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Nash Vegas
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| Jordan-esque wrote: | | Kuzma at center needs to END NOW. |
Luke can’t hear you. He thinks Kuzma is Draymond.
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epak
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Who cares about the center spot. Make a freaking 3 and that gets resolved. |
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Nash Vegas
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| epak wrote: | | Who cares about the center spot. Make a freaking 3 and that gets resolved. |
Because he has no legs left from playing center.
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AllorNothing
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Damn Luke likes to play people out of position. |
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LandsbergerRules
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Jordan-esque wrote: | | Kuzma at center needs to END NOW. |
Kuz is simply unable to guard the 5. FO's biggest mistake so far was not keeping Brook or Jules over Lance or Beas to back up Mcgee.
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Daphanabe
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Hopefully one of the good things to come out of the suspensions is that Kuz will move back to SF/PF. Luke will have to go with the following right?
Ball
KCP
LeBron
Kuz
McGee
Caruso
Stephenson
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Lakesh0wtime
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuzma gets to start now |
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LakerLogic
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| He's been pretty bad. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| epak wrote: | | Who cares about the center spot. Make a freaking 3 and that gets resolved. |
Well we have given up 125 and 124 so it might matter a bit |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Block and 3 on CP3 was nice. Pretty much it. |
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Staccatos
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| AllorNothing wrote: | | Damn Luke likes to play people out of position. |
Luke says "How can I play people out of position when we're playing positionless basketball?" |
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epak
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Nash Vegas wrote: | | epak wrote: | | Who cares about the center spot. Make a freaking 3 and that gets resolved. |
Because he has no legs left from playing center. |
No legs after game 2? Ok.
He's been missing 3s before even breaking a sweat on defense. |
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epak
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| defense wrote: | | epak wrote: | | Who cares about the center spot. Make a freaking 3 and that gets resolved. |
Well we have given up 125 and 124 so it might matter a bit |
I'd be shocked if the opponent uses a big center if Kuz makes his jumpers. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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So you diminish, punish and belittle the guy who could have done what you're trying to now force Kuzma to do.. after Kuzma showed you last season his best positions were 3 and 4....
Luke and his "experiments". Some stuff is so other worldly it shouldn't take him half a season to figure out it isn't gonna work.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Lakesh0wtime wrote: | | Kuzma gets to start now |
Doubt it.. Luke, through every injury we've had, seems to like to leave someone strong on the bench.
I feel like he'll do some dumb ish like start Beasley or Lance.
But yeah, Kuz should start as should Hart. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| epak wrote: | | defense wrote: | | epak wrote: | | Who cares about the center spot. Make a freaking 3 and that gets resolved. |
Well we have given up 125 and 124 so it might matter a bit |
I'd be shocked if the opponent uses a big center if Kuz makes his jumpers. |
I hate Kuz at center, but you're right. Small ball with Kevin Love at the 5 worked not because Love was a good defender at the 5 but because offensively the Cavs abused defenses. We need Kuz to be hitting 3s and smoking opposing centers.
The fundamental problem is that Kuzma is literally just not that good. |
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Practice
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Kuzma's jumper has been terrible so far this season and he defense on Harden was bad.
I'm guessing he'll be taking Ingram's spot in the lineup. |
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kobe8One
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| AllorNothing wrote: | | Damn Luke likes to play people out of position. |
Yep! BI guarding Lillard and CP3 and use him as a point guard. Kuz guarding CP3/Capela was a disaster. |
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Lakesh0wtime
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 1:12 am Post subject: |
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| Kuz will get his chance. Maybe he plays so well that BI ends up coming off the bench . |
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VicXLakers
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 2:57 am Post subject: |
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| Lakesh0wtime wrote: | | Kuz will get his chance. Maybe he plays so well that BI ends up coming off the bench . |
he did some good things tonight on d but he's just too slow footed for that... |
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LKA
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| Kuzma is 2-12 from 3 so far .. too early for concern? |
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MedRomLaker
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 3:08 am Post subject: |
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| LandsbergerRules wrote: | | Jordan-esque wrote: | | Kuzma at center needs to END NOW. |
Kuz is simply unable to guard the 5. FO's biggest mistake so far was not keeping Brook or Jules over Lance or Beas to back up Mcgee. |
Bingo on both posts love kuz but he is not and can not anchor the defense, like trying to get to the moon in a ferrari
| MJST wrote: | So you diminish, punish and belittle the guy who could have done what you're trying to now force Kuzma to do.. after Kuzma showed you last season his best positions were 3 and 4....
Luke and his "experiments". Some stuff is so other worldly it shouldn't take him half a season to figure out it isn't gonna work. |
Luke takes partial blame magic and pelinka take the other half, they set up luke to fail as its clear as day JR or Brook would have been perfect off the bench or hell even starting with mcgee as a short min energy big off the bench
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LakerLogic
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 6:12 am Post subject: |
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Luke is focused on out-of-position basketball.
Kuz is pressing. Not sure what it is. Reminds me of BI early last year coming into the season with a lot of hype and just forcing things. |
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watchME
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 6:14 am Post subject: |
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| Luke is messing this up for kuzma. He can play C just needs to run p&r with lebron and surrounded them with Kcp, Hart and Svi maybe even lonzo. there is no point in running small if rondo, stephenson and lonzo are out there with him. |
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Lakesh0wtime
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 10:55 am Post subject: |
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| Agree he shouldn’t play Center. But whether he’s guarding centers guards wings or chairs he can’t play defense. |
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