LeBron James 2021-22 Regular Season Thread - Part ?

nzahir · Post #381 » by **nzahir** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:06 am

That bench unit with Bron was pretty good

Lebron has never had a team with a ton of athletic wings, feels like 2020 was the closest with AC, Pope, DG and Kuzma lol

MisterHibachi · Post #382 » by **MisterHibachi** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:08 am

Probably the best win of the year.

loveandbeer · Post #383 » by **loveandbeer** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:11 am

Playing good defense against one of the best offenses in the league.

homecourtloss · Post #384 » by **homecourtloss** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:11 am

nzahir wrote:That bench unit with Bron was pretty good

Lebron has never had a team with a ton of athletic wings, feels like 2020 was the closest with AC, Pope, DG and Kuzma lol

Lakers won the game playing 37 year old at center with Stanley Johnson at the 4 (was out of the NBA a month ago), Reaves (an undrafted rookie), Monk, and THT. Imagine if he ever got to play with a few big defensive wings at a time who can shoot…

Best contest defense the Lakers played all year.

MisterHibachi wrote:Vogel benching Russ??

First time Vogel has sat Westbrook past his regular rotation minutes and it paid off.

IG2 · Post #385 » by **IG2** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:15 am

Game changed when LeBron checked back in late 3rd (with LA down 10) to join the rest of the reserves. You now had a legit offensive player on the court to give some meaning to the hustle of Reaves and Stanley. LA outscored Jazz 33-17 from that point on. Amazing how surrounding even a grandpa LeBron with players who can play hard and not be complete morons on offense can do wonders.

Hopefully this is the start of Vogel benching RW for long periods when he's being a complete negative on the court.

LukaTheGOAT · Post #386 » by **LukaTheGOAT** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:22 am

Lebron averages 27, 7, and 7 for his career. He has never had a game of 27, 7, and 7 exactly. He had 25, 7, and 7 today...

tone wone · Post #387 » by **tone wone** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:25 am

They gotta sign Johnson for the rest of the season. There's no one else on the roster who fits his profile. His offense isn't nearly good enough to play 25+ mins every night but a consistent 20min is necessary on this team.

He really fits in a small-ball switch heavy scheme. 20mins for Stanley, 28+ for Reaves and 16-20min for Dwight. Try to lean on D I guess and try to get this rebounding under control.

If Russ wasn't such a dud as a scorer...

loveandbeer · Post #388 » by **loveandbeer** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:30 am

Would've been nice to see if Vogel had the balls to bench Westbrook the rest of the way.

Unfortunately I feel like his and-1 towards the end of the game may have made Westbrook feel "vindicated."

Ballerhogger · Post #389 » by **Ballerhogger** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:46 am

LukaTheGOAT wrote:Lebron averages 27, 7, and 7 for his career. He has never had a game of 27, 7, and 7 exactly. He had 25, 7, and 7 today...

Ballerhogger · Post #390 » by **Ballerhogger** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:47 am

Read on Twitter

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Johnson better be back for the whole year after his 10- day

McBubbles · Post #391 » by **McBubbles** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:43 am

IG2 wrote:LeBron's free throws have looked shaky the last 3 games. 11-22, including this game. Hopefully just a mini slump.

For any other player it'd be a mini slump.

For Lebron it likely means his confidence is shaken and he's now going to change his form 47 times again for some reason, which is a shame.

TroubleS0me · Post #392 » by **TroubleS0me** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:49 am

Watch on YouTube

Post #393 » by **Slava** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:14 pm

They rode Stanley Johnson real hard late in the game on offense. I knew he was offensively limited but I didn't imagine he'd be "leave open at the free throw line because he sucks" limited on offense.

RCM88x · Post #394 » by **RCM88x** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:31 pm

If the Lakers dump Vogel for Fizdale they are a certified joke.

Ballerhogger · Post #395 » by **Ballerhogger** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:35 pm

RCM88x wrote:If the Lakers dump Vogel for Fizdale they are a certified joke.

Why would they?

MisterHibachi · Post #396 » by **MisterHibachi** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 3:43 pm

RCM88x wrote:If the Lakers dump Vogel for Fizdale they are a certified joke.

I don't care about Vogel one way or another. He's probably not the biggest issue, but he hasn't been a solution either.

The problem is the Lakers waiting to do this until the end of January instead of in November, when Vogel has had the same issues all season long. Why do it more than halfway through the season?

RCM88x · Post #397 » by **RCM88x** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:02 pm

Ballerhogger wrote:
RCM88x wrote:If the Lakers dump Vogel for Fizdale they are a certified joke.

Why would they?

Good question... yet:

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lakers-nearly-fired-frank-vogel-after-blowout-loss-as-embattled-coach-remains-on-hot-seat-per-report/

RCM88x · Post #398 » by **RCM88x** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:05 pm

MisterHibachi wrote:
RCM88x wrote:If the Lakers dump Vogel for Fizdale they are a certified joke.

I don't care about Vogel one way or another. He's probably not the biggest issue, but he hasn't been a solution either.

The problem is the Lakers waiting to do this until the end of January instead of in November, when Vogel has had the same issues all season long. Why do it more than halfway through the season?

Because Rob thought Westbrook+AD would be better and is looking to do something to justify keeping his job. And because I guess it worked with Lebron teams before so why not try it here??

Don't think it's gonna work here though.

Baski · Post #399 » by **Baski** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:31 pm

What exactly is the downside to Reaves starting? Every time I watch him play it's just high IQ plays and hustle. I feel like he should get as many minutes with LeBron as possible, but it seems everyone here is talking about Monk vs Bradley. Is there some benefit to having him come off the bench?

Mos_Heat · Post #400 » by **Mos_Heat** » Tue Jan 18, 2022 5:07 pm

RCM88x wrote:If the Lakers dump Vogel for Fizdale they are a certified joke.

Sounds like he's already fired