In the following tweet, it says teams are shooting a 4th best, **42% from three**. We’ve all harped on Ham’s scheme of protecting the paint at all costs.
But I truly think that our defensive scheme/lineup rotations have costs as *at least 5 wins* so far this season.
by KingNephew
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This gonna trigger alot of fans here but its largely due to Lebron. He doesnt put alot of efforts on defense. He often doesnt stay with his man and doesnt really close out. I see this so many times where other guys hav to leave their man and rotate to the guy lebrons guarding and it leaves one guy open
Not defending the coaches but wouldn’t this be a big byproduct of the constant injuries and changes in rotation. Not every player is settled in a defensive scheme?
The bigger problem here is this should have NEVER been the scheme when you literally have the DPOY in the middle. They should have been crowding the 3, and brining more weak side help to push guards more E/W.
It’s never been the personal, it’s literally been one of the worst coaches the NBA has ever seen. I’ve said this from day 1 last year. Ham doesn’t know what he’s doing. Just crazy he was ever hired. No coach is perfect, but Ham has no real redeeming qualities other than being a motivator.
But Vogel never should have been fired. Absurd this sub thinks so, when the man was handed a roster that had SEVEN players out of the NBA the following year. TWO of which were starters.
And FYI, Vogel had a better record than Ham does now, WITHOUT a healthy AD this point.
Ugh.
Yup! And hitting three’s gets a team more pumped than anything!
Can anyone explain how we managed to win games towards the second half of last season with Reaves, DLo and Vando in the lineup with a similar defensive strategy? Did teams just not shoot as well or what was it?
Cause LeBron was absent for a while after the trades and we were still managing to win, and when we came back we continued to win so was our defense better or did teams just not shoot as well?
During our championship run we were elite at defending the 3
This has been my main issue the entire season. We have AD, our defenders should be out on the perimeter cutting off three point shots. If the opponent drives to the basket, theoretically AD is back there to make it difficult.
It doesn’t matter how many open looks you give up. It matters who you’re giving them up to.
It’s been obvious since we all realised it happens every time. No one seriously thinks players suddenly get lucky every time they play the lakers. Anyone with at least one brain cell understood it’s a problem of our own making.
That’s the Bud game plan. 🤢
Would like to know how many of those are Lebron not closing out or putting a hand up cause he does that a lot.
Well my theory about LeBron stans on this sub is true…one person makes a correct reference to his poor defense (which I’ve just accepted, 39 years old, year 21, can’t expect him to do it all) and here they come calling people “LeBron haters”
This is what has ruined basketball discourse for me. I’m a lifelong Lakers fan (this year is my 25th season) but more and more people are like my brother, player fans with little to no loyalty to a team. They don’t understand the sport, they like cool highlights and counting stats. The type of fan who doesn’t care if the team wins if their guy struggled. The types who get hyper defensive if their guy is criticized at all
This sub was a nightmare when we had Westbrook stans as well as LeBron stans, and has been a nightmare since we signed LeBron. But I get it, I’m an old man yelling at clouds, this is just how it is now
On topic, I’ve been a Ham defender from the start, although I do believe Vogel was scapegoated. But the days of Pop and Sloan and Spo are over. This is increasingly a “what have you done for me lately” league. Mike Budenholzer got fired two years after winning a chip, much like Vogel. Winning a ring means nothing anymore. Ham hasn’t won shit, and he’s lost the locker room. I predict we get crushed tomorrow (which will delight the toxic Westbrook stans) and Ham will be fired
Regardless of the actual scheme, the Lakers aren’t executing it well. Too many breakdowns and players not on the same page. And usually, it’s the same players: Wood, Cam, Prince and Christie. Too much confusion this far into the season, regardless of injuries. Ham is being stubborn and it’s costing the Lakers.
Wow shocking…so many casuals here with the “jesus another career game how unlucky”. When you let average NBA shooters shoot practice shots, turns out they may make em. Completely ignoring shooters should be left for a select group guys like Westbrook or sadly…Vando and Cam lol
One thing I noticed that is glaringly obvious is the open 3’s. If a team shoots 30 in a game i’d say on average half are wide the fuck open. This is the NBA… can’t do that.
Poor communication on defense is what leads to defensive breakdowns leaving guys wide open. That along with poor rotations on the floor (not talking about minutes but rather on/off ball screens and switching up) and just bad basketball iq. The poor communication and rotations usually stems from bad practice habits or simply not practicing it enough or at all. And all of that is on the coaching staff and culture.
You can’t even label this stupidass idea a strategy.
Top 4 3pt shooting team is coming Sunday… it’s going to rain 3’s
The problem isn’t all of you blaming Lebron. It’s that you are all blaming a single player when the entire point of the post is to show what the TEAM is allowing.
The Lakers team as a whole has designed their defense to allow the most open three opportunities in the league, in a time where the league has improved in that aspect.
I would rather allow more open layups than see the team get mauled by open threes whenever we need to make a 2nd half comeback
Worst coach in the NBA. Protecting the paint at all cost when all teams want to do is chuck 3s. Just an awful gameplan especially when you have AD.
Why not run people OFF the three point line and funnel them to AD instead of giving NBA players wide open practice shots. Why sell out to stop 2s and give up 3s??? MATH!!!!