If AD is such a star “big man” why does he constantly lose to the other star big men? Sabonis, Jokic, and Embid handled him easily. I give it up to him for not missing too many games, and getting us those wins against teams without a big man…but HE HAS TO WIN THESE GAMES TOO! His stats are great this season, but if you’ve actually been watching every game this season he has constantly lost his matchups against other stars. Which we usually end up losing the game too.
What’s the solution? Move him permanently to PF? Sign a McGhee type big man for center? Or just trade him for 2-3 smaller star/role players.
It’s tough to watch.
Because our guards constantly gets cooked in the perimeter and then he has to cover for them. We also don’t have anyone bigger weight and strength wise. It’s probably an issue when Lebron is stronger and weighs more than all of your centers.
Mavs, Magic, Rockets, etc…
We just lose games right now. Lakers need to figure out how to play defense and not be down 15 in the 1st.
Ham needs to start making adjustment and have AD play a Giannis role on defense when going up against centers like this. It’s not star big men (he has no issue dominating Jarret Allen/Evan Mobley, JJJ, Porzingis, Giannis, etc) that he has trouble with, it’s centers who neutralize his strength and size advantage on the offensive end, forcing him to take contested fadeways instead of playing close to the basket.
There’s only three centers (the ones mentioned in the post) who have that effect on AD. When we are playing them, one of Hayes or Wood needs to be playing center and guarding those guys.