The season is still young, but the LA teams are struggling, with both the Clippers and Lakers losing their 3rd straight games (fourth straight on the road). Without overreacting, which LA team has bigger problems at this point?

The Clippers are going through player adjustments and Ty Lue has pointed to stagnant offense because the superstar quartet can’t figure out what to do with each other. Imo that’s easier to figure than what the Lakers face - the supposedly deep roster hasn’t worked, Reaves’ struggle was especially unexpected, and the team repeatedly falls flat without Lebron. Both have been mid defensively.

BUT, the Lakers had one hell of a turnaround last season… so yea, I’m not ruling either out, just wanna look at the problems they face atm.

  • Salty_Watermelon@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Clippers need to figure out what to do with Plumlee out indefinitely. They were already at a disadvantage against teams with size that could crash the offensive glass, but it’s become a truly dire situation.

    Either they roll the dice with a FA pickup or see what kind of return they can get from trading Norman Powell (a fairly good bench player but no longer essential with Harden on the roster). If they repeat last year’s mistake and wait too late then they’ll have to dig themselves out of a decent sized hole just to try and avoid the play-in.