Lakers w/o LeBron & AD defeat Celtics in Boston: is this turning point for LA? | NBA | UNDISPUTED

Lakers w/o LeBron & AD defeat Celtics in Boston: is this turning point for LA? | NBA | UNDISPUTED

I don’t think it was eil to be honest with you I think it’s just you know when when uh it came out that ad and LeBron wasn’t playing you know first thing I’m out out I’m like it’s over yeah you know you just didn’t you just like oh it’s

Over but what it did show me is that they can play when they want to they can turn on the switch now you say what does that mean well if LeBron James is removed from the lineup and Anthony Davis you certainly believe these are

Two of the top players in the NBA top 10 players in the NBA your team doesn’t have a chance against the Boston Celtics but those other guys stepped up so does it mean that Darwin ham now has to figure out another type of rotation when those guys are out maybe because they

They sure they can play those shows and down you know he didn’t shoot it well but he he he he did a lot of other things throughout the course of the game he had 14 assists last night he had 14 assists I said he did other things throughout the course of the game

But does it show that it’s like anything Michael right in football that second receiver that third receiver not really getting all the opportunities because the coaches feel like they got to get the number one guy the touches yeah is that the case with LeBron and AD where

Austin Reeves and and DLo and other others don’t get the necessary touches whether it’s designed by effort is and the effort is lacking in less now that they move from that they get to touch the ball Austin Reeds had 18 attempts okay now I think his career high might

Be like 19 attempts so he’s one shy of that but is that because he had to because he can’t defer he doesn’t have to because the pressure to give the ball up to LeBron or the pressure to give it to ad doesn’t allow us to be who we are

I’ve never seen the Lakers beat a team like this when those two set out they usually lose right to a good team so I I I was saying to myself though is that the is that is that something to do with coaching or the pressure of playing with

LeBron in ad that they’re not being able to shoot the ball the way that they’ve been able to they capable of shooting it now the Lakers can look at it Darwin ham can look at it LeBron can look at it and say okay maybe we need to split things

Up a little bit different make sure we keep everybody involved make sure we keeping everybody involv cuz that second receiver that third receiver go somewhere else and all of a sudden you look up you go oh man I didn’t realize he can play like that or that running

Back splitting time he getting seven carries in the game now he go somewhere else he getting 22 you go right man he was a different a different back with us maybe that’s the case and it’s funny because I remember you know when nor was Nor Turner he was saying to me he said

We really need to get the other guys involved this week talking about the other receivers like you were talking about ke and he would always open up wins with well we going to sling the ball all over the field Sunday like letting them know get ready we’re

Slinging it all over the field we’re going to start with a nine just to get everybody involved I thought that was interesting because really what you hope for if you’re the Lakers is do that what you everybody else do that and now let us add these stars to

That and you got a chance at doing something now H how often are you going to get a game where you know Jaylen Brown only comes up with eight points it ain’t going to happen much you know Jason Tatum he this dude been you know he scores that well

23 points so I think Boston I might they might have taken him a little likely too coming into the game saying guys they just got blow out blow out the other day and and they’re not playing so yeah you’re not saying this is a building

Block but it it shows some fight back it shows some fight back you know what I mean ke always joking with me when I always say each game is about gaining information when you open this up when you open this up you said hey coaches they were talking about lacking effort

Wait a minut there okay you’re missing play missing shots you know we’re not but lacking effort that’s the worst thing you want to be hearing at the professional level so so what what I saw was fight back and what I LeBron I’m sure LeBron ad saying y’all give us that

And let us add us to this then we can be the team be I mean and that’s what skip was talking about last year a little bit in the playoffs against Denver W Austin Reeves to get the opportunities well he had the opportunities last night did cuz

There was no LeBron that’s that’s all I’m saying so now you good not to trade him for dejon Murray next whatever it is Tuesday or when the deadine man I I I had Matt bnes I had Matt bnes on my podcast yesterday and me and Matt was

Talking and I also spoke to somebody a while ago that is knows the NBA like it’s no other he they both like Austin Reeds but both feel like and they don’t even know that I had these conversations they both feel like the Lakers are overvaluing Austin Reeds I I they say

They need an All-Star back well you are not giving up an All-Star if you’re trying to get an All-Star back so it’s kind of what are we getting in return I guess is is my big concern I know deon’s game he’s much better on defense than Austin ever thought about being but

Austin Reeves can play basketball he can play it at a high level because he knows how to play basketball and he is fearless and and he is physically tough and it’s extremely valuable to have him alongside LeBron because LeBron completely trusts him and feeds off him

So back to the question of fluke or building block well it’s it’s actually probably a little bit of both but I’m going building block here because there’s a lot of value gain from what you saw last night Rob pinka I still say did a great job of assembling this

Roster and remember they were without Cam reddish then they lost jured Vanderbilt for the second half they still haven’t had Gabe Vincent I’m going to remind you Gabe Vincent last year from Miami against Boston in the Conference Finals he had a 29-point game and then he had a 23-point game at game

Two at Denver in final okay so he can play but he hasn’t been able to play and so there’s no LeBron and there’s no adid and you and I have talked for months about this it’s hard to play with LeBron his the magnitude of LeBron is just huge

He steps on the floor he’s the greatest score in the history of basketball and you’re playing alongside LeBron so yes they all kind of wait for LeBron like you’re you’re kind of like I laugh cuz the white game with Max Christy came he he brought the ball across here you take

A okay but they showed you because Jackson Hayes can play I’ve always liked him he’s high energy his father played in the NFL he he has athletic ability you have to give him his his run you you have to make him feel like he belongs in the rotation because he’s been dmped for

For the last five or six games my point is there’s lots of building blocks here that if if they can figure out how to you know gratiate themselves within the Tome that is LeBron and obviously Anthony’s a top five player you have something but but they have to feel

Comfortable in in the Twan rotation that are those big two and and LeBron and AD coached them up last night I think they were instrumental and very valuable in the the timeouts but you you saw a basketball team that’s deeper that I think you have given it credit for

Because this is hard to pull off what you pulled off you know skip I just with playing with LeBron and playing with ad does not allow these guys to feel confident in their abilities to do certain things yeah it was to me glaring because you got the

Two best dudes on your team out and all of a sudden y’all look like all star y’all look like the team to beat in the west I don’t understand that they actually look like they’re having fun you know and that’s what I was saying

That it it looks the weight of all of it it’s almost if they realize man we’re carrying the weight of the leg with the legacy of LeBron James here you know and we’re not looking good and everything and and they look much better it’s it’s amazing so could LeBron and AD defer to

This group more than the group defers to them yes and still yes if you want to go where you want to go yes if you want to go so if that’s the case and it works out that way then maybe you don’t trade some guys if you think that that can be

The case but let me throw out one more thing though is it we’re starting to see these guys play because they know next week is the day you see what I mean like you just said we oh yeah next Thurday next Thursday next Thursday so so now

You start sting and say okay then you start playing well and then after the next Thurs go back to what you were you go back to what you go back to being you know see the opposite but but the opposite happened how long ad been here four years now yeah the opposite

Happened four years ago with with all those guys when they was up for the trade and they were hearing about it they was hearing about and they stopped playing and they sto playing yeah I remember that I remember that so you know candidate Brandon Ingram up in Indiana LeBron wants to

Trade going to trade and they all started playing like they just were not very good so maybe it’s the opposite okay so you guys talked about Bill belich sort of discipline the Lakers played with extreme discipline because they had to so they had a season low seven free throws allowed so Boston only

Shot Seven free throws because they didn’t foul and and they were all talking about that was our Mantra going in show your hands don’t foul don’t foul and they were second in in turnovers to their season L they had six in one game but they had only seven turnovers well

That that’s you’re going to have to play that way if you’re going to win this game and then they they still allow the the most three-point makes by the opponents in all of basketball they they average 14 a game and and the Celtics still made 16 so it wasn’t one

Of those where the Celtics just miss every three-point shot they didn’t they still shot 33% but they made 16 but the Lakers made 19 and they’ve been a poor shooting they shot 50 they shot 48 4 they shot 48 I got it but it was 33% it wasn’t like alltime bad but another

Statistical anony anomaly was the the Lakers made 193s and 192s and that’s only the second time in in franchise history that’s ever happened so if they were making their threes because you’re going to have to if you’re going to win that game by nine now if they can make

Threes if this team can make threes with and you bring those two back and they making threes oh then you good see when they come back when they come back though I I really would just like to see dwin ham try to figure out this type of rotation how to get these

Guys involved in them not being afraid to pull the trigger to do certain things it just feels like when LeBron is on the court they defer way too much to LeBron and AD and I know those are the dogs and they the highest paid and all that but

Sometimes that’s not the best in certain situations agreed all right up next can’t wait for this okay I I said it on my podcast I’m going to say it in just a moment to these guys I’m sure they will disagree but I I don’t see how Mahomes will ever catch Tom Brady thanks for watching Undisputed fans do you want more highlights from the show make sure to click that subscribe button for all the exclusive content from un uted

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