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No clue why they’ve had a hard on wanting AD to play center the last few years
Yup. That was the better move.Hindsight is 20/20 but maybe they would have been better off during the Hield/Turner trade after all
They gonna keep running into that Jokic wall the same way teams were running into that Jordan wall in the 90s. That Wall existed because teams couldn’t match up with him. I see the same thing happening here with Jokic.
At least Turner has size and makes Joker work. He just lil bros AD with ease.
Because that's where he's most effective.No clue why they’ve had a hard on wanting AD to play center the last few years
Turner isn't doing shyt with Jokic either. Nobody is.Hindsight is 20/20 but maybe they would have been better off during the Hield/Turner trade after all
They gonna keep running into that Jokic wall the same way teams were running into that Jordan wall in the 90s. That Wall existed because teams couldn’t match up with him. I see the same thing happening here with Jokic.
At least Turner has size and makes Joker work. He just lil bros AD with ease.
Because that's where he's most effective.
lmao @ y'all still making excuses for AD.
"bu bu but if he played the 5..."
"bu bu but if he played with turner instead..."
It's always everyone's fault except AD and Bron
How about these MFers show up when we need them... what's our record against elite teams the past 2-3 years? I dare u to go check, there's a reason why we're 0-100 against the clippers and were 0-100 against the Suns before that fraud win last year. these dudes crumble. in fact the last game I remember them both showing up against an elite team was that milwaukee win.
There are plenty of people who blamed AD and partially Bron for the failings of post 2020lmao @ y'all still making excuses for AD.
"bu bu but if he played the 5..."
"bu bu but if he played with turner instead..."
It's always everyone's fault except AD and Bron
How about these MFers show up when we need them... what's our record against elite teams the past 2-3 years? I dare u to go check, there's a reason why we're 0-100 against the clippers and were 0-100 against the Suns before that fraud win last year. these dudes crumble. in fact the last game I remember them both showing up against an elite team was that milwaukee win.
Bro Murray is good, he’s a top 5-10 guard and has showed up in the playoffs every time, bubble or not. He’s THAT guy. There’s maybe 4-5 guys in the league that can slow him down(Anunoby, Jaden Mcdaniels, Jrue, etc). You have to pencil him in for 25+ on good efficiency. He’s also a type of scorer that is Curry like where they score in bunches and it becomes demoralizing. We don’t have a guy on this team that can match his scoring. Bron and AD’s two mean nothing when Jamal is hitting 3s. It’s why the Suns would cook us too. We have no perimeter threats whatsoever.There are plenty of people who blamed AD and partially Bron for the failings of post 2020
In the Denver series, it was blatantly obvious that Murray was playing ABOVE AND BEYOND what he normally is. Dude was better than prime Wade that series. The issue never was "we gotta stop Jokic" because you aren't gonna stop him, but you can limit Murray to a degree and the Lakers failed miserably at that
The other negative was DLO was well below what his normal play was. He was unplayable, and for a good chunk of his stay with LA he's had an argument with Reaves as the 3rd best player.
If the Lakers can limit Murray to even 25-26 PPG, get ANYTHING of value from DLO (14-16 PPG) then they win that series or at the very least it goes 7.
I'd say it's gonna be the same going into this season
He’s not THAT good stop itBro Murray is good, he’s a top 5-10 guard and has showed up in the playoffs every time, bubble or not. He’s THAT guy. There’s maybe 4-5 guys in the league that can slow him down(Anunoby, Jaden Mcdaniels, Jrue, etc). You have to pencil him in for 25+ on good efficiency. He’s also a type of scorer that is Curry like where they score in bunches and it becomes demoralizing. We don’t have a guy on this team that can match his scoring. Bron and AD’s two mean nothing when Jamal is hitting 3s. It’s why the Suns would cook us too. We have no perimeter threats whatsoever.
Murray is good... but to be 32/6/5 on 52/41/95 shooting splits (which is what he did in the WCF) is something entirely differentBro Murray is good, he’s a top 5-10 guard and has showed up in the playoffs every time, bubble or not. He’s THAT guy. There’s maybe 4-5 guys in the league that can slow him down(Anunoby, Jaden Mcdaniels, Jrue, etc). You have to pencil him in for 25+ on good efficiency. He’s also a type of scorer that is Curry like where they score in bunches and it becomes demoralizing. We don’t have a guy on this team that can match his scoring. Bron and AD’s two mean nothing when Jamal is hitting 3s. It’s why the Suns would cook us too. We have no perimeter threats whatsoever.
Murray is good... but to be 32/6/5 on 52/41/95 shooting splits (which is what he did in the WCF) is something entirely different
Thats otherwordly. And he's never done that before. If the Lakers "held him" to 25 they win that series
My point is, who’s supposed to hold him? We don’t have any wing defenders, why wouldn’t you expect that? He just happened to have his best series against us, I’m sure that’s not coinciding with the lack of defenders we have at his position. I’m the only one who called us getting swept btw, don’t make me bring out the receipts. Same issues, better role playersMurray is good... but to be 32/6/5 on 52/41/95 shooting splits (which is what he did in the WCF) is something entirely different
Thats otherwordly. And he's never done that before. If the Lakers "held him" to 25 they win that series