Took 2 games for the staff to sit Javale down. 1 and a half. Now, Dwight off the bench 1st. No Javale the whole 3rd Ed Davis barely getting to play for Utah. Maybe Utah can take Javale with them when they leave and give us Ed Davis? Troy Daniels.
Lou typically does what he does to everyone, overwhelming majority of comers across the league, how he's made his name. He just knows how to use screens, draw fouls and he's just flat out clever. He can be Harden-lite in that way. The most you can ask for in defending Lou in this era is an off shooting night, or better defensive strategy as a team. An Avery Bradley can only do so much when he's fighting through screen after screen and trying not to foul Lou and send him to the line where he's pretty awesome. Iggy is the answer for Kawhi, not Lou
One of the options LAL will have when they get Kuz back, and if/when they bring in Iggy, is going to a big lineup and potentially forcing Lou back to the bench. Iggy and LeBron at the guard spots, Kuz and AD at forward, Dwight matching up with Harrell at the 5. Lou is Lou because he can score. He's not a defender..Obviously, defense is fairly important to title teams and as a guy that's getting starter's minutes, Lou is among the worst guards in the league defensively. One of the reasons he's played for 6 or 7 teams in his career. Grab a lead in the game like last time, where the Clips need stops, and dare the Clips to big him in. Make him defend experienced facilitator Iggy on the block or LeBron on the block and see how that breaks the Clips' defense down. As good as the Clips looked against GSW, the game against LAL was tied @ 87 going into the 4th so fuck them and all that hype
Dwight didn't look like a bum tonight. Hopefully he has a lot more games like that one. But I'm sure he'll have nights where he out JaVale's JaVale.
" Ref, look at this score. I'm gonna get in your face and you just throw me out. Fuck this. I'm going back east. "
Lakers reportedly haven't ruled out Cousins' availability for the playoffs. Add Iggy and Cousins to the rotation for the playoffs, subtract KCP and Javale IQ upgrade is immeasurable