The LeBron James All-NBA (2nd) and Luka Doncic - 24-25 Thread

tone wone · Post #2641 » by **tone wone** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:13 am

LA is actually out shooting them but offensive rebounds and turnovers has Minny dominating the possesikb game.

Lebron and Reaves with some terrible turnovers and they just can't get a rebound.

IG2 · Post #2642 » by **IG2** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:14 am

Same story we've seen all series. Lakers are small and unathletic as hell whereas Minnesota is the complete opposite of that. Just watching the 2 teams move on the court is comical.

The only team LA could've defeated in the West is Memphis. Otherwise they are a painfully small and slow team. Pelinka has a lot to do in the off-season.

CKRT · Post #2643 » by **CKRT** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:14 am

Lakers just can’t do anything against the length of this defense. Minnesota is blowing everything up

trickshot · Post #2644 » by **trickshot** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:17 am

These are some of the worst doubles I've ever seen on defense. Why must JJ have Reaves play so many minutes when Luka is already a lot to cover up for? There's a reason Pop had Ginobli come off the bench. He's overly attached to the idea of what Reaves can bring rather than his actual play.

tone wone · Post #2645 » by **tone wone** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:18 am

Randle and McDaniels...the two guys who've actually swung this series, are in foul trouble and they can't take advantage.

And now Luka just hurt his back. Damn.

IG2 · Post #2646 » by **IG2** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:24 am

tone wone wrote:Randle and McDaniels...the two guys who've actually swung this series, are in foul trouble and they can't take advantage.

And now Luka just hurt his back. Damn.

DVZ and Alexander are a blur out there. Clowning LA's slow ass.

DorianRo · Post #2647 » by **DorianRo** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:26 am

They owe Nico an apology. He saw this coming. Which is why he dealt luka off. Injuries happen constantly when you’re out of shape. And Luka is always out of shape with no plan to get in shape. Or he would have by now

bigboi · Post #2648 » by **bigboi** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:27 am

I can't believe this board tried telling me that Luka is better than Tatum lmaoooooooo. This conversation is over, he isn't better than Shai nor Tatum. All time worst defender

Ainosterhaspie · Post #2649 » by **Ainosterhaspie** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:33 am

trickshot wrote:Tonight I think the Lakers might consider sticking to single coverage on Ant or a less aggressive help scheme. It's not that doubling Ant or overhelping is the wrong move, it's moreso that when they try to protect Reaves or Luka it leaves the big guys out of position to box out Rudy/Reid. Lakers win the last game playing the exact same offensive game if they just held the Wolves to single digit OREBs. One poison is ok, two is unacceptable.

Think the lesser evil is letting Ant go for 40, slightly less minutes for any weak POA defender not named Luka (yes, that includes Reaves) and more time for the more physical guys. It's okay to have lineups with 1 guy who can't shoot. The Lakers 5 out kinda sucks against physical teams and I don't believe alternative results will be that much worse than getting gentleman swept, or they wouldn't be here in the first place.

Good call.

trickshot · Post #2650 » by **trickshot** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:34 am

Hate the way JJ has managed Reaves/Rui this series. Whenever the team gets any kind of momentum he subs in Reaves/Luka lineups and the 3pt defense collapses. Stop matching Rui with Gobert. The paint defense collapses. Let Hayes and Vando take turns soaking up fouls if it has to come to that. Rob hasn't given him enough tools to work with but he's also making it impossible to stop the bleeding long enough to go on a run.

nzahir · Post #2651 » by **nzahir** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:34 am

DorianRo wrote:They owe Nico an apology. He saw this coming. Which is why he dealt luka off. Injuries happen constantly when you’re out of shape. And Luka is always out of shape with no plan to get in shape. Or he would have by now

I don’t think trading for an older AD sigh injury issues then made sense if that was the thinking

dcstanley · Post #2652 » by **dcstanley** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:36 am

I don't think Ham has ever coached a series as poorly as JJ has coached this one.

tone wone · Post #2653 » by **tone wone** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:36 am

IG2 wrote:
tone wone wrote:Randle and McDaniels...the two guys who've actually swung this series, are in foul trouble and they can't take advantage.

And now Luka just hurt his back. Damn.

DVZ and Alexander are a blur out there. Clowning LA's slow ass.

Well, their best athlete got benched and now they look even more overwhelmed athletically than they already were.

If I knew that Hayes couldn't play I would've had ZERO expectations for this team in the playoffs. People do not understand just how important he was from late-Jan. on.

trickshot · Post #2654 » by **trickshot** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:49 am

Sit Reaves for god's sake. His defense is not great and his offense isn't clicking. How is this worse than anything Gabe or even Knecht can bring for a couple minutes

IG2 · Post #2655 » by **IG2** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:51 am

dcstanley wrote:I don't think Ham has ever coached a series as poorly as JJ has coached this one.

There's not much any coach can do with a team that has no size nor athleticism. At least Ham had AD.

Post #2656 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:51 am

trickshot wrote:Sit Reaves for god's sake. His defense is not great and his offense isn't clicking. How is this worse than anything Gabe or even Knecht can bring for a couple minutes

My guy, the Lakers have one of the worst benches in the league. There isn't some magical solution sitting over there.

trickshot · Post #2657 » by **trickshot** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:55 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:
trickshot wrote:Sit Reaves for god's sake. His defense is not great and his offense isn't clicking. How is this worse than anything Gabe or even Knecht can bring for a couple minutes

My guy, the Lakers have one of the worst benches in the league. There isn't some magical solution sitting over there.

The math just isn't mathing. Anyone with a net neutral defense is better than what Reaves is playing right now. If he doesn't mind porous defense then that too is sitting on the bench. Absolute madness to eliminate all your options 20 minutes to the premature end of your season

Post #2658 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Thu May 1, 2025 4:02 am

trickshot wrote:
Fadeaway_J wrote:
trickshot wrote:Sit Reaves for god's sake. His defense is not great and his offense isn't clicking. How is this worse than anything Gabe or even Knecht can bring for a couple minutes

My guy, the Lakers have one of the worst benches in the league. There isn't some magical solution sitting over there.

The math just isn't mathing. Anyone with a net neutral defense is better than what Reaves is playing right now. If he doesn't mind porous defense then that too is sitting on the bench. Absolute madness to eliminate all your options 20 minutes to the premature end of your season

Gabe is already playing his usual minutes. And if you think Knecht is going to be net neutral defensively I don't know what to tell you.

PistolPeteJR · Post #2659 » by **PistolPeteJR** » Thu May 1, 2025 4:19 am

The takes in this thread the last few days have been all-time dreadful.

What do you want JJ to do with a roster that has one pitiful big who’s a third stringer at best? What do you want him to do against an athlete like Ant? Single coverage? They tried that Game 1 and got shredded because this isn’t 2023 Ant. Double? They’re trying that and it’s been their best bet, but this isn’t 2024 Ant. They don’t have a POA defender that can stay with him.

Randle’s been playing out of his mind and making shot after shot.

This team was designed (poorly) by the FO to fit around LeBron and AD. Midseason trade changed that big time, and the pieces don’t fit now.

What do you guys want? Seriously? Be reasonable.

trickshot · Post #2660 » by **trickshot** » Thu May 1, 2025 4:22 am

Fadeaway_J wrote:
trickshot wrote:
Fadeaway_J wrote:My guy, the Lakers have one of the worst benches in the league. There isn't some magical solution sitting over there.

The math just isn't mathing. Anyone with a net neutral defense is better than what Reaves is playing right now. If he doesn't mind porous defense then that too is sitting on the bench. Absolute madness to eliminate all your options 20 minutes to the premature end of your season

Gabe is already playing his usual minutes. And if you think Knecht is going to be net neutral defensively I don't know what to tell you.

Read again and read carefully. Knecht is the one with the porous defense referred to. Gabe is the net neutral.

Hindsight: Would you trade Luka back to Dallas for Anthony Davis?