing record below .500 and missed the post season, if Ham is no better, with a slightly better roster, though still flawed he cannot get a decent grade. The Lakers are there right now...below .500 losing record not in position currently to qualify for the postseason.

Ham's grade can change but for now he gets no higher than a D.
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[leking006]

when will this lineup end, ham is so in love with this (bleep)

[scout_0]

It won't

Im forcing myself to learn to enjoy it

[Lakersfan1211]

Just need 1 of Russ or Bev to be traded...hopefully it's Russ.

[giordan0]

And he's doing it again. Lost a good lead on the Celts with these lineups.

[wolfpaclaker]

As I said in the first page of this thread, the reason the Lakers do this is they want to play faster than their opponents and open up the game for AD/Bron/WB.

Now on offense sure it may help, it will def help in the RS. But there's a real cost of doing that, usually it comes with defensive size. You're also relying heavily on transition offense, which typically is easy to stop once teams scheme towards that in the playoffs.

We're giving up I think top 5 in the league in points. While the offense spacing and quick lineups get better looks, this is a good regular season strategy. In the playoffs you need your isolations and stars to run your halfcourt sets and find more balanced lineups. Once the games begin to slow down in the playoffs, being so small has no advantage unless you have elite shooting and skill (newsflash we don't). We're playing small to cater to talent like Dennis, WB, Bev. That's not when you play small. You play smaller when you have talent like Dray, KD, Klay etc and even that isn't playing midgets at the 3/2/1.

Anyway, this is me beating a deadhorse. We did this to ourselves with our coaching schemes and roster moves, and we continue to play Lebron, AD, Bev, Dennis etc all way out of position. Dennis is 1, as is Bev. AD should be at the 4 using his lenght to combat the perimeter shots. We have a stretch big in TBryant now who can allow for some of those lineups to work.The only time AD should be at the 5 is if we play very small teams or the death. Instead he is full time at the 5.

The whole elite pace, run the ball and spread the floor out offense, it won't work in the playoffs. It's a flawed RS tactic that allows you feast on tired or poor defensive teams that haven't schemed well against you. Well schemed, physically gifted teams will easily contain this style of offense, too. Everyone's so happy that we're competitive. I don't see what this should accomplish? A NBA team with Lebron, AD and WB will be competitive, We also have Dennis, TBryant, Bev. This is not a team without NBA quality players. They should be competitive. Our attachment to small ball has been a problem all season. Playing small at 3, 2, 1 and 4 isn't wise, IMO. Not when you don't have elite skill advantages - at the 3, 2, 1. We only gain speed, but not shooting, defense, etc.

[lakersfan32]

somebody check in on megaton, lol

[defense]

6'1 on Tatum and brown and Brogdon

Good plan right?

[KindCrippler2000]

[defense]

[scout_0]

[wolfpaclaker]

[hydrohead]

[epic_]

It's tough cuz the Cs were going with their 3 guard lineup and Rui just couldn't stay in front of those guys.
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[ThePageDude]

[scout_0]

Mr. Christie DNP
Mr. Gabriel DNP

[leking006]

pat available, expect 3 guard combo again