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AD23 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:32 pm Post subject: Death Lineup (Crunch Time Lineup) |
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AD/Kuz/LBJ/Bradley/Caruso ?
Great switching on defense and shooters on offense.
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LakerSD Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: Death Lineup (Crunch Time Lineup) |
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AD23 wrote: | AD/Kuz/LBJ/Bradley/Caruso ?
Great switching on defense and shooters on offense.
Discuss |
I like it. Going to need this version of Kuzma, he just needs to be respectable on D. |
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24Legend007 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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I hate the death lineup phrase. The Warriors are dead thats all good. |
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mad55557777 Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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We need DG in there to be honest. As much as I love AC, DG needs to be in before him |
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Doc JC Star Player
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: Death Lineup (Crunch Time Lineup) |
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AD23 wrote: | AD/Kuz/LBJ/Bradley/Caruso ?
Great switching on defense and shooters on offense.
Discuss |
Was talking about this in the AC thread. I think it was more so based on the Suns shooting soooooo many 3’s. These two guys seem to have slowed it down. |
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AD23 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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mad55557777 wrote: | We need DG in there to be honest. As much as I love AC, DG needs to be in before him |
I think Caruso is a better defender and is more physical |
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Doc JC Star Player
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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mad55557777 wrote: | We need DG in there to be honest. As much as I love AC, DG needs to be in before him |
He was getting beat. Rubio and Booker are too quick for him. |
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mhan00 Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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AD23 wrote: | mad55557777 wrote: | We need DG in there to be honest. As much as I love AC, DG needs to be in before him |
I think Caruso is a better defender and is more physical |
Green is more physical. Caruso is better at taking charges. But Green is a threat from 3 that teams can’t ignore and Caruso, for all the great things he’s done for us so far this season, has been a train wreck on offense. Even if Green is cold, teams aren’t going to leave him open in the corner. |
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mad55557777 Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Doc JC wrote: | mad55557777 wrote: | We need DG in there to be honest. As much as I love AC, DG needs to be in before him |
He was getting beat. Rubio and Booker are too quick for him. |
We don’t play the suns every game do we? |
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Chronicle Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Kuz or Howard both work _________________ Kobe |
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24Legend007 Star Player
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Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Chronicle wrote: | Kuz or Howard both work | Yes depending on need. This team can multiple closing lineups, we dont have to be a one trick pony. |
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cencio_999 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:08 am Post subject: |
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I like Caruso and, as any white male, I'm a fan, but you don't close games with your 3rd highest paid player and 2 times NBA champ on the bench. |
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blackmamba08 Star Player
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:52 am Post subject: |
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I disagree. Green is our clutch shooter and he needs to be there.
I would go with this one: AB-DG-LBJ-Kuz-AD
- Shooting in DG and AB
- Defense in AB,AD,DG and sometimes LBJ
- Scoring from Kuz
- Decision making LBJ
- Post AD
- Clutch shoots DG
Here we have great spacing and defense is not bad. Yes Kuz is awful defensively but you have others to cover his mistakes. We need him for scoring. |
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 5:13 am Post subject: |
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I would prefer
Bradley/Caruso
Green
LeBron
Davis/Howard
Apply as needed
Not sold on Kuzma. Maybe when teams stop targeting him defensively. |
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Sina Star Player
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 5:48 am Post subject: |
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Howard, AD, LeBron, Green, Bradley is the best defensive lineup we have.
Inserting Kuzma over Howard would increase our firepower.
Inserting Caruso or Rando over Green or Bradley would improve our offense overall and release LeBron for scoring. |
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Vin Star Player
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:28 am Post subject: |
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How do you not have Green in your death line up? |
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ringfinger Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:59 am Post subject: |
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Don’t think we have a death lineup.
Seems to me that our death lineups have included Howard. |
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ringfinger Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:04 am Post subject: |
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Our top 5 man lineup in terms of net rating only played 1 min together.
Rondo/Green/Lebron/Kuzma/AD
If you limit it to 10 or more mins played together.. it is...
Bradley/Green/Lebron/AD/Howard |
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:05 am Post subject: |
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Too hard to say b/c I do think we will make a few moves before the season is over.
Only thing about Caruso is his hesitance to shoot the 3. If he would be more open to it, I wouldn't mind a closing lineup of:
Bradley/Caruso/Green/LBJ/AD. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals |
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ringfinger Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:09 am Post subject: |
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yinoma2001 wrote: | Too hard to say b/c I do think we will make a few moves before the season is over.
Only thing about Caruso is his hesitance to shoot the 3. If he would be more open to it, I wouldn't mind a closing lineup of:
Bradley/Caruso/Green/LBJ/AD. |
Caruso is a nice option to have too.
I think the positive in not having a clearcut death lineup is that you can mix and match as needed.
If we are playing the Sixers, not sure we want AD guarding Embiid. I’d probably want Howard in there for that, for example. |
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:49 am Post subject: |
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24Legend007 wrote: | I hate the death lineup phrase. The Warriors are dead thats all good. |
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lakerican Star Player
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 11:50 am Post subject: |
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24Legend007 wrote: | I hate the death lineup phrase. The Warriors are dead thats all good. |
Yeah, I don't know why it reminds me of
Achmed, The Dead Terrorist |
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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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24Legend007 wrote: | Chronicle wrote: | Kuz or Howard both work | Yes depending on need. This team can multiple closing lineups, we dont have to be a one trick pony. |
The only two you need for sure are Lebron and AD.
After that, it can be three from Howard, Kuz, Green, Bradley, and Caruso depending on the situation and matchups. |
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Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 5:36 am Post subject: |
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activeverb wrote: | 24Legend007 wrote: | Chronicle wrote: | Kuz or Howard both work | Yes depending on need. This team can multiple closing lineups, we dont have to be a one trick pony. |
The only two you need for sure are Lebron and AD.
After that, it can be three from Howard, Kuz, Green, Bradley, and Caruso depending on the situation and matchups. |
Ideally i think Green should always finish as well. |
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Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 5:54 am Post subject: |
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yinoma2001 wrote: | Too hard to say b/c I do think we will make a few moves before the season is over.
Only thing about Caruso is his hesitance to shoot the 3. If he would be more open to it, I wouldn't mind a closing lineup of:
Bradley/Caruso/Green/LBJ/AD. |
I think Green has to be in there with LBJ and AD, but the fun thing is having two-way options in Bradley, Kuz, Caruso, and (imo) even Dudley who can fill the fill the remaining two spots to close games. _________________ Under New Management |
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