03-01-2021, 01:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-01-2021, 02:00 PM by HanspardShowerVoice.)
(03-01-2021, 01:51 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Agree with this, too. HOWEVER, the mistake many make is stopping the mental exercise after "sometimes, Luka has the ball, sometimes, the other guy."
I have no doubt that Luka can learn to contribute off the ball some, and that will probably be great for him long term. But, he'll still have the ball the most, so that other on-ball guy has to ALSO be a shooter. That's why I roll my eyes at the DeRozan types. That's not going to work, imo.
LeBron James is the greatest point forward in the history of the game, and at the end of the day he's always been at his best playing next to another ball heavy guard ... be it prime Wade, or Kyrie, or playoff Rondo. The times when LeBron in the playoffs is mortal when defenses know that he's the only on ball threat in the game (which is why the Lakers put a priority in getting Schroeder). It's just too rudimentary way to play basketball against high level defenses when they have long stretches to gameplan and prepare in a 7 game series, like the Harden Rockets found out.