The OFFICIAL Lakers Defense is Dog Vomit Thread

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Just reviewing the Denver game lowlights and a few key issues jumped out.

Screens: Denver sets a lot of them at the top of the key to initiate their offense. They create imbalances for cutters or enough space for a shooter to raise up for a good look. Conversely, Lakers tend to play iso ball.

Motion: Lakers are good on fast breaks but in half court they don't seem to have a lot of teamwork plays. Denver on the other hand is constantly running curls and cuts, effectively confusing our Defense.

Confusion: there are far too many examples of guys not even knowing who they are supposed to guard, especially off those high screens and in fast breaks. Many times there were two Lakers on one Nugget. They are constantly in the wrong position to properly defend.

Eyes: Lakers tend to all be focused on the ball handler and thus easily lose their assignment on back cuts and motion plays.

Overall, they look like a high school team on defense. I honestly don't know how they can call themselves professionals the way they defended Denver.

CantStopJM · Star Player Joined: 03 Oct 2017 Posts: 2992

Remember when Luke was getting praise for his defense last year....

Fools gold. We rarely get stops unless it's McGee at the rim, we don't force 24 second violations, our defense is pretty much, pretty please, can you miss this open jumper?

Surfitall · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 9:20 pm Post subject:

If the opposing team has a center who can hit from three it’s a problem for us. Once our bigs have to move to the perimeter the inside becomes a free for all, and we struggle to box out and rebound. No rebounds, no rings.

epak · Retired Number Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 34147

When your best player is *** on defense what can you expect.

VicXLakers · Franchise Player Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 11823

give it time LG... now that's a funny thought

durden-tyler · Star Player Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 1266

https://on.nba.com/2x0akfX

Kobe2Lonz0 · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:26 am Post subject:

The Thread Title!!!

Holy (Bleep)!
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Kobe2Lonz0 · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:29 am Post subject:

Chronicle · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:59 am Post subject:

Had an elite switching defender last year and let him walk so we could give big bucks to kcp and rondo
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lakersfan8 · Star Player Joined: 27 May 2014 Posts: 2993

They looked very exhausted for some reasons. I think that’s the reason why we were exceptionally terrible this game

CabinCreek44 · Star Player Joined: 16 Apr 2001 Posts: 3855

Such an impolite insult to dog vomit...

King Randle · Star Player Joined: 21 Jul 2014 Posts: 7313

Ingram guarding 2's just doesn't work. Whenever there's a high pick n roll, he's always chasing the 2 from behind. The 2 gets into the lane and either shoots, lobs or has a 2 on 1 with the screener. Ingram never fights through the pick and never switches to the screener who rolls to the basket. It's a disaster. For this reason alone Hart should start.

PHILosophize · Franchise Player Joined: 05 Nov 2012 Posts: 10758

A+ title
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LakerLand247 · Star Player Joined: 26 Sep 2009 Posts: 4809

In the running for the Best Thread Title ever!