A couple of weeks ago, u/T1m_NBA posted a wonderful analysis of the second-most used play in the Laker’s pre-season. It’s not a terribly complex play, but it is efficient, at 1.10 points per play, and it doesn’t require any special players or superpowers. I mean, just watch the video, Tim explains it much better than I ever could:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttnQmSrIcIE
Thing is, I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this being run over the last, oh, five games or so? All of our half-court play is either
- a LeBron miracle play
- an AD miracles play
- or someone firing a rushed shot trying to make the best out of a stagnant, predictable, ineffective “offense”.
It’s the same players, same coach, same season. What in the almighty F#$! happened that our guys suddenly forgot their most-run plays from just a month ago?! Please help me understand this!
I read that they switched from a 4 out offense to a 5 out offense this year. I think the players are having trouble adjusting. Lots of turnovers on perimeter passes. The spacing is also different, which affects players’ ability to find driving lanes.
IMO, you need a lot of offball movement to run 5 out effectively. The Lakers aren’t good at offball movement. LeBron has never been asked to do a lot of offball movement. You have lots of new players forced into a lot of playing time because of injuries and a new offense (so the players from last year can’t provide stability for the new guys because they’re learning the scheme too).
The Lakers need to ditch the 5 out and return to the offense they were running late last year.