that we need a REAL Center and a REAL PG. LBJ and AR are having a tough time with TO’s. We should
note that whoever has the ball the most usually have the most TO’s. We need a Trae or Da’aron or such (quick) at PG and let LBJ shoot. We seem to bring in guys the Lakers overvalue, Reddish, Vincent, DFS, Vandy (doesn’t play), Wood (doesn’t play), Bronny (who they don’t give a chance to play), Hayes, and Loose Konnection. We have 2 guys that would start, LBJ and AD, for other teams. Perhaps Reaves? That ain’t winning.
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January 15, 2025 2 Comments
Problem with a real starting center is that it moves LBJ to the 3 (unless you want AD coming off the bench). That isn’t going to help the defense at all. I think everyone, mainly AD, needs to come to terms with the fact that, for as long as LeBron is playing, his best position is the starting 4 so he can match up with dudes in his weight and mainly speed class. The switching is killing us on D, can’t hide him that way.
FWIW LeBron for his entire career averages between 3 and 4 TOs/game. That’s not surprising. He’s at 3.8 for this season. Reaves is at 2.5. Fox is at 3.3, Young is at 4.3. So if simply decreasing thew turnovers is the goal you actually have the better point guard from your list.
I think that we’re seeing a few things play out: old choices regarding whom to trade and for what have come back to haunt the Lakers. A lot. The Westbrook deal has one more component to go through (a 2nd rounder to the Wizards which got routed somewhere else, I believe) and this summer will FINALLY be the end of the AD trade. You need young players to compete in this game, we don’t have too many good ones. We whiffed on JHS. Big time.
The empire always crumbles, it doesn’t just vanish and re-appear. We’re seeing the crumbling. The only question in my mind is to what degree does it all fall apart? In order to minimize that there is the hard choice as to trade or keep draft picks. My bet is we keep them unless a home run deal comes our way (pro tip: it won’t, no matter how much the fans pine for one).
Yes, but Trae and Fox got speed that AR and LBJ don’t have. We really don’t have a PG and that puts more wear on LBJ, who IMHO, should be a shooter. You hardly ever see him getting set up for open 3’s. Some of our trade proposals isn’t going to help.