Landsberger wrote:thomas1897 wrote:The young core players have not arrived at allstar status. First principle is how are these guys going to compliment their games to Lebron. The offense is facilitated through him. Basketball IQs are important and are exercised to promote improvement which develops into winning games. Having a team loaded with allstars helps but does not always win championships.
Well said. So far, Kuzma has adjusted the best to Bron. Ingram seems to be competing with him for touches which is not great because Bron is so much more efficient with the ball. That said, Ingram can play off the ball and has shown to do it in stretches. Ball is the one who's really struggling at present with the off the ball role. He's great on the break with the ball but with Bron I'm not sure that's who we are anymore.
It's because Kuzma is the only one that cuts properly. He moves great without the ball. The only thing missing is efficiency from 3.
Lonzo stops his cuts short like he doesn't want the ball and is a bad finisher. He is just a bad scorer. Needs a ton of work plus a complete overhaul of that stupid form. Ball provides nothing off ball because he can't score and doesn't cut properly. Today's body language was turrible.
Ingram wants to play iso too much instead of playing within the offense. He takes Kobe shots without Kobe skill. He needs to let the game come to him more by taking simpler shots (1-2 pull up, coming off screens, catch and shoot) instead of Kobe shots. He wears out too easily in the post and doesn't get separation besides his length.
