I have not seen this Christian Wood kid play since I mostly watch Lakers games, and haven’t done any research on him yet, but if your articles are any indication, there must be something special about him that rains gold. Or should I say purple and gold?
5 Things: End of the (ir)regular season
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August 6, 2020 6 Comments
Haha. Now who’s glass half full vs. who’s glass half empty, although I’m more optimistic than I was last night with Gerald. I am worried but I see a light at the end of the tunnel with Kuzma starting. If he has a great game and we win, I don’t see how Frank can’t leave him in the starting lineup, which means somebody else has to sit when LeBron returns, which should be McGee. At least that’s my silver lining to LeBron’s troublesome groin. Great photo for the post, Jamie.
Same as yesterday, I don’t see anything but an injury displacing JaVale McGee. It’s just not going to happen and it comes down to one thing and one thing alone: Anthony Davis. The Lakers will make every concession on the point of him being a starting power forward. They have shown that since day one and I don’t see anything changing that.
You know what I could see happening to the starting line up? KCP heading to the bench in favor of Waiters and giving the starting five another ball-handler to take the pressure off LeBron. That’s the only line up alteration I can envision at this time.
I think that is another option I would favor, especially if LeBron’s groin is bothering him. Drive and dish is how other team’s get open threes. Dion can get us easy layups and threes attacking the rim.
The idea of KCP going back to the bench is one thing I thought would make more sense as he thrives in that role and solidifies the bench. If Waiters starts and supplements LeBron as another ball handler, who do we have in that role for the bench? This is why Bradley and Rondo are missed. It might not register on the richter scale, but their combined outputs are becoming harder to replicate. Bradley can defend and can reliably deliver on midrange jump shots, while Rondo can be depended on as a secondary ball handler.
You certainly could be right, Jamie. Odds definitely favor it. Only problem is I don’t think we can win unless we play more AD at the 5 so I’m still going to hope it happens.
McGee has been terrible and I think AD wants to do what he needs to do to win. How well Kuz plays tonight could be a factor. We’ll see. Tonight could change everything…or not.