Lakers "Big Guard" Lineup not really that great of an idea

[JusLakers]

Remember at the begining of the season how excited we were at having one of the biggest line ups in the league? Having a 6'4 point guard, 6'6 shooting guard, and 6'10 small forward, we would be able to find a mismatch anywhere on the court. Unfortunately I really feel this strategy works against us.

Ive noticed through out the season that the types of lineups that give us the most problems are teams that play us with 2 point guards on the floor. Duhon - Hinrich, Atkins - Arenas, Dixon - Blake, Fisher - Davis, and most recently Felton - Knight come to mind. I cant even imagine what it is going to be like tommorow with Paul and Claxton.

Even though in theory it seems great to be bigger that our opponents, it just seems that neither Parker or Sasha have the foot speed to stay in front of these smaller quicker guards, and the rest of our team is too big and slow (Lamar comes to mind even though he isnt the only one guilty) to rotate over quick enough to help play team defense.

Another sad thing is that we hardly ever exploit these mismatches. The only consistent time we exploit any mismatch is with Kobe on a smaller guard, and even then I still think we get burnt more that burning them. I dont know how many times I have hit my head against the television screen when Lamar has had a smaller man on him in the post or even Smush for that matter, and we completly ignore them on offense.

I really feel that management (Kup and Buss) have to get on the same page as Phil, because its becoming painfully blatant that Kobe is carrying this team night in and night out, and is the only reason they are in any of these games.

Just my two cents.

[Exick]

I don't think footspeed is really the problem on defense (though Sasha is a little slow). The problem seems to be that they're both so intent on trying to knock the ball away or gamble for steals that they allow opposing guards to get into the lane when their hands get caught in the cookie jar.

[BallerAli]

The Lakers are playing horrible. If I were Phil I would bench the entire starting lineup except Kobe.

[angel]

Okay, what small guards should they have played more?
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[lakeshow03]

its that theyre not taking advantage of their mismatches.especially odom who should post up evrytime down