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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | cthroatgtr wrote: | | Bradley at his best was an elite on ball defender. He was always undersized however. If he doesn't need to be a traditional PG he can make a big difference for the Lakers if healthy. |
Hopefully so. A rejuvenated Bradley with Caruso and Green would be a respectable trio with KCP and Cook ready to fill in. |
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| epak wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | cthroatgtr wrote: | | Bradley at his best was an elite on ball defender. He was always undersized however. If he doesn't need to be a traditional PG he can make a big difference for the Lakers if healthy. |
Hopefully so. A rejuvenated Bradley with Caruso and Green would be a respectable trio with KCP and Cook ready to fill in. |
And Rondo leading them all. |
Quien?
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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | epak wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | cthroatgtr wrote: | | Bradley at his best was an elite on ball defender. He was always undersized however. If he doesn't need to be a traditional PG he can make a big difference for the Lakers if healthy. |
Hopefully so. A rejuvenated Bradley with Caruso and Green would be a respectable trio with KCP and Cook ready to fill in. |
And Rondo leading them all. |
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The play where he picked off the backdoor was awesome. Kawhi had a play exactly like that last year and it seems like Caruso actually studied it and put it into his game.
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| Very strong game from Caruso, even if he was relegated to leading the third string squad. He still got them cohesive, and got Cacok on a roll, played solid defense, good steal on the backdoor pass, went aggressive to the rim over and over to set up scores and assists, and ended up with an efficient scoring night and more points than Rondo on fewer shots, 6 assists as well in 19 minutes. |
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Caruso could well end up being the best bargain the Lakers have this year, dollar for dollar.
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| Pels gonna be like ‘should’ve asked for Caruso instead of...’ |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| TooMuchMajicBuss wrote: | | Very strong game from Caruso, even if he was relegated to leading the third string squad. He still got them cohesive, and got Cacok on a roll, played solid defense, good steal on the backdoor pass, went aggressive to the rim over and over to set up scores and assists, and ended up with an efficient scoring night and more points than Rondo on fewer shots, 6 assists as well in 19 minutes. |
I also liked the way that he was trying to get Howard involved offensively.
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| ^Yes, Caruso did a good job orchestrating once he got aggressive. They ran that mover-blocker motion to start the second half and he passed up an open three, then didn’t attack hard. But after that he got into rhythm and when Dwight came in, he had some flow going because he was aggressive. Their best sequences were in early offense when Dwight would set a screen or slip and Caruso would go hard. |
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| DancingBarry wrote: | | ^Yes, Caruso did a good job orchestrating once he got aggressive. They ran that mover-blocker motion to start the second half and he passed up an open three, then didn’t attack hard. But after that he got into rhythm and when Dwight came in, he had some flow going because he was aggressive. Their best sequences were in early offense when Dwight would set a screen or slip and Caruso would go hard. |
It kinda makes you want to see what he could do with AD in those same motion sequences.
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If Caruso can put pressure on the rim (he can), AD will feast off that.
I do like that Rondo has more of that finesse, passing game and chemistry with AD. I think Caruso will learn off that just watching and being around that. Going to be fun watching the chemistry with Caruso grow when he gets his minutes. |
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Caruso looked pretty solid the other night. My hopes continue to grow that what we've seen from him is real.
Do you guys feel like he'll become that guard we need who's an offensive threat when we need him to be? Not talking about averaging lots of points, but just forcing the issue and calling his own number in short spurts to balance out our offensive attack.
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Caruso-Howard seem to be developing some chemistry together.
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Lot of guys to root for this season. I think its going to be a guard/shooter by committee, where different nights, one of the guard mob gets hot, and that's who we run with.
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| Hopefully he can dominate the other team's backups. I like how he's big enough that you can have him play both guard positions as well. |
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If rondo had a game like caruso's LG would be roasting him right now.
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| kikanga wrote: | | If rondo had a game like caruso's LG would be roasting him right now. |
11 points (4-12, 3-4 from 3), 8 assists (4 tovs), 3 steals, and 2 blocks is roast-worthy? Is that line that bad?
And did you watch the game? Kind of tough to score at the rim when Jarrett Allen and DeAndre Jordan completely ignore your roll man.
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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | If rondo had a game like caruso's LG would be roasting him right now. |
11 points (4-12, 3-4 from 3), 8 assists (4 tovs), 3 steals, and 2 blocks is roast-worthy? Is that line that bad?
And did you watch the game? Kind of tough to score at the rim when Jarrett Allen and DeAndre Jordan completely ignore your roll man. |
People were roasting Rondo game 1, and he played well. That's kinda my point.
Watched the 2nd half. Liked his defense. 3 steal and 1 block is good. Hit some nice catch and shoot 3s. Just didn't like the turnovers and his finishing around the hoop. There were some drop passes to the big that were available.
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| kikanga wrote: | | If rondo had a game like caruso's LG would be roasting him right now. |
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| kikanga wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | If rondo had a game like caruso's LG would be roasting him right now. |
11 points (4-12, 3-4 from 3), 8 assists (4 tovs), 3 steals, and 2 blocks is roast-worthy? Is that line that bad?
And did you watch the game? Kind of tough to score at the rim when Jarrett Allen and DeAndre Jordan completely ignore your roll man. |
People were roasting Rondo game 1, and he played well. That's kinda my point.
Watched the 2nd half. Liked his defense. 3 steal and 1 block is good. Hit some nice catch and shoot 3s. Just didn't like the turnovers and his finishing around the hoop. There were some drop passes to the big that were available. |
Did Rondo play well in game 1?
Having Cacock get blocked instead would've improved Caruso's statline, I agree.
The two late turnovers were poor, but he finished with a non-roast-worthy 2:1 ATR. I question how much better the outcome would've been with Rondo surrounded by KCP, Norvell, Jackson, and Cacock.
I feel like yours would've been a better snarky post for the Avery Bradley thread because as of this point he looks like he should be third on the depth chart behind Rondo and Caruso in some order.
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| Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | If rondo had a game like caruso's LG would be roasting him right now. |
11 points (4-12, 3-4 from 3), 8 assists (4 tovs), 3 steals, and 2 blocks is roast-worthy? Is that line that bad?
And did you watch the game? Kind of tough to score at the rim when Jarrett Allen and DeAndre Jordan completely ignore your roll man. |
People were roasting Rondo game 1, and he played well. That's kinda my point.
Watched the 2nd half. Liked his defense. 3 steal and 1 block is good. Hit some nice catch and shoot 3s. Just didn't like the turnovers and his finishing around the hoop. There were some drop passes to the big that were available. |
Did Rondo play well in game 1?
Having Cacock get blocked instead would've improved Caruso's statline, I agree.
The two late turnovers were poor, but he finished with a non-roast-worthy 2:1 ATR. I question how much better the outcome would've been with Rondo surrounded by KCP, Norvell, Jackson, and Cacock.
I feel like yours would've been a better snarky post for the Avery Bradley thread because as of this point he looks like he should be third on the depth chart behind Rondo and Caruso in some order. |
Did Rondo have a good game 1? He was one of the few bench players who did play well in the 1st half. KCP and Dwight had rough game 1s.
I think Caruso should've made the right read. Instead of going up against a squared up DeAndre or Allen.
Hopefully Vogel gives Caruso a shot starting, wanna see what it looks like. Especially if he keeps knocking down those catch and shoot 3s. Wonder how he'll do guarding smaller guards, that's what Bradley is supposed to bring to the table.
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| kikanga wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | | If rondo had a game like caruso's LG would be roasting him right now. |
11 points (4-12, 3-4 from 3), 8 assists (4 tovs), 3 steals, and 2 blocks is roast-worthy? Is that line that bad?
And did you watch the game? Kind of tough to score at the rim when Jarrett Allen and DeAndre Jordan completely ignore your roll man. |
People were roasting Rondo game 1, and he played well. That's kinda my point.
Watched the 2nd half. Liked his defense. 3 steal and 1 block is good. Hit some nice catch and shoot 3s. Just didn't like the turnovers and his finishing around the hoop. There were some drop passes to the big that were available. |
Did Rondo play well in game 1?
Having Cacock get blocked instead would've improved Caruso's statline, I agree.
The two late turnovers were poor, but he finished with a non-roast-worthy 2:1 ATR. I question how much better the outcome would've been with Rondo surrounded by KCP, Norvell, Jackson, and Cacock.
I feel like yours would've been a better snarky post for the Avery Bradley thread because as of this point he looks like he should be third on the depth chart behind Rondo and Caruso in some order. |
Did Rondo have a good game 1? He was one of the few bench players who did play well in the 1st half. KCP and Dwight had rough game 1s.
I think Caruso should've made the right read. Instead of going up against a squared up DeAndre or Allen.
Hopefully Vogel gives Caruso a shot starting, wanna see what it looks like. Especially if he keeps knocking down those catch and shoot 3s. Wonder how he'll do guarding smaller guards, that's what Bradley is supposed to bring to the table. |
I did not see the passing windows available that you did and the Nets defense was geared toward creating a Caruso v. Allen/Jordan 1:1 because he's not capable most nights of taking that on. Hopefully there's a video breakdown that'll show up on YouTube that demonstrates the missed dump-off windows you're referencing because that would be a manageable fix to make.
Did he miss reads that you saw when Caruso was out there with AD/McGee as roll men?
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I did not see the passing windows available that you did and the Nets defense was geared toward creating a Caruso v. Allen/Jordan 1:1 because he's not capable most nights of taking that on. Hopefully there's a video breakdown that'll show up on YouTube that demonstrates the missed dump-off windows you're referencing because that would be a manageable fix to make.
Did he miss reads that you saw when Caruso was out there with AD/McGee as roll men? |
This will show you all his shot attempts.
https://on.nba.com/2MvO2fN
It's not like I hate Caruso. He did some things well. Liked the steals and the block. And the catch and shoot 3s. Just highlighting that he's treated a little differently than Rondo on LG.
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