As great as Luka is I don’t think his style of play translates to winning championships. Iso heavy/Lazy defense. Like you said yes he gets assists, but they don’t translate to an offense playing with fluidity in my opinion.
Look at the Thunder, Celtics, Cavs, and Warriors. All their stars buy in on the defensive end, and play together as an offense. Yes they iso from time to time, but their foundation is ball movement and movement off the ball.
After Timberwolves made all those threes in game 1 Lakers have to play straight up defense everybody guard their own man can't help one another so they won't give them wide open threes and on the offensive end Finley Smith rui James Hayes Reeves have to play more aggressive going to the basket put defensive pressure on Timberwolves players play like that they can win the series
I think the problem is is that in the playoffs LeBron is forced to have to play defense and that takes him out of his offensive game because he doesn't have both left. He doesn't have offense and defense left because of his age. He'll have to figure out how to spot, play and pick and choose his spots. It's tough because in the playoffs teams are playing their best 7–8 guys so it's really hard to hide on defense. Every time Luca got switched onto Anthony Edwards yesterday, he got cooked. So we'll see what happens moving forward. I also don't think the Lakers as a complete team are better than the Timberwolves. I just don't.
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The Lakers hype is always on the roof. Can't wait till they go out in round 1!
Damn bri you still having in Nick ? 😂😂😂😂
Yall in love with the European. Disrespecting Minnesota!
The roles players have to watch Luka Hog the ball and play 0 defense.
Talking like its Lebron who is in the finals last year, and not Luka. A Luka-led team went to the finals last year
Y’all got to realize Lebron has an injury and he always fill out the first game
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They need to run triangle system
As great as Luka is I don’t think his style of play translates to winning championships. Iso heavy/Lazy defense. Like you said yes he gets assists, but they don’t translate to an offense playing with fluidity in my opinion.
Look at the Thunder, Celtics, Cavs, and Warriors. All their stars buy in on the defensive end, and play together as an offense. Yes they iso from time to time, but their foundation is ball movement and movement off the ball.
After Timberwolves made all those threes in game 1 Lakers have to play straight up defense everybody guard their own man can't help one another so they won't give them wide open threes and on the offensive end Finley Smith rui James Hayes Reeves have to play more aggressive going to the basket put defensive pressure on Timberwolves players play like that they can win the series
And the bench has to score some points too they've been sorry all year long
Lakers didn’t start getting this hate til bron was there lakers was Americas team with Kobe smh
Lakers lose. Moderate fear. Warriors beat the Rockets by 10. Warriors out. Nick is the worst.
“It is father time”.
In LeBron’s case, it’s quite literal—his son is an NBA player now. 😂
I agree with you. LeBron and Doncic play similar roles, so they’re not complementary.
Stop the bullshit…. Why is Luka to blame for the others playing bad… the guy just went to the finals last year…..
I think everyone forgot the Lakers aren't a good defensive team. Then you add in Luka and they're worse. Their gameplan is to outscore their opponent.
Nick Wright doesn’t know what he’s talking about 😂😂😂
Moderately concerned 😂, stop it Nick, your Fakers and your Fake king is done
Luka is a ball hog! That’s the problem. This is why Dallas got rid of him
Glad to see you covering nba my boy! Idc about that loss it’s still Lakers in 🖐️ 🤷🏽♂️🤣
Lakers with a 40 year old LeBron are a simple equation
No whistle = no win
Lababy and luka both dont play def, and we dont want la to win, we are sll tired of lababy
I think the problem is is that in the playoffs LeBron is forced to have to play defense and that takes him out of his offensive game because he doesn't have both left. He doesn't have offense and defense left because of his age. He'll have to figure out how to spot, play and pick and choose his spots. It's tough because in the playoffs teams are playing their best 7–8 guys so it's really hard to hide on defense. Every time Luca got switched onto Anthony Edwards yesterday, he got cooked. So we'll see what happens moving forward. I also don't think the Lakers as a complete team are better than the Timberwolves. I just don't.