Head Coach JJ Redick Discussion: Spazzing Out

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Only two complaints: the Bron + non-shooters bench lineup was rough early on. I don't like Jax on Sengun, Jax needs to match Capela's minutes.

For the first, I know we don't have a lot of options and half of our "shooters" are streaky but when you swing it to the corner and it's repeatedly a hesitant Vando, the pass was right and the play was wrong. On the second one, JJ caught on to this as well and matched it better in the second half.

But liked the game plan, especially defensively. Guys were ready for their assignment, activity was high. Good job late pivoting to a KD-less team, the broadcasting crew said JJ didn't find that out until he was in the pre-game meeting with them.

Curious to see what each coach counters with, I definitely think JJ is the better coach. He had us composed and in control, Udoka and his guys lost composure with those Ts and those out of ball turnovers to the fans signified how lost that young group was out there without a point guard or KD.

 

I assume you mean the lineup at the beginning of the 2nd Q, which was Bronny/LaRavia/Vando/LeBron/Hayes. I agree that this looks bad offensively, and I would not prefer it. Needs Kennard in there instead of Bronny (and can take away some Kennard minutes from other lineups that need him less).

However...this lineup went +3 with an ortg of 166.7, drtg of 50.0, and netrtg of 116.7! It was just 2 minutes, and I doubted it as well, but somehow it worked incredibly. For 2 minutes, lol, but I'll take it.

 

If Ayton is on Sengun, the Lakers should not double. Doing that burned us a couple of times with offensive rebounds and easy buckets. Sengun in not Shaq or Jokic, Ayton can handle him.

One thing I liked was seeing Marcus refuse the switch on the perimeter and sticking to his man. That makes a big difference as that switch everything defense we usually do leads to mismatches.