Lakers Film Room: How the offense is improving

The Skyhook · Post #1 » by **The Skyhook** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 10:52 pm

Was wondering if we could get an official thread for Lakers Film Room and Basketball breakdown since we seem to be posting a lot of their content. This is the newest one just released.

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Post #2 » by **Slava** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 11:04 pm

Looking at the number of passing options opening up for the bigs from around the FT line either through short rolls or through defences icing the side PnRs makes me miss Pau. He'd be shredding them left and right with his quick passing and decision making.

The Skyhook · Post #3 » by **The Skyhook** » Sun Nov 13, 2016 11:24 pm

With his court vision Randle should be able to absolutely kill it in that short pick and roll if he ever improves on pick and rolls. Nance is usually pretty good at finding open team mates as well so I expect that short pick and roll to be a staple in the Lakers offense as the season progresses.

lake_show · Post #4 » by **lake_show** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 3:00 pm

Nance is amazing. Such a great piece for our future. The guy just seems to do everything the right way... always. You'll never have to worry about his energy, execution, and effort. He's another guy, along with Randle, who, "if he ever gets a consistent jumper" - it's over.

Glad to see our guys picking up this offense fairly quickly. I remember the good 'ol days with the Triangle. Where it would take 2-3 months for players to understand it because it was so complex.

Laker_Kid · Post #5 » by **Laker_Kid** » Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:00 pm

yeah im really loving this offense. and im really impressed how quick we're devoping an identity: which is fast paced, ball movement, spot up threes, drop off passes for dunks, and solid defense. reminds me of the old suns on offense. just need dlo to be nash-asque...

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danfantastk32 · Post #6 » by **danfantastk32** » Wed Nov 16, 2016 2:55 am

I think a major key in all of this is the ball-movement. Defense can only do so much in a game. If a team can spread the floor, even a "solid" defensive team has to live with allowing certain shots. Teams can't kill themselves running all over on defense, and practically none will.

A good defensive team will decide what shots they are willing to live with you taking. But by executing offense, and keeping that ball moving, your gonna get to decide the shot YOU want. You see it time and freaking time again in replays. That ball moves and the defense break apart, and if players are willing to just KEEP IT MOVING that extra pass or two....it's a completely open look where you want. Luke's done a great job getting the team to buy into this philosophy. Prob the hardest challenge as a coach (Well....getting guys to buy into being good defensively is #1...so let's call this #2).

Just need to clean it all up. Still alot of "thinking" on the floor. Games will solve that.