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levon
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.700 winning percentage against the West. They lost to bad teams in the East on the road whenever they had to travel, likely due to old man LeBron. They had a stupidly hard schedule to close the season.
Great first regular season by JJ. We were supposed to have taken a step back after the AD trade, but he finally got enough small-ball players to run the style of defense he wanted the team to play the start of the year. |
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This small ball D works when your opponents can’t shoot or have no PG (flawed rosters).
The sort of team I don’t want to play this defense vs is teams that have size in the paint/mid post talent but also can hurt you from outside.
Dallas has no one outside that can hurt you for 30-40 points. Some teams don’t have anyone like AD or Joker or etc. Those teams you can do what we’ve been doing and succeed. You can ball deny/front and help on those paint players knowing the opposing outside shooting or guard play isn’t really there.
What I’m trying to see if this will work well in the playoffs. The playoff teams tend to be better and more balanced and also teams will scheme against our small ball schemes.
Will be the real test for me for this coaching staff and also the teams core. Can we get out of the West using these tactics and elite 1 on 1 guard play? We know Luka is going for 30 on average. That’s a given. Bron will be Bron. But those small ball defenses and minutes. Those will be what it comes down to. |
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wolfpaclaker
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| Oh another thing will be officiating. Do refs allow physical play? Do we handle the physical play with smaller lineups well? As I said a lot will be told in the playoffs. I’m pumped about it. Golden State in 22 has won playing small. It’s not impossible in todays NBA to win playing small but they did have the best D in the NBA that season and multiple POA defenders like Wiggins, Payton, etc. Dray was also an elite defender in small ball. |
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drae
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| wolfpaclaker wrote: | | This small ball D works when your opponents can’t shoot or have no PG (flawed rosters). |
The Lakers small ball lineup works because AR is 6'5, Luka is 6'6, Lebron is 6'9, DFS is 6'8 etc etc. So not only is the Lakers small ball lineup actually really quite big, it's extremely switchable. There are flaws to it but being able to switch 1-5 is a luxury.
We need an actual POA defender though and a center. We are large except at the 5 and we still have a lack of depth at the 4 |
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wolfpaclaker
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| drae wrote: | | wolfpaclaker wrote: | | This small ball D works when your opponents can’t shoot or have no PG (flawed rosters). |
The Lakers small ball lineup works because AR is 6'5, Luka is 6'6, Lebron is 6'9, DFS is 6'8 etc etc. So not only is the Lakers small ball lineup actually really quite big, it's extremely switchable. There are flaws to it but being able to switch 1-5 is a luxury.
We need an actual POA defender though and a center. We are large except at the 5 and we still have a lack of depth at the 4 |
Yes I agree the fact they can switch makes it a strength but lets go back all the way to the Bulls even, they used to have defensive versatility with Pip/Jordan/Rodman/Harper. Switching by going smaller isn't anything new, and it can work if your guards and wings have size. I agree. The thing is Rui/LBJ will need to get into Rodman/Lamar Odom/Dray Green mode.
Also, what I'm saying is that when you double opposing bigs, when you press the opposing big with help, it's based on your opponents not making plays from outside and the big not reading and reacting to the situation. We don't wanna play this tactic against Jokic IMO. Or a team that has even Zubac (assuming we give Zu that kind of respect). Because those teams will make you pay from outside with their guards/perimeter players. I'd rather have them beat us with their bigs 1 on 1. I think those level of teams would figure out the openings and where the help is coming from over a best of 7.
I'll be interested to see the playoffs with regards to this. We may have cracked the championship level code. On offense, while I'm not a big fan of all the 1 on 1 guard doing it all stuff, the fact is the huge advantage we have on the perimeter is so obvious, that so long as 2/3 of AR/LBJ/Luka go off, we'll be fine. The small ball stuff helps our offense in that sense as spacing is better for AR/Luka/LBJ to go off. So will all come back to those small ball tactics, IMO. If we manage those well, might have cracked the code to win it all. |
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coldzim
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| Quote: | The lineup of Luka/Reaves/Rui/DFS/Bron has a Net Rating of +21.8
In 104 minutes played.
127.4 Offensive Rating
105.6 Defensive Rating
Notable other teams with their best/most played lineups in the same timeframe (Feb 1st - April 10):
Warriors - Curry/Butler/Green/Moody/Pods: +15.4
Thunder - SGA/Dub/Dort/Chet/Ihart: +15
Rockets - Green/Brooks/Eason/Thompson/Sengun: +16.1
Clippers - Harden/Kawhi/Powell/Dunn/Zubac: +15.5 |
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| Quote: | | Redick comes into his media sessions soaked - said they dumped 8 ice buckets on him |
Happy for coach Redick. |
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levon
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| Helluva season. Salute! |
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TMG
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| Congrats JJ! Hell of a first season. Will only get better. |
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Lakesh0wtime
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| Not bad for being hired as a favor to Lebron eh |
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Theseus
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| TMG wrote: | | Congrats JJ! Hell of a first season. Will only get better. |
Yes yes. Integrating Luka on the fly works because of how good Luka is, but I feel like over an offseason they can come up with something much better. Plus, add in another big man at or above Jax's level and I feel like we enter the season as favorites for top 2 seed. |
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levon
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| Lakesh0wtime wrote: | | Not bad for being hired as a favor to Lebron eh |
Was told he's LeBron's Byron Scott. Yikes |
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drae
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| Lakesh0wtime wrote: | | Not bad for being hired as a favor to Lebron eh |
Too many people want the old, proven coaches but often they're tired and the modern game has passed them by. We were rewarded by giving someone young and fresh a go  |
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Lakersfan1211
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| Quote: | | Austin Reaves on JJ Redick: “He’s been huge in what we’ve done, and I can’t give him enough credit … (I’m) happy to go to war for him any day.” |
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Lakesh0wtime
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| Halflife wrote: | | Snipes wrote: | | Whoever it is will get fired in 2 years |
Yes. Except maybe reddick. This is a bron hire to see him out. This isn’t about building a future. |
Hahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaah |
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TooMuchMajicBuss
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JJ Reddick, no experience. So what does he do?
JJ held this team together through a lot of roster changes, he won the players' trust, he held each of their feet to the fire to play solid defense, pay attention to details, and to play on the same page on both ends of the court.
Not bad for a rookie coach. Exceeded expectations. |
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miggz23
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| Lakesh0wtime wrote: | | Halflife wrote: | | Snipes wrote: | | Whoever it is will get fired in 2 years |
Yes. Except maybe reddick. This is a bron hire to see him out. This isn’t about building a future. |
Hahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaah |
Lebron got some of these cats all caught up in their feelings man... 
It must get tiring at some point to keep hating on a player.
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TooMuchMajicBuss
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| Lakesh0wtime wrote: | | Halflife wrote: | | Snipes wrote: | | Whoever it is will get fired in 2 years |
Yes. Except maybe reddick. This is a bron hire to see him out. This isn’t about building a future. |
Hahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaah |
Yeah that one didn't age well. |
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Lakesh0wtime
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| Halflife wrote: | Bron got the 1 his agent said he needed. We knew JJ was brought in here primarily to be Brons bscott. Stack numbers, get glorified for it, and be able to blame everyone else. However JJ is also a guy with potential that why he is being afforded on the job training.
Player dev = coach dev. |
Hahahahaahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaha |
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Lakesh0wtime
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| Halflife wrote: | Bron got the 1 his agent said he needed. We knew JJ was brought in here primarily to be Brons bscott. Stack numbers, get glorified for it, and be able to blame everyone else. However JJ is also a guy with potential that why he is being afforded on the job training.
Player dev = coach dev. |
Hahahahaahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaha |
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Lakesh0wtime
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| Drifts wrote: | | JJ was hired to pad Lebron's stat sheet... jeez... lezgow |
Ok Thrifts |
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coldzim
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Congratz coach. 
What about our friend, Dan Hurley? |
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Brawn13
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| Lakesh0wtime wrote: | | Halflife wrote: | Bron got the 1 his agent said he needed. We knew JJ was brought in here primarily to be Brons bscott. Stack numbers, get glorified for it, and be able to blame everyone else. However JJ is also a guy with potential that why he is being afforded on the job training.
Player dev = coach dev. |
Hahahahaahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaha |
I’m convinced Halflife is Skips burner account. It’s quite impressive how he spins ANYTHING that happens regarding Laker affairs on/off the court into a negative because Lebron wears purple and gold |
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hype
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| TooMuchMajicBuss wrote: | | Lakesh0wtime wrote: | | Halflife wrote: | | Snipes wrote: | | Whoever it is will get fired in 2 years |
Yes. Except maybe reddick. This is a bron hire to see him out. This isn’t about building a future. |
Hahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaah |
Yeah that one didn't age well. |
Trying to pretend like you're consistently smarter at a sport than an all time great athlete is generally always a pretty bad idea yet that dude especially was putting in some overtime over the past few Years trying desperately but the poor guy just failed miserably every. damn. time.  |
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| wolfpaclaker wrote: | | drae wrote: | | wolfpaclaker wrote: | | This small ball D works when your opponents can’t shoot or have no PG (flawed rosters). |
The Lakers small ball lineup works because AR is 6'5, Luka is 6'6, Lebron is 6'9, DFS is 6'8 etc etc. So not only is the Lakers small ball lineup actually really quite big, it's extremely switchable. There are flaws to it but being able to switch 1-5 is a luxury.
We need an actual POA defender though and a center. We are large except at the 5 and we still have a lack of depth at the 4 |
Yes I agree the fact they can switch makes it a strength but lets go back all the way to the Bulls even, they used to have defensive versatility with Pip/Jordan/Rodman/Harper. Switching by going smaller isn't anything new, and it can work if your guards and wings have size. I agree. The thing is Rui/LBJ will need to get into Rodman/Lamar Odom/Dray Green mode.
Also, what I'm saying is that when you double opposing bigs, when you press the opposing big with help, it's based on your opponents not making plays from outside and the big not reading and reacting to the situation. We don't wanna play this tactic against Jokic IMO. Or a team that has even Zubac (assuming we give Zu that kind of respect). Because those teams will make you pay from outside with their guards/perimeter players. I'd rather have them beat us with their bigs 1 on 1. I think those level of teams would figure out the openings and where the help is coming from over a best of 7.
I'll be interested to see the playoffs with regards to this. We may have cracked the championship level code. On offense, while I'm not a big fan of all the 1 on 1 guard doing it all stuff, the fact is the huge advantage we have on the perimeter is so obvious, that so long as 2/3 of AR/LBJ/Luka go off, we'll be fine. The small ball stuff helps our offense in that sense as spacing is better for AR/Luka/LBJ to go off. So will all come back to those small ball tactics, IMO. If we manage those well, might have cracked the code to win it all. |
Whatever zubac or any other center can score against the lakers, he will give up more on the other end. Jokic is the exception because lakers simply denying him the ball.
Our small ball works because:
1. It is not small, 6’5-6’9 guys
2. Multiple good rebounders
3. All can shoot
4 3 elite playmakers |
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