[Windhorst] When Luka, LeBron, and Reaves play together, they’re just not a good team… when it’s just Reaves and Luka out there, the Lakers are an excellent team. When all 3 of them play out there, they’re not. It’s actually a 20 point difference!
Thinking basketball just looked at the numbers recently. I think they were bad with all 3, good with Luka solo and Bron solo, elite with Luka and Reaves together, and bad with Bron with 1 of the other 2. I don’t remember if they said the solo Reaves numbers
Yeah this team is super suited for staggering. It’s basically begging you to stagger the 3 best players.
Makes the JJ decision to play them all for 24 min straight in the Playoffs somewhat confusing.
Yeah, the issue is that LeBron and Luka have similar bad tendencies that look worse when they play together because they’re doubling-down on them.
Reaves is better with the ball in his hands because he’s constantly pushing the ball on offense meanwhile you have LeBron who is usually a trailing behind someone pushing the ball and Luka who is more of an outlet passer or he slows the game down. They can’t get that pacing consistent because of these three guys. And then you have Ayton who is often lugging down the court. Hayes fits for a faster pace of play.
There is no consistent vision with this team because it’s just thrown together. These players don’t fit together.
The Rob Pelinka special. It’s truly amazing he’s kept his job for so long.
And don’t tell me about getting Luka. That was 100% dumbass Nico
It’s been reported that Nico originally asked for 2 FRP’s which would have still been a crazy steal. Pelinka deserves props for somehow being greedy and arrogant enough to believing he could talk him down to 1 FRP… and then actually pulling it off.
I tried to call out how awful of a GM Pelinka years ago, and Lakers fans were downvoting me. Dude is awful at putting a team together.
Getting LeBron was a gift that fell into their lap. He essentially told the Lakers he was coming, and all they had to do was supply the contract for him to sign.
Luka was also a gift that fell into their lap.
For both of them, however, Pelinka has done a dreadful job building around his stars.
How is this on Rob? You want him to trade LeBron?
On the surface it’s like “mismatched roster? That’s a GM problem!” until you look at it more deeply and realize it’s a unique problem of a trade that only an absolute moron turns down.
Exactly. Getting Luka is the right move all day long. But first you get him, then you build around him. That will happen in the summer.
Pelinka is bad and I want him gone, but as soon as the trade happened everyone knew this roster didn’t make sense and it would take some time to build around Luka. This summer is the best opportunity but I don’t trust Pelinka to make the right moves.
Yeah pelinka doesn’t deserve credit for Luka. If someone called me up and offered to buy my house for $20 million, I don’t deserve credit for being smart if I say yes.
i don’t watch much of the lakers. but it seems like luka doesn’t drive nearly as much as he used to. is that accurate? if so, that takes away a ton of his effectiveness as a he was eleven and the drive and kick with dallas
he doesn’t drive as much as he used to before 2024 yes, but people definitely overstate that.
Bron had better chemistry with Wade or Kyrie, fr
I mean he was also 10-15 years younger but yeah
Yup, he looked better with them because he was better
Hot take, but I’m going to agree. 😀
It’s also because those players(Bosh and Love included) adapted their games to play with LeBron. Bosh and Love had to change their games drastically to be more perimeter based to work with Lebrons game. Meanwhile Lebron at this age should be second fiddle to Luka but can’t figure out a way to effectively change his play style to fit with Luka
It doesn’t help that his 3pt fell off a cliff he was shooting great the last 3 years which helped him pick his spots on driving instead of using all his energy all game trying to score
Westbrook is a good example here too, though more a cautionary one. He tried to adapt and shoot more but that was never his strength and just got clowned on for it for two seasons. I always thought Russ looked more comfortable when it was him and AD running pick and rolls and LeBron was out or on the bench. When LeBron was there he had to play a way he hasn’t his whole career.
but can’t figure out a way to effectively change his play style to fit with Luka
The craziest thing is that Luka has somehow changed his game in a way that he actually fits worse with LeBron than he would have previously. He’s less active/mobile, he drives less, etc.
I don’t understand why prime Luka is already playing with 40 year old energy. He’s incredibly talented so it works (on offense at least) but if he’s playing like he is conserving energy on offense and playing poor defense, what exactly is he saving the energy for? He looks like he should be more fit than “fat Luka”, but he plays like the inverse.
It makes sense why they are so bad on the court together, Reaves is the only one who constantly hustles and he’s got poor defensive instincts. It’s baffling that more often than not the geriatric is somehow the best defender of the three. Unless they magically got prime Hakeem at the 5 I don’t see how that lineup could even manage to be “passable” on D.
10-15 years younger
fucking laughing out loud
LeBron was the best player in the world which makes things much easier
To be fair, they didn’t get Luka because of the fit.
Same with Ant and Julius
It’s almost like they only played a handful of games together last season and the trends identified over a large sample size this season weren’t available for last year’s playoffs
We also had barely any other playable guys since Hayes was unplayable that series.
I think it was an observable phenomenon even from only last season’s data.
Here are some comments of mine from early in the season, my reddit comments aren’t going back that far but I’m certain it was a prevailing belief in the offseason too.
This team dating back to last season always did better than expected when one of the stars was out. The problem is that they are also worse than expected when all 3 stars are playing. And it’s because the 3 stars are pretty repetitive, and therefore less than the sum of their individual parts. Not sure what the solution is.
This team dating back to last season always did better than expected when one of the stars was out.
The problem is that they are also worse than expected when all 3 stars are playing.
And it’s because the 3 stars are pretty repetitive, and therefore less than the sum of their individual parts.
Not sure what the solution is.
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Dating back to last season, the team is always better than expected when one of their stars is out. The problem is that they are worse than expected when all 3 are healthy. And it’s because the 3 stars are pretty repetitive, and therefore less than the sum of their individual parts. There’s diminishing returns from having just 1 star, to 2 stars, to all 3 stars. Not sure what the solution is.
Dating back to last season, the team is always better than expected when one of their stars is out.
The problem is that they are worse than expected when all 3 are healthy.
And it’s because the 3 stars are pretty repetitive, and therefore less than the sum of their individual parts. There’s diminishing returns from having just 1 star, to 2 stars, to all 3 stars.
Do the old OKC KD, Russ, Harden rotations
Those are brutal. Basically showed Westbrook as the odd man out.
If Presti had an analytics guy back then, maybe he would have kept Harden.
Who knows how many rings a Harden+KD dynasty could have won.
Presti made sure to never make that mistake again. And now he’s all in on analytics.
Makes the JJ decision to play them all for 24 min straight in the Playoffs somewhat confusing
It’s not confusing. Who plays in the NBA is heavily influenced by the politics around it and who is getting paid over who isn’t. Benching Lebron at the start of games and at the end of games which would be best by the statistics would blow up the locker room and media around the team. It’s not worth JJ trying to pull that maneuver when it will probably lose him the locker room.
I mean, it’s the playoffs. Teams are going to play their best players. Luka, Reaves, and LeBron are still their three best players. It’s redundant to have 3 guys out there together who all need the ball, I agree, but in this specific case, they kind of have to play all 3 of those guys together a lot of mins.
It’s the result of all 3 being poor defenders. Hard to play 3 guys who play no defense together regardless of the offensive output.
Yep, it’s why Lebron alone works out O.K. He’s old, and slow, and his motor is running on E
Thinking about that last putt
Well Lebron also keeps throwing it to the other team
LeBron is like the third best defender on the team. If you watch the games…
Which is a definite problem for the Lakers if your third best defender is 41 and not able to play full minutes all season.
i feel like we’ve been saying this same sentence for the past 3-4 years
I feel like this is true is certain contexts: post defense, matching up against forwards, LeBron deciding to briefly turn the energy level up, etc. But it’s not sustainable. He gets abused when he gets switched onto guards around the perimeter an while he can exert himself for stretches (like at the end of a close game) he can’t maintain that level of defense and still score as much as they rely on him to.
The most predictable outcome of all time is LeBron leaves this summer, the Lakers perform worse than his new team and JJ Redick is fired next summer.
Id say thats not even close.
The most predictable outcome is LeBron leaves, they get a competent center and 3 and D guy while Luka and Reeves put up huge offensive numbers.
You know, what the entire post is based off of.
Here’s what the numbers actually show:
LeBron by himself: +7
Luka by himself: +1
Reaves by himself: +1
Luka & Reaves without LeBron: +13
LeBron & Luka without Reaves: -4
LeBron & Reaves without Luka: - 5
LeBron, Luka & Reaves together: -7
So LeBron coming off the bench would be the most ideal current scenario.
Pretty much but his ego will never allow it lol
A good coach can figure out the minutes without benching LeBron
why the hell would you order it like that…. put the highest + in the middle….
So basically Lebron sucks with everyone.
Why are they going to get a competent center and 3 and D guy this offseason when they’ve been trying to do that for the past 4 off seasons and failed at doing so?
LeBron is making $52 million this year.
They couldn’t find one cheap, they wont have to be cheap without LeBron.
Because LeBron takes up hella salary cap space. I imagine they’d have a better chance at a competent center and 3&D guy if they can offer better contracts.
Because they can pay more than the MLE using their cap space.
Of course, they just need to get a good center and a 3&D guy. We all know those are in low demand and high supply in the League, should be easy for Pelinka to get cheap.
As a Lakers fan, once Lebron leaves, this team will be significantly better.
Yeah it’s just a poor fit.
Prime LeBron could work with Luka and Reaves, I think. He was an excellent defender, and could do more off ball as a lob/cutting threat than he can today. LeBron/Wade/Bosh worked so well because Bosh changed his game to be very strongly off-ball, LeBron and Wade both went a bit more off-ball than previously. Plus all 3 were strong defenders.
This Lakers trio is very different, though. 41 year old LeBron has the same strengths and weaknesses as Luka and Reaves:
I think you can combine 2 players like that with 3 guys who are the opposite, 3 guys who are great at off ball scoring, don’t need the ball in their hands much, who set good screens and bring strong defence and hustle. But all 3 of Luka/AR/Bron on the floor at the same time, it just doesn’t work.
Given the ages of all involved, LeBron is the obvious one to cut in the offseason, plus he’s also very clearly the worst player of the 3 at the moment. Then the Lakers should try to build a similar supporting cast around Luka/AR to what the Mavs put around Luka/Kyrie for that finals run, a whole bunch of shooters/dunkers/defenders.
so bron is gone for sure, its cavs or retirement
Windhorst wants LeBron back in Cleveland so bad.
I think everybody is ready for a divorce.
It’s not your fault, Bronny, it’s all on us.
Can I still see you on weekends LA?
It’s not Giancarlo’s fault either
Pelinka basically wants Bron to leave, and he’s doing it passive-aggressively for PR reasons. Trading AD without notifying Bron AND ignoring Rich Paul’s demands for more roster changes are clear tells.
Lakers management wants to move onto the Luka era but w/o turning a cold war hot. They cannot rebuild the roster around Luka until LeBron leaves.
It’s so laughable that some laker fans believe they are a LeBron James subtraction away from taking the next step
If you take away the legacy and just look at skillset, contracts and ages I’m not sure what other conclusion you can come to.
Youll regret not having him once the playoffs start. Suddenly reeves won’t be good when people care to defend him.
I mean it is the first step to taking that next step
Bron is still a good player but he just doesn’t work that well with Luka and Reaves. Using LeBron’s cap space on a couple of role players who compliment Luka and Reaves will have the Lakers in a much better spot
This is the first time I’ve ever heard my life that LeBron is replaceable
He’s old, it happens. He’s still a quality player overall, but he and Luka just don’t work together.
For real. It just made think about how im old now, LeBron always seem irreplaceable
You’re getting one good role player on lebron’s space. You’re not getting two.
while you comment on a post showcasing how the team is worse in every way when he plays.
I love LeBron, but he makes what 50-60 million? Imagine have 3 players making 20 million who are athletic, can play defense, and can fit well with Luka’s offense. This team would be in a way better position if we had that instead of LeBron who isn’t doing shit on defense and is somewhat redundant on offense
I mean I don’t think it’s a cold war. LeBron has a no trade clause so they literally just have to wait until his contract expires before doing anything. In this scenario it’s hard to tell what moves you can make in the future because who knows who will be available, injured, etcetera. I think everyone knows this. LeBron needs to take a pay cut or move on. I don’t think he takes a huge pay cut because he brings in a lot of money for home and away games, but he can’t will a team to wins anymore something’s gotta give
Windhorst wants to go back. Dude has been following LeBron since they were both in the same high school.
Why does Russo always look like he’s auditioning for Zoolander 2?
Blue Steel
That’s La Tigra
Where were you when Russo looksmaxed so much he framemogged Windy and SAS?
Do you mean 3?
lmao. I can’t take that man seriously
He has a stroke some years ago
I think they’re too duplicative on offense. Bron is the only one who really plays off the ball. Obviously not a plus trio on defense either.
imagine a defense with lebron, luka, reaves, hachimura, ayton lol and offensively isn’t great too
Ayton’s been extremely disappointing in general, but his defense has barely been impactful since his awful extended stretch started.
His rim protection feels practically nonexistent nowadays and his defensive positioning, which is related to rim protection, is also poor.
Yeah the amount of offensive rebounds other teams are getting when he’s on the floor is insane. Him being the bigger guy and getting out rebounded by guards blows my mind
I refuse to blame Ayton for not doing what AD was forced to do. He was their defense. The only reason no one (but me) noticed that LeBron wasn’t playing defense was because they had AD. Now it’s a problem because Ayton is not AD.
Correction, Reaves is the only one that does much off ball. Which is why he works well with Luka on offense and LeBron doesnt.
Ya Reaves moves a lot off ball, even though when he GETS the ball, he’s mostly looking to score.
Yeah he moves off ball a lot. Luka doesn’t move off ball he usually gets to a spot and waits
Yup. No wonder Luka and LeBron are both on the slow list https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/5gJCdTKyc3
Yep. Lebron only selectively moves off ball on both offense and defense and spends most of his time standing around. That’s why he’s not a good fit with Luka.
Lebron doesn’t really do much off ball though. He will just stand in the corner a lot and is only shooting 30% from 3.
He sets screens, makes backdoor cuts, and runs in transition
Pretty shit off ball. shooting his worst % from 3 since his rookie year with increasingly open looks and primary POA defenders tasked with Luka.
Ppl who know basketball knew this last year. They don’t work, Luka and Reaves is great to watch too but with LeBron reaves game takes a back seat, there’s too much iso. The shit just doesn’t work. You can’t have that many guys doing the same shit
luka and lebron are quite similar
Yeah this is why there were so many people saying Reaves would have to be eventually traded (fewer saying LeBron would need to go).
The offense isn’t even the biggest problem (11th). It’s the 24th ranked defense. Which was entirely predictable.
Because Lebron’s fanbase is massive.
They are three clones on offense and three cones on defense
that’s a bar
Bron and Luka need to lead their own units while mixing Reaves with both. If the three are on the court together, Vando has to play. He’s sadly our best defender but that’s where were at. JJ just has to adjust the lineup and hope the FO fix the roster come FA.
Windhorst been obsessed with bashing LeBron ever since Bron called him out for lying about them being friends 😂😂😂
how is this bashing lebron lol what he’s saying is true
It is what it is. It doesn’t work with those three on the floor together. Facts aren’t personal. Even if he was conspiring to destroying all LeBron loves, their three stars are still bad together.
And the facts support parting ways with an aging LeBron to keep the franchise going with Luka/Reaves as their #1/#2 guys.
Windy: yall act like LeBron is my best friend or something lol weird as fuck
it’s almost like defense matters. who tf would’ve thought.
I don’t think you watched the clip. They are one of the worst OFFENSIVE teams in the league when Bron, Reaves, and Luka share the court.
Lakers have like a .600 record with all three of them. Guess thats not good anymore 😂😂😂
Not very good when you dig a little deeper.
They can only beat bad teams by narrow margins and then get handled by good teams.
They are going to get clapped in the playoffs.
I went to check their numbers as trio on the floor:
2025⁄2026: Lebron James,Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves trio got 106 offensive rating, 115 defensive rating and -8 net rating in 213 Minutes
2024⁄2025: Lebron James,Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves trio got 117.8 offensive rating, 117.7 defensive rating and 0.1 net rating in 423 Minutes
In playoffs they played 140 minutes together, 109.4 offensive rating, 117.2 defensive rating and -7.7 net rating
Sample size in 2025⁄2026 is not enough but overall it doesnt look great as it is supposed to be, They could still turn it around. I saw horrible Lakers team couple years ago make it to the WCF
Not when the top teams have .700
3 teams do and one of them is in the east. Spurs have a awesome built team and Wemby who is arguably the best player in the league. The other one is a team a few months ago called the next dynasty. I feel like the Lakers who everyone call dysfunctional are pretty good with a .600 record
Wemby is not the best player lmao. He’s good but people like SGA and Jokic are on a different level
You mean that Jokic who is arguably the worst defender at his position? That guy is definitely not the best player in the league. Shai has an argument and Giannis when healthy for 5 years has been the clearly best player in the league
Ok its clear you don’t like Jokic, we get it lol but youre wrong
I have nothing against him. Im just telling the truth. Since his play in ring its like he cant do anything wrong anymore while since he still is a terrible defender and had two embarrassing choke jobs in game 7 two years in a row
Thats not my opinion thats just the truth
The Lakers are fine, I don’t think they can get out of the first round of the playoffs against any of the teams they would face but they are a good team.
Of the top 16 teams in the entire league, the lakers are the only team with a negative net rating.
The top 9 teams in the league all have net ratings over 4.5.
They also have a negative scoring differential despite that record that implies they’re a play-in bubble team, but believe what you need to.
They actually have a significantly worse point differential than the 28-31 Hornets and have basically the same negative point differential as the 27-30 Clippers.
Because It’s hard carrying two defensive liabilities, but its literally impossible to carry three.
Having three liabilities on defense is harder to cover up for than having two liabilities on defense. Good to know, Brian.
LeBron welcome back to Cleveland!!
Who would’ve thought playing three below average defenders at the same time on a basketball court would produce underwhelming results
The offense with all 3 is genuinely a bigger problem lol
Here we go.
Net rating can be fugazi. This year Celtics have a higher net rating with JB off the floor than on.
With that being said Luka and Bron aren’t a good fit because LeBron has regressed a lot this year. His burst is gone, barely gets lift on his jumper, his old hitch is back in his jumper, conditioning still isn’t where it was last year, etc. Tough to be great when your highest paid guy isn’t bringing the value he should.
It’s wild to look at the shooting splits from last game and say this with a straight face. The narratives have never been formed in worse faith lol
First time I’m agreeing with this guy lol
Gotta wait till playoffs to see if it matters. Game slows down, need bucket getters and playmakers
I agree about the offense, but the defense is going to be an even bigger issue in the playoffs though.
We already saw it last year.
Three guys with overlapping skill sets and overlapping weaknesses. Something has to give.
Sounds like Luka is more focused when he doesn’t have the safety net of the media pawning blame off on Bron. (Yes, I think it’s that sinister.) Looking forward to when that safety net is out of the picture so can eliminate this ongoing excuse.
Lakers would be so much better if they had 2 other good role players eating Lebrons salary
But that’s not how it works lol
They’d still have no bench
Damn LeBron going out as the problem child because Luka and Reaves beat up on a soft early schedule while getting 10 fts a game. I want him out of there because I hate seeing him go out like this and I’m not even a big fan of his. Luka is about to blow his good will by getting LeBron out of town. After this no one in LA is gonna care about making silly excuses. Also since I’m here, I think Luka is gonna hate LA before too long
Luka respects Lebron too much and he is overthinking trying to involve James.
Lebron has been extremely good about being the 3rd wheel and playing off ball but unfortunately he’s been a terrible perimeter shooter all season. For those three guys to work he has to be able to be a three point threat. But he is far from it. It’s simply not a good fit with Luka.
What? A Lakers team led by Luka “No D” Oncic and Austin Reeves would score 120 a game and allow 121 a game! 50 game winner, first round exit every season.
Their no defense duo have 15+ net
Lakers are gonna be sooo crazy when Lebron retires and frees up like 50 mill cap space.
That’s not how it works 😂
Make le 6thman go back to ohio Can he have a farewell tour there.
If you give luka strong defenders he will deliver but his window is not that long anymore He was pro at 17y old so i dont see him play another 10 years.
See what he did with lively, derick jones jr and gafford. Give him a center en some 3 n D wings and you ll be fine
Kennard, Timme (instead of Ayton), Reeves, Rui and Luka. Come on already. That’s your starting five and end of game group.
I think if we’re being honest, if you have a Luka led team they need to compensate for the defense more than anything. A team like Detroit/Houston with a swarming defense and hyper athletic players would be awesome around Luka. Reaves is awesome, but they could probably do a win-win trade where some team like Orlando gives up great athletism/defense and gets back a great offensive player
Well, James won’t be there next year. But they are definitely a redundant team.
oh ya lebron is definitely bolting for Cle
Who would have thought defense would matter when it came to being a good/bad team?
LeBron James welcome to Cleveland… again…. again
Scapegoats are back on the menu, boys!
Setting up the LeBron leaving for Cavs or Warriors arc
Cavs please!!!
Too much redundancy in the lineup. Every players best thing is scoring. Yes Lebron and Luka are great passers as well but they are the same kind of passer.
Ayton just wants to score and Rui just wants to score. Not a well built team at all.
All 3 on the court: 111 OFTG 121 DFTG
Ass
Genuine question is there a way to auto-block any post that has [Windhorst] in the title
Windy took his head out of James’s ass the last year or so. Wonder what happened? Did Bronnys name come out of his mouth?
That makes sense because Luka and LeBron are redundant and Luka is better at playmaking than LeBron today. Luka and Reaves is enough playmaking and they play differently so it works better. Replacing LeBron with someone who tries on defense is a better lineup.
So glad Stephen A. didn’t get a rebuttal in this clip.
Great news for them since it will be Luka/AR next year
LeBron’s most likely not a Laker next season. So why not leverage him as a second unit leader if they’re serious about making a run? I wonder if it’s an issue with managing egos
Lebron moving to the bench doesn’t save this team lol. The problem is that we have too much shot creation and playmaking and not enough good off ball play, shooting, athleticism, and everything else that is necessary.
What’s the Lakers record with LeBron in the lineup?
There’s literally no defense when it’s the 3 of them and no off ball movement either
Eli5 then why not have only 2 players grouping instead of all 3. Luka Reeves, Luka Bron, Bron Reaves. Wouldn’t that be more efficient on energy?
Give me the ball, you guys set screens and cut.
No, give me the ball, you guys set screens and cut.
[rinse, repeat.]
They all need the ball in their hands and they all suck at defense.
This is unfortunately true, I can’t believe this roster is constructed the way it is, there’s way too many holes
I don’t know why anyone even acts surprised or why ESPN still runs segments about it……except for ratings.
But this was all obviously how it was going to go once Lebron opted in. That left the Lakers with no real options to improve the team this year. If this was a computer game, every Lakers fan would have just simulated until this summer and picked up the offseason after the first round exit.
I mean, the beginning of the year was cool with the Bromance for Luka and Austin. It was considerate of Lebron to have sciatica so the Lakers organization and fans could see what that looks like…..and it looked good. But it’s been bad since Lebron came back and we all knew it would be. He’s the extra guy, he’s the guy who isn’t going to be there next year……and everyone knows it. Even the role players like Rui…..who seemed to work is butt off to be a “Lebron guy” is on an expiring contract and knows he’ll be elsewhere. Ayton is what we all thought he was. Rich Paul is off being passive aggressive somewhere.
Lakers will be fine. Can’t blame the guys for starting to stink. They’re not really going anywhere this year and they know it…….and next year should be better without Lebron.
Has the Lakers ever played Reaves as a 6th man off the bench outside of when he returned from injury? I think Reaves would embrace the 6th man role and the Lakers would be significantly better overall as a team.
Common sense: a 41 year old, an offensive savant, and a sharpshooter are not a great combo.
Plahing with 3 bad deffenders instead of just 2 makes you worse? Who would have thought?
This sub has Laker Derangement Syndrome… You guys are obsessed with us
Coach JJ must figure it out.
I really want the Lakers to bet on a Lukan& Reaves team to contend lol
It would be so painfully mid. But people in this sub want it apparently
Windy always sounds Winded
Windy biting the hand that feeds him
Just ask lebron “yo wanna be traded to cavs in the summer?”
Are we getting closer to Le6thMan?
As a Celtics fan love to see it. It’s a beautiful thing!
They’ve had 13 games together. But even when it clicks after some time, it will be an elite offensive lineup and a poor defensive lineup. They’re better off with rotating so that the majority of the time, it’s 2 of 3 on the floor.
They do play excellent ‘efense.
It’s not a true Stat but the point is still accurate. When all 3 play they have a net rating of - 8.4 and when Luka and Reaves play together they’re +4.6. I also think it’s worth noting that all 3 have only played together for 213 minutes over 13 games, it’s not a big sample size. For reference out of all 3 player lineups for the Lakers they rank 32nd in minutes played. Point is still very true, I just wanted to show the real data.
From a statistical point of view the absolute biggest issue is offense with an offensive rating of 106.7, 4th lowest of the 3 player lineups for the Lakers. It’s 3 players who are all at their best with the ball in their hands, the offense will stagnate. Doesn’t help when LeBron is coming of an injury that made him miss the first moth of his age 41 season. He has not performed at his best for very obvious reasons.
Sign and trade for Allen is becoming more real by the day!
i wouldn’t blame just those 3 the whole team plays like ass no one plays defense especially luka. DeAndre Ayton is who he has been for a while and that’s ass. they aren’t gonna improve when lebronathon leaves like a lot people are saying there are a lot of issues they need to fix(like luka not complaining to the refs on every single play)
luka is frustrating to watch i find, lack of d, which is due to lack of cardio shape, which also leds to force offensive shots that blamed as fouls but due to fatigue
So Lebron is the problem.
To his team, not to the opponents.
Lebron is like 42 Lakers need to chill out and realize hes not the super star anymore at his age and skillset hes just not going take over like did he did 5 years ago at…..37
Should’ve dealt Reaves and kept AD
That’s because they foul bait 24⁄7. So ppl can’t touch em
Yeah they all bad boys when they play together
Soft launching LeBron leaving at the end of the season.
There’s a pretty easy fix and it’s moving Lebron to the second unit.
I’ve been saying the entire season that they need to stagger Luka and LeBron. They basically should only be getting 10 - 15 minutes of play time together in any given game.