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Originally Posted by jazzy1
We lost games due to athleticsm plain and simple, got beat by the Grizz at home because some guy named Kinsey, Warrick, and gay ran us off the court. It was like that playing all the bad teams they had athlete's not savy vets and ran us out.
The good teams had more cerebral players and we hung in because they didn't have the young huys who could run and our supposed cerebral guys were able to compete.
Too many games, Sasha, Walton, odom at 4, Smush not that athletic as far as lateral movement, a limping Kwame and Kobe before he got in shape after surgery were liabilities.
We can win now with younger pg's, pg's in our system don't run the team they simple bring the ball up so its not a typical pg situation with us we could use the shooting and penetrating and athleticsm of the young guys.
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If LA is simply and plainly losing because of athleticism and not because of their poor execution on fundamentals, then they should've never made the Playoffs, because I could name a whole lot of teams much athletic than the Lakers and yet they were beaten by this sqaud when LA was healthy.
I could remember one game from the Grizzlies where LA was up by double digits at the end of first half. The Lakers then decided not to execute the same game plan in the other quarter. To make story short, they did not play defense and forgot to use the same formula that helped them maintain a lead and boom, Grizllies blew up for 40+ points or at least close to it(if im not mistaken) in just ONE quarter, short summary and the Lakers lost for obvious reasons.
Im also wary about putting inexperience point guards for starters. Javaris may be an exemption to the rule simply because he has Tri experience, but I dont think Phil is going to break the rule if he has better options. On a traditional Triangle, you dont need a quick and younger guard to attain the goal, if history is any indication, its always better to have a player who has knowledge on how to properly execute the game plan.
Rookies are just very prone to errors. The kind of errors you want to avoid if you're team is trying to elevate their team play and rhythm. If we are rebuilding, then Im all for Javaris or Jordan taking majority of the minutes. But unitl they can prove otherwise, Id rather have veterans playing majority of the time. A game or two of spectacular play in the SL IMO does not warrant an automatic promotion in a real NBA roster.