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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | miggz23 wrote: | | wolfpaclaker wrote: | ^
Interesting. In this case, probably better to play the Wolves or Grizz in round 1, than Warriors or Clippers as they have much more potent 3 point shooting than the former mentioned teams. |
Warriors will be a tough draw. We no longer have our 1 major advantage which was AD’s size and versatility.
I’m also worried how Luka and AR will be able to cover and rotate on the perimeter against the Warriors constant movement. That’s the last team you want to leave wide open from 3.
Clippers might be a better match up with Rui as a small ball 5 and able to take Zubac out of the lane. |
The Clippers counter with Simmons at small ball 5. Not as good of a scorer but better defender and better at passing the ball. |
You're finally back Clipper fan, and of course you come back with a counter msg to back up your Clippers. |
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Good to see that my fans haven’t abandoned me.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | Good to see that my fans haven’t abandoned me. |
We would never abandon you! It’s fun to have you on LG for the inevitable clippers implosion  |
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Really nice article about our Coach JJ Redick and his love for sports and community and Los Angeles
He has started a foundation to start with rebuilding their rec center and then to become a lifeline of support for community rec and sports centers all across Los Angeles and further..
https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2025-03-30/rebuilding-town-lakers-coach-jj-redick-aims-fix-palisades-recreation-center
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windycitycane
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How was his coaching last night? I didn’t see the game.
Disappointing loss.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| windycitycane wrote: | How was his coaching last night? I didn’t see the game.
Disappointing loss. |
our advantage over GSW was AD/Size- we now have Jaxson as our primary interior. Can work on one offs throughout the season. IMHO will be an issue during playoffs.
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| Anyone think JJ had this team peak a bit too early? We started ramping up mid January and then were firing on all cylinders in February with playoff level intensity…then the brutal March schedule, we seemed to just limp through that, now we’re having a hard time getting back to form (I know a lot of that is guys working back from injury) |
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| windycitycane wrote: | How was his coaching last night? I didn’t see the game.
Disappointing loss. |
We were not ready for their switching type of defense. The warriors let Curry picked his player (Luka mostly) and started the offense from there. We should have done the same. Luka has less advantage against Warrioris small ball defense. Our offense should start from the low post more whether it is initiating from LBJ or Rui. |
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36min for Luka and AR , 33 for Bron on a b2b vs a G league team.
I know these are must win games and it’s go time but FFS. I would’ve sat both Luka and Bron tonight and lived with the results let alone play them such heavy minutes. As I say this it’s a 16 point lead with 2min left and Luka is still in. Ridiculous. |
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| Halflife wrote: | | windycitycane wrote: | How was his coaching last night? I didn’t see the game.
Disappointing loss. |
our advantage over GSW was AD/Size- we now have Jaxson as our primary interior. Can work on one offs throughout the season. IMHO will be an issue during playoffs. |
And this is not the same Warrior team of old. The addition of Jimmy has made them lockdown defensively and given them someone they can run their O through when Curry sits. Those were 2 massive holes on that old Warrior team. Honestly if GS can stay healthy they can win it all. |
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With their win tonight over New Orleans the Lakers have tied last season's win total.
En route to the 47 wins last season the team had its two stars for 147 total games. By comparison this season LA has had LeBron, Davis and Luka a total of 130 games to date.
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I'm ready for this man to integrate DK back into the rotation permanently. It's not as if we're still a defensive juggernaut with Goodwin. Offensively, it gets a little too congested. People relax on Jordan, and he's showing why he's been a g-leaguer. We need Dalton as a relief valve man.
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| Snipes wrote: | | Halflife wrote: | | windycitycane wrote: | How was his coaching last night? I didn’t see the game.
Disappointing loss. |
our advantage over GSW was AD/Size- we now have Jaxson as our primary interior. Can work on one offs throughout the season. IMHO will be an issue during playoffs. |
And this is not the same Warrior team of old. The addition of Jimmy has made them lockdown defensively and given them someone they can run their O through when Curry sits. Those were 2 massive holes on that old Warrior team. Honestly if GS can stay healthy they can win it all. |
Disagree. They have a soft schedule. They are first round fodder. |
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| Laker's Fan wrote: | With their win tonight over New Orleans the Lakers have tied last season's win total.
En route to the 47 wins last season the team had its two stars for 147 total games. By comparison this season LA has had LeBron, Davis and Luka a total of 130 games to date. |
They have won 27 out of their last 40 games with all the trades, injuries, and a first year coach. |
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| Runway8 wrote: | | I'm ready for this man to integrate DK back into the rotation permanently. It's not as if we're still a defensive juggernaut with Goodwin. Offensively, it gets a little too congested. People relax on Jordan, and he's showing why he's been a g-leaguer. We need Dalton as a relief valve man. |
Solid stats from
DK last night. DK > Goodwin
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| I suspect Reaves actually responded to Luka who's also pointing lol |
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Hands down coach of the year
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| lakersfever714 wrote: | | Hands down coach of the year |
I love what JJ Redick is doing with this team but no, it should go to Bickerstaff, taking a team who lost 20+ games in a roll last year to the playoffs is a miracle in epic proportions |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | lakersfever714 wrote: | | Hands down coach of the year |
I love what JJ Redick is doing with this team but no, it should go to Bickerstaff, taking a team who lost 20+ games in a roll last year to the playoffs is a miracle in epic proportions |
Nah, Detroit was actually not as bad as they looked last year. Monty probably lost the team after the first 30 games so they probably packed it in at that time. They have been bad for awhile so they had a lot of high lotto picks on the team.
Lakers going from play-in to one of the best teams possibly winning the championship would make JJ the undisputed COY. I wish they would wait until after the finals to select the COY and take the playoffs into account.
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| lakersfever714 wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | lakersfever714 wrote: | | Hands down coach of the year |
I love what JJ Redick is doing with this team but no, it should go to Bickerstaff, taking a team who lost 20+ games in a roll last year to the playoffs is a miracle in epic proportions |
Nah, Detroit was actually not as bad as they looked last year. Monty probably lost the team after the first 30 games so they probably packed it in at that time. They have been bad for awhile so they had a lot of high lotto picks on the team.
Lakers going from play-in to one of the best teams possibly winning the championship would make JJ the undisputed COY. I wish they would wait until after the finals to select the COY and take the playoffs into account. |
The idea about taking this year’s playoffs into after the finals to decide COY is a brilliant idea especially because there is handful of coaches who deserve COY, as a NBA fan I appreciate the fact that Bickerstaff has changed the Pistons culture and installed a winning program, I wouldn’t also disclose the fact that we had the Luka trade literally fall into our laps out of no where, we will never see a situation like that probably for a very long time, I love underdog stories and the Pistons are a real underdog story |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | lakersfever714 wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | lakersfever714 wrote: | | Hands down coach of the year |
I love what JJ Redick is doing with this team but no, it should go to Bickerstaff, taking a team who lost 20+ games in a roll last year to the playoffs is a miracle in epic proportions |
Nah, Detroit was actually not as bad as they looked last year. Monty probably lost the team after the first 30 games so they probably packed it in at that time. They have been bad for awhile so they had a lot of high lotto picks on the team.
Lakers going from play-in to one of the best teams possibly winning the championship would make JJ the undisputed COY. I wish they would wait until after the finals to select the COY and take the playoffs into account. |
The idea about taking this year’s playoffs into after the finals to decide COY is a brilliant idea especially because there is handful of coaches who deserve COY, as a NBA fan I appreciate the fact that Bickerstaff has changed the Pistons culture and installed a winning program, I wouldn’t also disclose the fact that we had the Luka trade literally fall into our laps out of no where, we will never see a situation like that probably for a very long time, I love underdog stories and the Pistons are a real underdog story |
Bickerstaff never had a great coaching record though. I think he benefited from having a talented Piston roster after years of tanking and playing in the East. Cade Cunningham first overall pick is real talent.
Just curious, would you rather have Bickerstaff over JJ if you think Bickerstaff is a better HC?
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| lakersfever714 wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | lakersfever714 wrote: | | Inspector Gadget wrote: | | lakersfever714 wrote: | | Hands down coach of the year |
I love what JJ Redick is doing with this team but no, it should go to Bickerstaff, taking a team who lost 20+ games in a roll last year to the playoffs is a miracle in epic proportions |
Nah, Detroit was actually not as bad as they looked last year. Monty probably lost the team after the first 30 games so they probably packed it in at that time. They have been bad for awhile so they had a lot of high lotto picks on the team.
Lakers going from play-in to one of the best teams possibly winning the championship would make JJ the undisputed COY. I wish they would wait until after the finals to select the COY and take the playoffs into account. |
The idea about taking this year’s playoffs into after the finals to decide COY is a brilliant idea especially because there is handful of coaches who deserve COY, as a NBA fan I appreciate the fact that Bickerstaff has changed the Pistons culture and installed a winning program, I wouldn’t also disclose the fact that we had the Luka trade literally fall into our laps out of no where, we will never see a situation like that probably for a very long time, I love underdog stories and the Pistons are a real underdog story |
Bickerstaff never had a great coaching record though. I think he benefited from having a talented Piston roster after years of tanking and playing in the East. Cade Cunningham first overall pick is real talent.
Just curious, would you rather have Bickerstaff over JJ if you think Bickerstaff is a better HC? |
I definitely want JJ as HC over Bickerstaff but this is about coaching a team with absolutely no expectations and making them into a playoff team, if we had AD we would probably be fighting for a play in spot especially because LeBron was looking like he was gonna retire this season, let’s just say that every coach has there own strengths, it’s a great time to be a NBA fan |
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