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Go to lakersground and you would think LaBrooms team won le last night.
Lakers defense on paper should be decent, but that offense on paper and in reality looks bleak
who shoots besides danny?
Go to lakersground and you would think LaBrooms team won le last night.
that place. s in fantasy land. I prefer this site. I’d rather hear harsh and legitimate takes than bunch of fanboys overreacting to every win or loss
Troy Daniels is a pretty good shooter. I don't think he can defend, so I think Vogel has to design a defensive scheme that hides him - to keep him on the floor. He's a career 40% 3pt sniper, since 2013.Lakers defense on paper should be decent, but that offense on paper and in reality looks bleak
who shoots besides danny?
He had 4 bombs last night. I hope he can keep it up.
Nah, I wouldn't go that far. The Lakers just locked down a playoff team that will win 50 games. Probably more relieved than happy that they could bring that kind of defensive effort which was a stark contrast from that stinker vs lil brother across the hall on opening night.
This is the kind of defensive effort we didn't see vs the Clipps
Vogel is a defensive coach. Gonna have to lean on defense until offense kicks in gear.
Or Lebron has him fired.
Non-biased version
LakersGround version
I like the LG version tbh
So far, so good for Dwert
Kuz vs Luka
Skip a hater
Skip is a realist and Shay is a Stan for Lebron
Kiwi better hope we don't get Iggy
Man Im not worried about Clips.
They are good and they may be better than us ... i just want elite basketball.
IF come playoffs we are playing well and they are as well i like our chances ...
1. LeBron will step up
2. Playoff basketball slows down ...
3. Although they do alllow more contact which benefits Pat bev types ... it also favors "superstars" and we have two I think PG is very good but I dont see him as a superstar.
But none of this matters if we are injured (Ad already got an achy shoulder) or if we dont smooth out our offense ...and pnr coverages on defense.
Hard to argue NOT starting Dwert:
I'm happy for Dwert. LA is embracing him, again. He's doing the dirty work and it's
making the Lakers a better team as a result. Good to see.
Great post Killa. Several differences between the two LA teams:
1) Continuity. Clipps returned every significant player from last year. Then added two stars. Lakers have like 9 new players including a new star. Gonna take a while to gel, so in the meantime...
2) Lakers gonna have to rely on their defense until their offensive iden y is established. We won't really see what they have until Kuz (and Rondo for the 2nd unit?) both return. Kuz might be back Friday
3) The Lakers strength is their frontcourt, much like the Shaq years and the Pau/Baby Drew/Odumb years. I think this year's version couldne special with AD's versatility and Dwert's resurgence (at least defensively). We'll have the best frontcourt on the court most nights, with Bron exploiting mismatches.
4) Clipps strengths besides continuity is perimeter defenders, and Sweet Lou/Trez. They will be led by Kiwi and PG, but will they be healthy? Kiwi already ducking B2Bs, < 5 games in. PG coming back from 2 shoulder surgeries. AD has missed less total games than Kiwi BTW (media won't talk about det fact tho).
It's gonna be at least 20 games until we know what the Lakers are. Defense will be our calling card until lineups and rotations are set. Lakers currently are 3rd in points allowed (97.5ppg), 1st in blocks (8/game), 5th in opponents FG% (40.7%), and 5th in opponents 3pt% (28.8%).
I don't know if any of this ^ holds up throughout the season, but I like what they are building towards. That opening loss to the Clipps was a wakeup call and probably the best thing that could have happened to the Lakers tbh.
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