Having Anthony Davis, one of the league’s best players, is every coach’s dream. The NBA remains a talent league above all else and every coach will be the first to sign up for one of the 5-10 true difference makers that can propel their team towards a championship. Regardless of any potential pitfalls, that thirst […]
Lakers Analysis
Is Alex Caruso the Lakers’ Answer at Point Guard?
Coming out of Texas A&M as an undrafted free agent, Alex Caruso has spent most of his NBA career in the G-League. A season with the Oklahoma City minor league team became two seasons, under a 2-way contract, with the South Bay Lakers where he shuffled between the parent team and the SBL. If Caruso […]
Lakers Roster Talk: Kuzma, Dudley the Combo Forwards LA Needs
Now that the Lakers roster is, basically, complete we’re going to start a short series of posts taking a look at a specific part of the team from an angle we find interesting. Next up, we look at the team’s combo forwards. The era of position-less basketball is in full swing and the Lakers have […]
DeMarcus Cousins Injury and the Next Man Up Who May not Exist
DeMarcus Cousins tore his ACL on Monday. Confirmations of the injury came on Thursday afternoon. I spent most of the rest of that day thinking about Cousins the person and, really, simply feeling sick for him. There are few things more sad in professional sports than to have an elite athlete’s body betray them. Cousins, […]
Anthony Davis and the Short-Long Game
The Lakers have long targeted Anthony Davis — just as nearly every other big market team has. This will sound elitist, but when a generational talent ends up playing in a small market, the big market/historical franchises lust for those players and monitor their situations with great interest at all times in order to make […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: Dissecting Frank Vogel’s Playbook
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I are joined by special guest Coach Gibson Pyper to talk about Frank Vogel’s offensive playbook and how it applies to the Lakers current roster. A key part of our discussion focuses on Coach Pyper’s video breakdown of Vogel’s offensive sets, both from his […]
Lakers Roster Talk: Getting Defensive with the Lakers Guards
Now that the Lakers roster is, basically, complete we’re going to start a short series of posts taking a look at a specific part of the team from an angle we find interesting. Next up, we look at the guards. When the Lakers traded away Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, and Brandon Ingram, they let go […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: Lakers Roster Preview – Big Men
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I start our Lakers roster preview by talking about the Lakers big men. Using the premise of the Lakers big men as playmakers and shot creators as a jumping off point, we take a deep dive into Anthony Davis’ game, specifically his ability to […]
Lakers Roster Talk: Bigs as Playmakers and Shot Creators
Now that the Lakers roster is, basically, complete we’re going to start a short series of posts taking a look at a specific part of the team from an angle we find interesting. First up, the Lakers bigs. The Lakers’ roster now runs 14 players deep. After Kawhi Leonard power-played his way to a Paul […]
Lakers to Play LeBron James as Point Guard
With the Lakers roster (basically) full, the next step for the team is to appropriately build out lineups and rotations in order to maximize the group they have assembled. As I wrote after the Lakers re-signed Alex Caruso, the team’s choices at point guard did not offer a single player who had the complete skill […]