Anthony Davis need to get his butt in the post

CamReddish · Star Player Joined: 23 Jun 2015 Posts: 7919

McGee and Howard don't need to play 40 mins. Ad should have been in the post all game long instead up around the 3 point line trying to either shoot long J's or drive.

He would save so many steps if he was already on the block and can create for shooters or cutters from their too. I know he isn't going to be there all the time, but he should be a lot of the time. He was our biggest mismatch last night and we had him playing like a small forward.
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Hopefully when Kuz is back we see a lot of AD/Kuz/LeBron/Green/Bradley

For now, who's supposed to play PF? And if you want to slide LeBron up, then who's playing SF?

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Did you watch the game last night?
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nickuku · Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 9:09 am Post subject:

AD isos in the post was pretty much the offense last night
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Close this up. Im still upset. lol
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I think it’s pretty well known AD doesn’t want to play center. I wonder if he doesn’t like the banging he gets when he gets the ball down low with his back to the basket.

LakersPimp · Star Player Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 2210

The problem was more LEBRON having googly eyes for only Davis in the post. Lebron didnt really want to pass it to anyone else....and the lane was clogged for all his drives to the basket...it was a strange game.

Laker_Dynasty_01 · Star Player Joined: 06 Jun 2001 Posts: 1703

AD doesn't want to play C, so be it.

But the Clippers played their only center for 9:38 of the game. Harrell basically played "Center" the rest of the way. Our Centers combined for 36 minutes. So, AD was matched up with Green or Patterson half the time, both shooters with little inside game. This undermines him as a help defender.

When a true C is not in the game, McGee or Howard should not be playing. I don't care if we put Dudley at C, but AD needs to be the biggest man on the court.

When the opponent goes small it's impossible to go big unless your bigs can shoot. Zone defense and help has stymied any possibility of a twin towers offense.

Perhaps Kuz can play the 5 if AD is the 4? At least against the lineups the Clippers threw at us last night.

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Actually, it's the exact opposite of this thread title. AD needs to have FEWER post ups. They ran like 50 ISO post up plays for him last night like it was the 90s again. That stuff isnt going to work in todays league. Vogel needs to do a better job of getting AD easier looks and moving without the ball more. I get posting him up in ISOs when he has a clearly smaller man on him on switches but last night was absurd.

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^ Fewer
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17 post ups Mr. Underwood.
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Mike@LG · Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:49 am Post subject:

No he doesn't.
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Stumpy25 · Star Player Joined: 27 Oct 2016 Posts: 1314

AD looked like Kareem posting up, 1980's throw back. That looked like the coach is living under a coma for 40 years!

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why do we need both javale mcgee and dwight howard on this team? both of them are exactly the same player. having one of them on the court with AD would force AD more on the perimeter. this team just so stupidly constructed. we've been wanting a stretch PF for quite a while now and yet we're still searching.