Good Dad vs Poor Dad Puffin On That Hooka & Nico Pack... Official (3)Lakers vs (6)Timberwolves 1st Round Playoff Thread

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Okay let's play all 5 all 48 then for Game 4 so we can build a big lead for the 4th quarter collapse

My understanding is after they struggled to get ahead of Minny in the 1st half (no thanks to the bench), JJ then leaned on his best lineup for the entirety of the 3rd. It worked. The Lakers offense was rolling in that quarter and they put up a double digit lead.

Now you're faced with the dilemna of - do you continue to roll with that momentum of that lineup to start the 4th, or do you rest them and rely on the unreliable bench?

Given how every 4th quarter went over the first three games, it would seem to me the former is the lesser of two evils. Denver did the same in their Game 4, and they just managed to hang on, leaning on Jokic/Jamal down the stretch of the game and they just had enough juice to last. This game could've easily went in the Lakers favor if not for a couple of controversial calls and a late turnover from Bron when they were down by 1 point.

 

[TheNig]

JJ thought this was 2k and turned the fatigue off.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

I wouldn’t have a problem with it if his Stans treated it like hey it’s amazing what he’s doing at this age and left it at that. But if he got to the Finals and somehow managed to win it would be oh that’s why he’s the undisputed GOAT. Luka could score 40 ppg and he’d still get Finals MVP. Blah blah blah.

Can’t have it two ways. He’s GOAT because he’s playing well at his age but then we he doesn’t play well hey what do you expect he’s 40.

Mannnnnn that nikka ain’t The GOAT

There…problem solved. You can’t take on people’s nonsense as gospel my boy

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

You have got to be the ultimate casual to think that playing 5 people for an entire half, including a 40 year old and a 26 year old that has the gas tank of a lawn mower was a good idea

 

[Damnshow]

You have got to be the ultimate casual to think that playing 5 people for an entire half, including a 40 year old and a 26 year old that has the gas tank of a lawn mower was a good idea

Yeah, that's how AD and Kyrie got injured as well, after Nico made that trade. They rushed AD to make his debut and got injured and then Kidd made Kyrie play more minutes when he was injury prone, which ended his season and a big part of next season.

 

[Raquinotj]

You have got to be the ultimate casual to think that playing 5 people for an entire half, including a 40 year old and a 26 year old that has the gas tank of a lawn mower was a good idea

Hope he has enough left in the tank to keep on Dancin.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Yeah, that's how AD and Kyrie got injured as well, after Nico made that trade. They rushed AD to make his debut and got injured and then Kidd made Kyrie play more minutes when he was injury prone, which ended his season and a big part of next season.

The irony that the poster dapping this defended all these moves from the Mavs and has been caping for Nico and Kidd. It looks like somebody got dap happy and can't keep up with all their agendas.



There's no doubt about it that in an ideal situation, Bron and Luka should not be playing these kind of minutes, but because the organization foolishly went into the playoffs with an imbalanced roster, this is the best chance they have at winning. Bron and Luka both need to play around 40+ minutes every game for them to have a fighting chance, regardless of when they get rest during the game. That's just the reality of the matter. It doesn't really make sense for anyone to have a problem with that now if they didn't have a problem with the state of their roster beforehand.

It's not too dissimilar to how the Nuggets have to play their starters (most notably Jokic) 40+ minutes to win either. It's not ideal, but it's their reality.

Everyone can focus on how the coach shouldn't be playing them these kind of minutes, but if winning is the objective, there isn't much choice. We can debate on how Bron and Luka need 1-2 extra minutes rest, but ultimately, what does that matter when they're still going to exhuaust themselves playing big minutes, shouldering big workloads, regardless.

JJ was faced with a 'pick your poison' scenario to start the 4th quarter - does he continue to ride the same lineup that produced the best quarter of the series, or does he bring in a bench lineup that had done nothing all game in hopes they can hold it down for 2-3 minutes?

Both aren't ideal lineups to play. Both lineups are realistically chances of resulting in a loss.

Which is why I don't see the sense in trying to blame him for that, when the blame should be on who put the Lakers in this position in the first place. Whomever's idea it was to run with Jaxson Hayes' bum ass as their only big and marginal role players as backup should be held accountable.

 

[Jazzy B.]

You have got to be the ultimate casual to think that playing 5 people for an entire half, including a 40 year old and a 26 year old that has the gas tank of a lawn mower was a good idea

Lakers were 10 points up at the end of third quarter. There is NO excuse

 

[MVike28]

JJ lost his mind yesterday with the rotations

Also everything Dallas was annoyed and exasperated about Luka was so clear in this game I swear you look at the final stats and they do NOT tell the full story with him

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Nasty work from @Trojan 24 arguing all season how good Jaxson Hayes was (and that they didn't need another big), and now since he's unplayable in the playoffs causing the rest of the starters to take on a great workload and play more minutes, he wants to fake concern about the situation they find themselves in.



Because that's the truth of the matter, even just having one quality big they could play would solve A LOT of their issues. They don't have one so now they're forced into this predicament.

But hey, y'all keeping thinking Bron and Luka getting 1-2 extra minutes rest is the remedy to their ailments.

 

[Theo Penn]

Nasty work from @Trojan 24 arguing all season how good Jaxson Hayes was (and that they didn't need another big), and now since he's unplayable in the playoffs causing the rest of the starters to take on a great workload and play more minutes, he wants to fake concern about the situation they find themselves in.



Because that's the truth of the matter, even just having one quality big they could play would solve A LOT of their issues. They don't have one so now they're forced into this predicament.

But hey, y'all keeping thinking Bron and Luka getting 1-2 extra minutes rest is the remedy to their ailments.

Mark Williams would’ve helped

Unfortunately, the Lakers are a organization

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Mark Williams would’ve helped

Unfortunately, the Lakers are a organization

Without a shadow of a doubt he would've helped.

He would've given you around 20 minutes (which you can take off Bron's and Luka's respective minutes), he would've given you a vertical threat that makes the Lakers offense less predictable, there would be 12-16 points alone off lobs, putbacks and drop-offs from the dunker spot, he would be a rim deterrence, he would be a big body to soak up contact against Minny's bigs, it would give them more versatility in the lineups they play (where you could play someone like Gabe more) and he would also be someone who can make plays (he's a competent playmaker).

It would alleviate a whole lot of stress and workload from everyone else.

But since they don't have that, they're forced into the shyt they're doing now, causing folks to lose their rabbit ass mind that Bron and Luka aren't getting a couple minutes more rest as if that's going to solve the mess they're in.

 

[tuckgod]

I’ve been hating on this nikka Julius Randle his entire career and I’ve been dead wrong the whole time.

 

[Trojan 24]

Nasty work from @Trojan 24 arguing all season how good Jaxson Hayes was (and that they didn't need another big), and now since he's unplayable in the playoffs causing the rest of the starters to take on a great workload and play more minutes, he wants to fake concern about the situation they find themselves in.



Because that's the truth of the matter, even just having one quality big they could play would solve A LOT of their issues. They don't have one so now they're forced into this predicament.

But hey, y'all keeping thinking Bron and Luka getting 1-2 extra minutes rest is the remedy to their ailments.

All this cause JJ Reddit couldn't figure out how to steal a couple minutes rest, a standard practice in the NBA for years

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

More goat shyt going on