The biggest issues with the Lakers so far:
Offense
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Ranked #25 with a 111.1 ORtg
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Offense is horrible when LeBron is off the floor. On-court ORtg is +7.9, Off-court ORtg is -14.0
3-point shooting
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Ranked #25 shooting 34.3%
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LeBron (41.4%) and D’Lo (40%) are the only players shooting 35+% on 4+ 3PA
Free throws
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Ranked #23 shooting 75.9% FT
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Anthony Davis and Austin Reaves are the only players shooting 80+% on 2+ FTA
1st quarters
- Ranked #29 with a -4.5 differential in 1st quarters
Sources:
https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/stat/average-1st-quarter-margin
They cant beat the Rockets, Pelicans, and Warriors
One of our best players had his lung collapse
Do we know how long he’s gone for?
He’s starting to get back into practicing but I don’t expect to see him for another week or two at the earliest
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a car hit Oubre (allegedly)
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we aren’t getting up enough 3’s
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no one can handle the ball reliably. Even Maxey struggles at times, but the non-Maxey minutes are genuinely unwatchable.
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Embiid is still a bit inconsistent, especially defensively. His last game vs the Cavs was a peak example: lazy defense for 2.5 quarters, DPOY to close the game.
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Identity crisis
nah, bamboo development
Consistent play, Next-steps from the young guys, And injuries as per usual.
Too many Raptors fans kissing the FO’s ass is the biggest issue with the Raptors. This team is stuck at .500 and people think it’s totally fine. I don’t get it
Pick and roll defense Turnovers And cte drives
All of our good POA defenders have been hurt at one point or another this season and we can’t score without our 39 year old player on the floor.
Oh boy… where do I begin? At least they’ve finally picked a direction for the team (down)
Our team sucks when their best player is on the floor
Celtics 3 point shooting. When we are hitting our shots we blow teams out, when we are not, its a close game.
Wiggins and Klay slump (although they’ve played better as of late) and Draymond not playing
Wiggins and Klay drop off along with our defense being ass
Spacing
Defense, specificly fast pg or against good bigs (so like always)