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Gotta be Bynum...will have a legitimate facilitator to get him the ball in spots where he can take advantage.
How many point guards have burned the Lakers since the 80's? Didn't stop them from amassing a ton of championships.
Gotta be Bynum...will have a legitimate facilitator to get him the ball in spots where he can take advantage.
Even during Showtime PGs "ate us alive" so what's your point? Zeke, KJ, Stockton, Payton, Nash, TP - you name a legit PG and I'll say he prolly ted on the Lakers more often than not. And don't even get me started with SGs. IIRC, MJ's highest scoring average versus all teams is against...you guessed it: the Lakers. But 10 rangs later, we ain't worried about PGs killing us.
Let's flip that coin though. Those PGs can't leave Nash to go double down on Big Drew or double Kobe. I dare TP to do that . He'll be raining 3s and midrange jumpers all night long. And Pau? He will be a greatpaying piton playing with Nash. Off the PNR, I could see Pau hitting cutters or throwing lobs to Drew from the high post or hitting Kobe back door for layups and dunks. The PNR has so many options with the weapons we have. The offensive problems last year were two fold. We were trying to rid ourselves of a decade plus of running the triangle - and we didn't have a floor general to pull it off. We do now. Matter of fact, Nash will be just as much of a threat as Kobe due to his triple threat skills and the upgrade in talent he has to work with. He just won't have to shoulder the same load he had to in Phoenix. Funny thing is, neither will Kobe now that Nash is running the show.
Last edited by LkrFan; 07-08-2012 at 01:18 AM.
This. Like I said, 10 rangs later...
Of course PGs torched the Lakers since Magic was actually an SF who played point in terms of size.
But who cares when you have had two of the most dominant big men ever?
We need more speed and athleticism...that's the direction the new nba is going, rather than bigman advantage...our bigs are still a luxury, but the team is slow as and constantly runs out of gas in the 4th. The Lakers have been the kings of blowing big leads since acquiring Gasol, but they were head and shoulders above most of the league then so it didnt hurt us as much as it does now that our stars are older.
Within a few years teams will start 6'8" power forwards and 6'10" centers.
tbh, I don't know that one of Gasol or Bynum are going to be in the team when the season starts... that said, I think Nash bread and butter is the high pick & roll... I would think that's a better fit for Pau, who is more mobile and can also pop and hit a midrange jumper. I think he's the closest Lakers big that can replicate the Nash/Amare role in Phoenix.
The big question is how Brown will make it work, because you need spacing and you can't have Bynum just parked in the paint. Perhaps this is something they'll run more with the second unit?
guys think Kobe played PG for them lakers when there weren't no PG at all, dude just jacked up shots that he had no business of making and that ain't what a point guard was supposed to do. kobe will still have the ball in his own hands most of the time, he's used to playing that way and there ain't no way he could change it, nash will turn out to be nothing but a spot up shooter
Every player on the floor will benefit when they play with Nash. He can make you look even better than you really are. Joe Johnson owes his max contract to Nash. Stoudemire owes his max contract to Nash. Shawn Marion, Leandro Barbosa, James Jones and even D'Antoni owes all their glory to Steve Nash. That being said, Mike Brown will look like Phil Jackson with Nash as his floor general. Heck, I expect every Laker player minus World Peace (Cause he can't shoot to save his life) to have career highs in FG% next season.
If you're a Laker fan, your biggest fear coming to this season would be Kobe still dominating that ball tbh. Seriously. I'm not even hating on Kobe at this point but Kobe will be the biggest question mark for the Lakers. If he asserts himself to dominate the ball again next year, Laker fans can pretty much forget about the immeasurable value that comes with Steve Nash.
As a basketball fan however. I like to watch entertaining ball, regardless of which team it is. I would love to see a Nash led basketball with guys like Gasol, Bryant and Bynum flourish next year. For the love of god, I hope Kobe slows down with the ball hogging for once in his career.
This is pretty much how I envision the Lakers will be next year tbh. Nash brings the ball up front, Kobe demands the ball on the top of the key, while everyone watches him to either hold/dribble/establish position for 15 seconds then pass it to Nashwith 4 seconds left on the clock as option B when he can't blow by his defender.
Pau looks to be the most obvious beneficiary of adding Nash to the Lakers.
Still dubious about Mike Brown as the head coach for this bunch.
Definately. Kobe takes so many low percentage bailout shots because no one else can create with time running down. That changes now. Nash, not Kobe will always have the ball to start nearly every possession they are on the floor. Bynum and Gasol are going to get a lot of easy looks near the rim. Pick and roll with Nash and Gasol will be a joy to watch. Kobe won't have to exert as much energy on offense and will be fresher late in games.
Not Bynum... he's going to CLEVELAND next summer, tbh
The correct answer is: the whole team!
And that includes that fraud of a coach, M. Brown.
there's nothing dubious about it, Brown is way over his head
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