The LeBron James - 21-22 Regular Season Thread - New Thread Soon Part 2

Kingdibs19 · Post #921 » by **Kingdibs19** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 10:41 pm

Healthy Starting lineup should be:

AD
Ariza
Lebron
THT
Nunn

With Lebron and THT trading PG duties and Westbrook being a super 6th man surrounded by shooters. They would never do this though sadly.

TroubleS0me · Post #922 » by **TroubleS0me** » Tue Nov 16, 2021 11:18 pm

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Baski · Post #923 » by **Baski** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:08 am

Impressive. I'd say he's in elite company, but he's neither a good enough scorer nor playmaker to justify racking up that many turnovers, at literally the fastest pace in NBA history. Very hard to like as a player.

Mos_Heat · Post #924 » by **Mos_Heat** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 9:44 am

thebigbird wrote:Lakers are so stupid. By far the most incompetent organization LeBron has played for in his career. So many good options and they end up with gd Russell Westbrick.

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Derozan wasn't a good option

Kingdibs19 · Post #925 » by **Kingdibs19** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 4:00 pm

Demar is elite @ both getting to the FT line and shooting from the midrange which becomes very important in the playoffs. What is Westbrook elite at other then historic TO numbers ?

Heej · Post #926 » by **Heej** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 5:47 pm

Lol Demar probably wouldn't play to the same level if he came here tho. You legit get stat boosts when given primacy. He'd never have had that in LA

trickshot · Post #927 » by **trickshot** » Wed Nov 17, 2021 11:27 pm

Tonight is going to address the puzzling question "who did they expect to crossmatch the likes of Giannis when this roster was put together?". Absolutely baffling from the same team that add the foresight to carry bigman defenders to combat the likes of Jokic. I mean they do realise Ariza couldn't guard Giannis last year. Heat had to scrap that idea in the first half of the first game. Had to use Butler more frequently on him, a move that couldn't have helped his chances of having a good offensive series. Unlike the Heat I'd think the Lakers would have the benefit of learning from that grave hindsight error.

Heej · Post #928 » by **Heej** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:48 am

donnieme wrote:Tonight is going to address the puzzling question "who did they expect to crossmatch the likes of Giannis when this roster was put together?". Absolutely baffling from the same team that add the foresight to carry bigman defenders to combat the likes of Jokic. I mean they do realise Ariza couldn't guard Giannis last year. Heat had to scrap that idea in the first half of the first game. Had to use Butler more frequently on him, a move that couldn't have helped his chances of having a good offensive series. Unlike the Heat I'd think the Lakers would have the benefit of learning from that grave hindsight error.

Brons probably the best defender in the league on him tbh because he's stronger and comparably quick laterally. They'd probably toy around with matchups and sic LeBron on him in crunch time.

trickshot · Post #929 » by **trickshot** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:56 am

Giannis starts 4/4 off of mostly dunks. Also carmelo isn't sniffing major minutes in the playoffs. He has been a fairly huge liability against good teams.

MisterHibachi · Post #930 » by **MisterHibachi** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:37 am

No one on this team can get AD the ball wth is this

MisterHibachi · Post #931 » by **MisterHibachi** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:42 am

Giannis sees AD as food on defense, man. This is rough

trickshot · Post #932 » by **trickshot** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:57 am

Lakers aren't even playing that bad on offense 44/40/75 but Giannis is now 12/13 and the Bucks are getting whatever they want. Behind the blowouts is the trend that Lakers roster loses every single matchup. There's no half decent matchup they don't collapse to.

Greyhound · Post #933 » by **Greyhound** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:59 am

MisterHibachi wrote:Giannis sees AD as food on defense, man. This is rough

That man is out there punking AD.

Making faces like… “who is this bum on me”.

Embarrassing.

He is supposed to be AD’s biggest rival in the league. This should be AD’s top “mark the calendar” matchup of the season. To get completely demolished like this is embarrassing.

AD has zero heart or pride. He should never be mentioned in the same breath as Giannis.

Baski · Post #934 » by **Baski** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:11 am

Lmao AD

MisterHibachi · Post #935 » by **MisterHibachi** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:12 am

How is that not an and 1 for AD

MisterHibachi · Post #936 » by **MisterHibachi** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:12 am

THT is a stud, man. He needs to be a permanent starter especially if the shooting holds.

Funcrusher · Post #937 » by **Funcrusher** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:15 am

MisterHibachi wrote:THT is a stud, man. He needs to be a permanent starter especially if the shooting holds.

I think he can eventually peak as a Jimmy Butler-esque player, honestly. And in some respects their statistical heuristics/profile at the same point in their careers look pretty similar

MisterHibachi · Post #938 » by **MisterHibachi** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:18 am

THT still doesn't have a left hand lol

trickshot · Post #939 » by **trickshot** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:19 am

What the actual f happened with THT. This has to be a hot streak, it's too good to be true. What the actual f, it hasn't even been a couple months since the phx series. Was he in the gym all summer?

MisterHibachi · Post #940 » by **MisterHibachi** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:20 am

DJ, Bazemore and Rondo on the floor at the same time. Vogel actively trying to lose this game.