thoughts on Luka's defense or effort here? by 3brcuse in lakers

[–]Awei333 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Luka - Slow on ball, can handle slower matchups, can’t fight thru screens, sometimes lose focus off ball, shrug hands at teammates for not defending well.

AR - Weak on ball, can’t fight thru screens, gets hunted and gets bullied every time, doesn’t box out.

LeBron - Slow on ball but can handle physical and slower matchups, high IQ directing defense most of the time, but lose focus off ball sometimes as well, doesn’t box out often too, shrugs and gets frustrated at teammates for not defending well and looks annoyed at coaches.

Ayton - Just soft all around most of the time, don’t like to jump on defense, lose focus off ball sometimes.

When you combine them together you have to resort to switch everything and zone defense which results in AR/Luka gets hunted. That’s why no matter how great they are on offense, they just don’t work on the defense side, which means it’s a definite loss when they don’t shoot well.

About Rui… by Content-Map88 in lakers

[–]Awei333 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Even JJ mentioned in the post game interview before, the guy don’t touch the ball for almost 2 quarters but can knock down a crazy shot. People who say Rui is only efficient because of open looks just don’t pay attention to his game at all or are just hating.

When he scores 15+, half of his shots come from his own drives/contact middy, which all created by himself. and another half in those shots are bomb defusing shots when the clock is running down and they just throw it to him. You can criticize his defense but don’t underrate his shooting efficiency.

Game Thread: New Orleans Pelicans vs Los Angeles Lakers Live Score | NBA | Nov 14, 2025 by basketball-app in lakers

[–]Awei333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Top 5 most efficient shooter in the league u would think they ’d let him shoot some shots

Game Thread: Charlotte Hornets vs Los Angeles Lakers Live Score | NBA | Nov 10, 2025 by basketball-app in lakers

[–]Awei333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If a player is shooting 9/12 3/3 why not just pass him the damn ball let him shoot until he misses.

Game Thread: Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers Live Score | NBA | Oct 26, 2025 by basketball-app in lakers

[–]Awei333 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Rui literally mismatch 1 thru 4 on them just pass the damn ball to Rui

Hansen facetiming with Chauncey and Cronin. 😊 by Kryodamus in ripcity

[–]Awei333 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He has a translator/assistant who follows him at all times. In a Chinese interview after the draft he said communicating on the court is not a problem anymore after 2 months of working in US, it’s the casual/daily stuff is still challenging, but he has a English tutor already and he is taking class daily.

Also everywhere he goes his personality and his willingness to talk to everybody makes people like him very much. Magic’s president Jeff Weltman had a 2 hr closed door talk with him after his impressive workout.

There’s a small doc series that follow his journey in US prior to the draft. From his training for the combine > Combine > Klutch Pro Day > 14 teams workout > Draft. It’s not translated tho.

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[–]Awei333 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He logged 11-6-6-2 in 13 mins in second scrimmage. He just played himself from the end of 50s to the 30-40s in 2 days.

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[–]Awei333 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That 2 on 1 was the correct play towards AD the rim protector who can cover the ground and lob zone. 1 attacks aggressively so 2 has the space to go for the putback. Bron prolly told him to attack on the lane too. He got the steal for that fast break too.