Hart has had a few amazing games and a lot of stinkers. He looked like he had next after summer league but his 3pt shot disappeared somewhere since then. I don't know what is wrong with him.
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Hart has had a few amazing games and a lot of stinkers. He looked like he had next after summer league but his 3pt shot disappeared somewhere since then. I don't know what is wrong with him.
I AM WARHOL
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Optimistically, we split those 4.
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Th3G3ntleman
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I feel like everytime I watch the Lakers that Ingram post Bron injury has by far the most FT attempts and his percentage is always sub 60%. I don't even get it with that nicca. Lonzo shot is what it is so that makes sense but the Ingram thing is crazy to me.
Reid2Achieve
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Why? His plan was always get at least two max free agents and he said he needed last summer and this upcoming summer. He put a bunch of one year guys around Lebron and the young core and he’s holding his chips for a big trade. Up until Christmas we were exceeding expectations until Lebron got hurt. Magic is doing just fine. He seems to believe somebody is coming.
This was never supposed to be the year of contention. It’s the audition year. Let’s keep things in perspective.
The Dubs don't have that much talent beyond Steph and Durant until Cousins comes back. The Lakers have more overall talent but they don't have anybody who can shoot consistently. Lance, Rondo and LeBron are their best three point shooters in that order.
The theme in their losses is being terrible from three and the line. Last night they were 7-34 from three and 16-27 from the line. Everyone likes to crush Luke, but shyt, what's he supposed to do in a league that's geared around shooting? Can't even tell guys to go to the rim because if they get fouled they're missing one of two each time. It's a catch-22 right now.
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I agree with all this but I don't think anybody could've seen all the young guys shooting so much worse. I know the thought was that with Lebron it would lead to more even looks and likely a bump in everybody's shooting. Josh Hart shooting 5% worse from 3, 8% from Ingram, 7% for Kuzma, 3% from KCP. Lonzo is the only one who went up but he's still shooting 32%. If those first four guys were even shooting at last year's clip this would like like an entirely different team and the need for shooting would not be as pronounced. That's why I can't totally kill Magic and Pelinka yet. Who could've seen that drop off coming?The Dubs don't have that much talent beyond Steph and Durant until Cousins comes back. The Lakers have more overall talent but they don't have anybody who can shoot consistently. Lance, Rondo and LeBron are their best three point shooters in that order.
The theme in their losses is being terrible from three and the line. Last night they were 7-34 from three and 16-27 from the line. Everyone likes to crush Luke, but shyt, what's he supposed to do in a league that's geared around shooting? Can't even tell guys to go to the rim because if they get fouled they're missing one of two each time. It's a catch-22 right now.
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I don't know why the Lakers haven't looked at getting a legit shooting coach for this team. I think they took the issue too lightly as if the young players will correct it themselves but it's not always that easy as we've seen.
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i dont agree with this. klay is more talented than all of our young core and livingston is skilled at what he does. lance, hart, kcp, and zo are mad inconsistent from 3. to me, the lakers are suffering thru growing pains and still trying to find everybody's roleThe Dubs don't have that much talent beyond Steph and Durant until Cousins comes back. The Lakers have more overall talent but they don't have anybody who can shoot consistently. Lance, Rondo and LeBron are their best three point shooters in that order.
The theme in their losses is being terrible from three and the line. Last night they were 7-34 from three and 16-27 from the line. Everyone likes to crush Luke, but shyt, what's he supposed to do in a league that's geared around shooting? Can't even tell guys to go to the rim because if they get fouled they're missing one of two each time. It's a catch-22 right now.
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I think Luke’s in charge of the structure of the coaching staff, and he’s shown that he can be very stubborn and slow to change. I hope Magic or Pelinka start applying pressure for him too hire one.
Klay hasn't been that good this season until his five or six game stretch lately. Easily the worst shooting of his career and he gets to play off two HOFers. Livingston's averaging 4.3 ppg; barely more than Chandler.
Most of that team is
so far. Look at their roster again and compare it to LA's. It's not pretty outside Steph and KD.Young guys' numbers in January:
Kuzma: 19.6/5.0/1.8 on 40.4%/26.5%/65.4% shooting
Ingram: 18.1/7.0/3.3 on 44.7%/66.7% (three total attempts)/62.2% shooting
Bust: 9.4/6.1/6.1 on 36.2%/37.1%/23.1% shooting
Hart: 8.6/7.6/2.4 on 28.8%/17.5%/78.6% shooting
That is fukking brutal.
Kuzma: 19.6/5.0/1.8 on 40.4%/26.5%/65.4% shooting
Ingram: 18.1/7.0/3.3 on 44.7%/66.7% (three total attempts)/62.2% shooting
Bust: 9.4/6.1/6.1 on 36.2%/37.1%/23.1% shooting
Hart: 8.6/7.6/2.4 on 28.8%/17.5%/78.6% shooting
That is fukking brutal.
Young guys' numbers in January:
Kuzma: 19.6/5.0/1.8 on 40.4%/26.5%/65.4% shooting
Ingram: 18.1/7.0/3.3 on 44.7%/66.7% (three total attempts)/62.2% shooting
Bust: 9.4/6.1/6.1 on 36.2%/37.1%/23.1% shooting
Hart: 8.6/7.6/2.4 on 28.8%/17.5%/78.6% shooting
That is fukking brutal.
BI with 18 and 7 on 45% isn't even that bad on the surface. He's had games where he was shooting 50%+ through the first 3 qtrs and shyts the bed in the 4th. Yesterday he was 8-14 which isn't bad. But he just doesn't seem able to take over games with his weak ass ISOs, and his FTs are fukking terrible which negates his ability to draw fouls. Never takes 3's. 18 is also a little underwhelming....you'd hope that without Bron he could get into the low 20s