Dlo is not getting benched. So realistically I think the best lineup once Gabe gets back is.
Dlo
Gabe
Rui
Bron
AD
suhar97
People gonna complain about perimeter foot speed but who gives a fuck when you have 4 6’9 athletes all over the court. I’m about it
Early-Candidate5492
From a defensive perspective I would put prince in over rui for quickness.
That way you could have Vando POA.
Reaves guarding the shooting guard.
Prince on the 3 chasing instead of Bron.
Bron on the PFs
AD guarding 5s.
Rui and Bron on the floor makes 1 of them have to exert too much energy defensively on quicker wings.
Benotheking
No cuz DLo is the only and I mean only person that unlock AD and unlock the fridge for Zion fat ass.
LudwigNasche
Agreed, this is something I was thinking about before the start of the season.
GoalPublic3579
Fuck it, whatever we’re doing now sure as shit ain’t working
Hyderabadi__Biryani
If Rui can get his confidence back, and play like he played in the last game, yes. 4 scoring options, 2 great defenders in Vando and AD, 1 good in Bron which can turn into borderline great (Rui can be good too, and AR is fine), and with a clutch gene in AR, this is one of the best lineups we can play.
Only problem is, Rui playing at the same position as Bron. Unless and until you want to prioritise AD for his scoring over his defence of a 5, whereby you end up putting Rui defending the 5 instead (make things difficult, not really stop them, as would happen in the case of Giannis, Joel and Jokic), this lineup would still run into problems. We need a good playmaker instead of Rui.
xxDankerstein
Best lineup for sure, but our bench rotations would suck.
BlksShotz
Dis is da wae
evol_won
So fuck 3s. 👀😬
stewiex95
Yes! Prince and Dlo shouldn’t start ahead of Rui and AR15. Others (Not Lbj/AD) should learn a thing or two from AR15. Learn to draw fouls and attack the paint instead of settling for the 3.
etburneraccount
I don’t think this is our starting it finishing 5, but didn’t we have this lineup against the Warriors during last year’s playoffs a lot?
discussionandrespect
Makes too much sense, ham won’t do it
dreig94
I mean … if you put the team throwing 50 threes and score like 6 … maybe you just need to be smart and abuse even more the paint without killing AD.
Willxzero
This us ultimately the lineup that will be on the floor in my mind.
FatherHaz
This would work if Bron was 29 instead of 39
Mysterious_Jaguar_73
I would swap Cam in for Rui. He plays better on ball defense and can keep up with most ball handlers and use his size to close out on smaller guards. Plus gives you the same output on offense if not more. Rui can start against teams with multiple slashing threats on offense
ProblematicAndCrazy
The Lakers are well built to run hedge, trap, and switching defenses. We have a ton of perimeter length and speed but not a huge amount of true POA defenders.
We are not built to run deep drop. AD is an incredible drop defender but without a good POA defender that can navigate screens well, we only half half of the equation. So why we keep doing it is beyond me. Last season we had Dennis. We haven’t had Gabe, who is one of our few good perimeter screen navigators, for most of the season.
NotUpForDebate11
This is just a long winded way of saying dlo reddish and prince are playing like complete ass. Which is accurate.
Tantle18
I genuinely thought the only reason this wasn’t the preferred lineup was because injuries. Like I thought this lineup was common sense. Other than DLo’s salary keeping him in he starting role, I have no idea why this isn’t the 5 that gets most minutes together
Djaukamo
This hands down is our best lineup. Outside of injury management there’s no good reason to not roll this lineup out on the floor.
Ytsof
DLo helped take us to the playoffs but this lineup took us to the WCF
SanctusXCV
Bully ahh lineup
Limp_Development9722
A guy who has done crack multiple times is smarter than our coach
the1_n_only
Bron-AD-Rui-Reaves-Prince/Vincent in my opinion should start and close games I know people love to hate on Prince but he’s shooting 41.7% from 3 last 15 games. Seeing the positive regression.
That lineup has enough defense (matchup dependent for the Prince/Gabe swap) and leaves you with 5 guys the opposing defense has to respect. Cam and Vando are just not reliable enough offensively and to easy to game plan against. I know we hang our hats on defense but if rando bench guys are going off every night we need firepower to match
Background_Nature_32
This makes too much sense for Ham
crimsonsentinel
We should be switching 1-4 already.
Musicfan637
Can’t win with small guards. Except Steph.
Bigpoppalos
Id like to see something like that. Im over playing guards that cant play d.
DULJI1863
It’s good but I don’t like Austin being a starter. His and teams stats are worse when he’s a starter. When I watch the games as him being the starter he just runs around with the ball and doesn’t get anyone open or passes the ball.
Chrisdkn619
Rui should be getting more run for sure!
Phuddy
Pretty sad that most everyone sees us playing big is the formula but staff won’t even try it
SouthBayLaker23
This was the lineup we were supposed to start.
Flopdo
Agree w/ Odom.
lamontraymond
Swap in Cam for HBK and you have iron claw defense.
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That starting 5 is the mf truth
I would replace Vando with Prince.
Dlo is not getting benched. So realistically I think the best lineup once Gabe gets back is.
Dlo
Gabe
Rui
Bron
AD
People gonna complain about perimeter foot speed but who gives a fuck when you have 4 6’9 athletes all over the court. I’m about it
From a defensive perspective I would put prince in over rui for quickness.
That way you could have Vando POA.
Reaves guarding the shooting guard.
Prince on the 3 chasing instead of Bron.
Bron on the PFs
AD guarding 5s.
Rui and Bron on the floor makes 1 of them have to exert too much energy defensively on quicker wings.
No cuz DLo is the only and I mean only person that unlock AD and unlock the fridge for Zion fat ass.
Agreed, this is something I was thinking about before the start of the season.
Fuck it, whatever we’re doing now sure as shit ain’t working
If Rui can get his confidence back, and play like he played in the last game, yes. 4 scoring options, 2 great defenders in Vando and AD, 1 good in Bron which can turn into borderline great (Rui can be good too, and AR is fine), and with a clutch gene in AR, this is one of the best lineups we can play.
Only problem is, Rui playing at the same position as Bron. Unless and until you want to prioritise AD for his scoring over his defence of a 5, whereby you end up putting Rui defending the 5 instead (make things difficult, not really stop them, as would happen in the case of Giannis, Joel and Jokic), this lineup would still run into problems. We need a good playmaker instead of Rui.
Best lineup for sure, but our bench rotations would suck.
Dis is da wae
So fuck 3s. 👀😬
Yes! Prince and Dlo shouldn’t start ahead of Rui and AR15. Others (Not Lbj/AD) should learn a thing or two from AR15. Learn to draw fouls and attack the paint instead of settling for the 3.
I don’t think this is our starting it finishing 5, but didn’t we have this lineup against the Warriors during last year’s playoffs a lot?
Makes too much sense, ham won’t do it
I mean … if you put the team throwing 50 threes and score like 6 … maybe you just need to be smart and abuse even more the paint without killing AD.
This us ultimately the lineup that will be on the floor in my mind.
This would work if Bron was 29 instead of 39
I would swap Cam in for Rui. He plays better on ball defense and can keep up with most ball handlers and use his size to close out on smaller guards. Plus gives you the same output on offense if not more. Rui can start against teams with multiple slashing threats on offense
The Lakers are well built to run hedge, trap, and switching defenses. We have a ton of perimeter length and speed but not a huge amount of true POA defenders.
We are not built to run deep drop. AD is an incredible drop defender but without a good POA defender that can navigate screens well, we only half half of the equation. So why we keep doing it is beyond me. Last season we had Dennis. We haven’t had Gabe, who is one of our few good perimeter screen navigators, for most of the season.
This is just a long winded way of saying dlo reddish and prince are playing like complete ass. Which is accurate.
I genuinely thought the only reason this wasn’t the preferred lineup was because injuries. Like I thought this lineup was common sense. Other than DLo’s salary keeping him in he starting role, I have no idea why this isn’t the 5 that gets most minutes together
This hands down is our best lineup. Outside of injury management there’s no good reason to not roll this lineup out on the floor.
DLo helped take us to the playoffs but this lineup took us to the WCF
Bully ahh lineup
A guy who has done crack multiple times is smarter than our coach
Bron-AD-Rui-Reaves-Prince/Vincent in my opinion should start and close games I know people love to hate on Prince but he’s shooting 41.7% from 3 last 15 games. Seeing the positive regression.
That lineup has enough defense (matchup dependent for the Prince/Gabe swap) and leaves you with 5 guys the opposing defense has to respect. Cam and Vando are just not reliable enough offensively and to easy to game plan against. I know we hang our hats on defense but if rando bench guys are going off every night we need firepower to match
This makes too much sense for Ham
We should be switching 1-4 already.
Can’t win with small guards. Except Steph.
Id like to see something like that. Im over playing guards that cant play d.
It’s good but I don’t like Austin being a starter. His and teams stats are worse when he’s a starter. When I watch the games as him being the starter he just runs around with the ball and doesn’t get anyone open or passes the ball.
Rui should be getting more run for sure!
Pretty sad that most everyone sees us playing big is the formula but staff won’t even try it
This was the lineup we were supposed to start.
Agree w/ Odom.
Swap in Cam for HBK and you have iron claw defense.