New episode: Lakers preseason takeaways with @Sean_Davi
— Offensive and defensive observations
— The early rotation
— The players we're most impressed with
— The biggest concerns and more
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October 8, 2024 1 Comment
4-out vs. 5-out. Seeing more 4-out. Organization, play calling, structure is exactly what Lakers needed to make the Lakers the best offense in the league. Called out lack of offensive rebounding, failure to switch 1-4 after first game and the team responded. At any rate, JJ just doing a sensational job coaching team. Very impressive first half with Lakers starting lineup and rotation.
Continuity is going to be major issue. While Ham was a poor coach, the team showed they could play offense. It’s going to be a huge advantage running same team back. What really impressed was LeBron and AD playing great and being even more important.
Defense. 1-4 switching is a huge improvement and works better with Lakers drop coverage for AD. It also helps all of the Lakers defenders. Eliminates guys chasing ball handlers. This is going to make Lakers better defensively and help Vando, DLO, Reaves, and LeBron not have to chase players around screens. This is going to make Lakers defense even better. Great defensive adjustments by JJ Redick. This is going to make a big difference defensively.
Some good discussion about 9-man rotation. Is 9th man just a center. Working now with Gabe, Max, and Vando as sure bets for rotation and Wood, Knecht, Hayes, and maybe Koloko. Max should be the Lakers best bench player as he has led team in minutes and first man off the bench. Be interesting to see if JJ expands rotation to allow more rest time for LeBron and AD. Note, they both played around 18 minutes in the first half. Love to see LeBron and AD average under 40 mpg.