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[Zach Lowe Podcast]: JJ Redick says the Lakers starting lineup will be D’lo, Reaves, LeBron, Rui and AD



The clip is found at 56:11. JJ says that the lineup will be “the lineup that went “23-10”, which was the record achieved by this particular starting lineup that is stated in the title.

I think this is the correct starting lineup, especially since Vando has injury concerns and may not be available or 100% to start the season.

Rui or Vando was the only major question about the starting lineup and with Vando’s current injury concerns, it is an obvious decision to start Rui instead of him.

I like the fact that JJ is using data that has a decenr sample size of 33 games in this instance, to form his decisions instead of subjective opinions and/or arbitrary statistics.

by Proof-Umpire-7718

27 Comments

  1. stepmomanal

    AD gonna die covering for these traffic cones

  2. Bababooey98

    I don’t like this lineup. I would go with Vanderbilt at PF when he’s healthy. You need someone besides AD who can guard and bring some lineup balance. The only reason this 5 did pretty well last year is because D’lo, Hachimura and Lebron all shot over 40% from 3 point range. That is pretty unlikely to happen again. The two most successful Laker teams of the Lebron era 2020 and 2023 were the ones that leaned more into a defense first mindset.

  3. Jack_The_Sparrow_

    Anthony “help-side” Davis incoming

  4. Punjabiveer30

    What are the odds for JJ redick getting fired before the season finishes

  5. JJ Redick is not going to get fired two months into the upcoming 2024-25 season, despite the Lakers potentially having a losing record heading into the Christmas Day matchups. Instead, Laker insiders tell me the organization will employ a wait and see approach with Redick, and fire him a month into the 2025-26 season.

  6. StoneColdAM

    Who’s the bench going to be? Knecht + etc?

  7. isit65outsideor

    Line up sounds right given the current roster. JJ doesn’t have much to work with.

  8. Dude I completely forgot JJ Redick is the head coach of the Lakers. Just made my fucking day lol.

  9. Sad-Mathematician-19

    But this isn’t news this was expected

  10. Another season of lakers fans crying AD doesnt avg 30 ppg because he has to play defense for 5 people while avging 26 ppg

  11. EverybodyBuddy

    So… the worst bench in the league then. Here we come!

  12. Lmfao AD not playing the 4 yet again, unbelievable

  13. SunstormGT

    That is great news!…..for the other 29 teams.

  14. ConceptNo1055

    JJ loves spacing and hates the dunker spot. Expect more 5 out offense when Davis is not around

  15. HungerSTGF

    Lakers fans what’s the consensus on D’lo and Rui? As an outsider they seem to have flashes of quality but for the most part defensive liabilities and pretty mediocre players

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