Jason Timpf breaks down the Lakers beating the Golden State Warriors without LeBron James. He discusses the Laker debuts of D’Angelo Russell, Jared Vanderbilt, & Malik Beasley. He discusses how the Warriors have struggled on offense without Steph Curry, and how they should handle the the potentially botched trade for Gary Payton II. Later, he breaks down Kyrie Irving & Luka Doncic’s first game together for the Dallas Mavericks and why there are reasons to be excited, despite the loss to the Sacramento Kings.
00:00 – Introduction
02:20 – Lakers beat Warriors without LeBron
08:08 – New Lakers’ additions shine in debut
13:30 – Why Rob Pelinka was wrong to wait this long to make a trade
18:30 – Golden State continues to struggle without Steph Curry
20:43 – Warriors face Sunday night deadline on Gary Payton trade
22:45 – Luka Doncic & Kyrie Irving’s first game together
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20 Comments
With regards to the GP2 trade, I agree that Warriors front office may still push through with the trade (60%), and may have the NBA investigate this which may result in the NBA taking back the 2nd round draft picks and putting that back to GS, or a 40% chance the trade may be rescinded and they get back their picks altogether and Warriors front office may press charges against the Trailblazers since they never disclosed GP2's condition.
Luka said postgame he should’ve given it back to Kyrie on that shot lol. The Mavs have asked him to take & make those impossible shots for 4 years now, it’s gonna take more than 1 game to undo habits he’s built for that long, but they’re both high IQ players, Luka’s aware of what he needs to adjust…just gonna take time to do it
Without Steph and GP2*
Laker fans have not liked Coach Ham's construction of his 1st Unit and it never bothered Coach Ham 1 bit because he determined to do it "Darvin Ham's Way."
Doesn't need a designated 2nd Unit point guard because he wants Dennis on his 1st Unit.
Russell Westbrook had a POWER FORWARD on the Washington Wizards that shot 39.5% for 3-pointers, 3.0 made per game. Bradley Beal finished that season 2nd place for the NBA scoring crown. Daniel Gafford for lob dunks.
He should not have left because Lebron James is not a SPOT-UP SHOOTER-style Power Forward like Davis Bertans.
The Lakers didn't have a Bradley Beal at 2-Guard for Westbrook.
Worst place for Westbrook to end up.
Mavs looked good.
Yea,they lost but Kyrie aquisition is 🤩🤩🤩
Warrior have to realize they need a true big man. Steph is working too hard working to help rebound. He legs are tired in the 4th quarter. A big will allow Draymond to focus more on facilitating. Last year if R Williams was healthy the finals could have been different. Teams that are contenders this year have true big men; Jokic, Valanunias, S Adams, R Williams, Giannis, and Embiid. I like J McGee, however De Marcus Cousins can shoot, pass, rim protector, rebound and bring that enforcer mentality. For a veteran minimum small price for a great return. What happens if Looney or Draymond get injured in the playoffs/finals? Kudos to Brad Steven for picking up a big seeing that R Williams is still not 100% yet. Brad is being smart not taking a chance on risking number 18, by not being prepared with a replacement.
Can Luka share the ball, pedestal and deal with Kyrie dominant leadership mentality? It amazing how the Mav interior has been compromised for the last 2 years and they won't start J McGee at center. Try something new/different this year. What do you have to lose? Start C Wood at forward. Kyrie and Luka can pickup and roll/lobs with McGee. McGee great shoot blocker.
Suns need to pickup Oladipo to backup or if CP3 gets injured.
No 6 man award for Russ now. Iam glad he is still close to his family. It can run the point and he has shooters. Utah need a true big man also. The Grizzles need a seasoned vet. Pat Bev would be a good pickup. Miles Bridges would be the three scorers the Grizzles needed. He can shoot, pass, rebound, dunk, and inside threat. Look how CJ McCollum is mentoring and teaching his teammates how to move on and off the court.
Luka was doing very well in 4th quarter with clutch shoots and now certainly eveybody talks how Luka need to give a ball to Kyrie , this is nonsense . Did you just all forget how Luka was making shot after shot in 4th quarter against grate teams ??? To me it should be Luka , Kyrie just side dish who got Lucky thirst two games thats all. Give some time you will see who will be dominating this team even Kyrie will step aside him self mark my words
The NBA has to do something about this. The league cannot let teams do that and get away with it.
You’re trippin if you think this lakers team can win a title lol chill
Man AD literally has the best athlete to ask about longevity and how to preserve a basketball player's body not comprimising the game. I understand that every individual has different body types, what works for Bron might not work to AD but AD might get some tips from Bron and find out himself what works for him. Maybe AD should start from improving his landing. Bron plays aggressively too but he does not land akwardly in every posession like AD does. With the way AD plays of course his body can't catch a break from breaking something every time he plays agressive. Even Bron is the older player AD was the one who played like an old man.
Doesn’t talk about Celtics adding a sharp shooter bug that’s been balling in these two games crazy 😅
10 game win streak, and no love for the Bucks?
I love your content but the NBA isn't centered around Lakers and Warriors only.
Pelinka transformed this team into a contender and they'll make the playoffs or play in. From there, good luck to any team that has to to up against lebron and ad in the playoffs with all the youth defense and shooting around them now. This is now one of the most balanced teams in the west. Ppl forget, Dlo made the all star team just a few yrs ago and still plays at that level now. The lakers have a big 3. Its good that pelinka waited cuz buddy doesnt play defense and turner is injury prone. And if you look at the per 36 numbers, bamba and Turner are actually similar.
the position battle take was a really good take
I just hope GSW will be in playoffs…. Great details and analysis as always
Great analysis of Warriors Lakers game. I just hope they will be in playoffs.
“Float you to 6 games below 500 “ Lakers are done even tho they got a good squad. Lakers need to move on from both Davis and James.
those Black city jerseys for the Warriors are bad luck I’m telling you… have they won a single game in them this season??