My favorite play from the Lakers this season wasn’t when LeBron drove out of a mid-post isolation vs. Giannis in the win over the Bucks, the LeBron drive vs. Marcus Morris in the win over the Clippers that basically clinched the game, or even the “hammer” action play the team ran for Danny Green to […]
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Lakers Preseason Game 1 Playbook
If you follow my work, you know I’m not a fan of the Lakers scheme from last season. The chess game within the game of utilizing actions to generate good shots can play a big role for basketball teams, and solid team scheme is something seen with all of the top NBA teams. This year […]
On Lonzo Ball’s Scoring Ability and Forecasting his Offensive Ceiling
Lonzo may be the most exciting rookie to come to the Lakers since Kobe. Recent top picks Julius Randle, D’Angelo Russell, and Brandon Ingram had similar pedigree to Ball, but none had as much hype and translatable skill coming into their rookie campaigns. However, the part of Ball’s game that does translate — his passing […]
Designing a Great NBA Offense: Slice Reverse Play Breakdown
I’ve released my proposed ideal Laker playbook for next season, but it’s time to break it down. The playbook is comprised of 55 plays and grouped together in 9 chapters. I’ll be going through the playbook play by play and breaking down each of the plays I think the Lakers should run. Today is the […]
Designing a Great NBA Offense: Slice Follow Play Breakdown
I’ve released my proposed ideal Laker playbook for next season, but it’s time to break it down. The playbook is comprised of 55 plays and grouped together in 9 chapters. I’ll be going through the playbook play by play and breaking down each of the plays I think the Lakers should run. Today is the […]
Designing a Great NBA Offense: Slice Split Play Breakdown
I’ve released my proposed ideal Laker playbook for next season, but it’s time to break it down. The playbook is comprised of 55 plays and grouped together in 9 chapters. I’ll be going through the playbook play by play and breaking down each of the plays I think the Lakers should run. Today is the […]
Designing a Great Offense
No matter your personnel’s skill or experience, there are principles about designing a schematically sound offense that are consistent everywhere. Incorporating some of these principles can make your offense good. Having most of them can make it great. Having all of them can make it elite. I’ve been openly critical about how poor the Lakers […]
Julius Randle Shows Nifty Counter to a Pet Play
There are usually very few positive takeaways from the type of 39 point loss the Lakers had to the Rockets on Wednesday night. After the Lakers trailed big early and found themselves down 18 points heading into the 4th quarter, the Rockets poured it on, nailing 8 of their 13 shots from behind the arc and […]
Tarik Black is Showing Real Improvement, Making his Mark in the Starting Lineup
Tarik Black’s journey to becoming the Lakers’ full time starting center has been a bumpy one. First acquired by the team as a waiver pick up in his rookie season, Black saw good minutes on an injury decimated team in Byron Scott’s 1st season. Black posted a 16.3 PER with the team that season and […]
D’Angelo Russell is Elevating his Game by Attacking the Paint
It was the Lakers’ first game after a nice Christmas win and D’Angelo Russell really wasn’t shooting the ball that great. The opponent was the Jazz and Russell closed the game with only 4 points on 2-11 shooting. Fans were in my twitter mentions telling me I was being overly praiseful of the Lakers’ 2nd […]