Careful people will jump any chance on Lakers medical staff. “They” not being the Lakers. Don’t know if JJ really meant bungled or just the Lakers weren’t involved as he wasn’t their player at the time.
he stated it diplomatically, but the clear implication to me is that where he is and where he should be (in the estimation of our medical team) aren't matching.
God, hate when he does that. Worked for Cleveland because they were an older team but with young legs and guys who can pass the ball besides LeBron, it's so frustrating watching him burn the shotclock. Luka+Reaves should be handling the ball more and LeBron should focus on playing off-ball and fill the missing role(s) the Lakers need him for. The offense is just too predictable when LeBron hogs the ball.
it's good that this post is hiding in this thread. but yes. any offense involving lebron handling out top is a bad offense in 2025. teams played possum with us on that all year last year, imo.
Yeah teams are very willing to just switch LeBron/center P&Rs now and he can only blow-by the bigs that switch onto him a few teams every game. The play I keep thinking about is from that @Denver game, when Luka threw it cross-court to LeBron in the opposite side corner, but like lead him toward the basket for an easy dunk. That's what we want. Luka or Austin creating some kind of advantage at the point of attack, whether by P&R or iso, and then swinging to LeBron who can then attack a rotating defense in an advantage situation. If we can simplify things for LeBron so he's making those kinds of decisions (drive and kick, drive and finish) rather than asking him to create something out of nothing against a set defense, I think he can be awesome. Like a better version of what Marion was on those Suns teams.
