1) Injuries
2) Chemistry (or lack thereof, massively affected by point #1)
3) Too much salary in LBJ, he’s earned it but he’s not worth it, if you get my implication. That’s 2, maybe 3 young players we could be developing. Or Reaves and Hayes.
4) Took until March for the coaches to figure out defense. Unacceptable. Glad they got there tho.
5) Luka needs to keep working on his body. This kind of injury, in the same leg as his balky calf, can have a high frequency of re-occurrence. That’s the last thing we need.
5 Things: Ugh
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April 8, 2026 2 Comments
Other than Kobe, not sure who we have developed at All Star since? Reaves? Traded most of those young one’s away.
PS-Has Luka ever played a full season in his career? Not thinking so, seems to miss 10-15 games per year.
Next 3 games will be important because we have to get a fivesome that can beat the Rockets in the first round. I think time has come to get Ayton to understand there is nothing here for him in the future.
Here’s what I would hope would be the starters:
PG: Marcus Smart, Bronny James
SG: Luke Kennard, Dalton Knecht
SF: Jake LaRavia, Adou Thiero
PF: LeBron James, Rui Hachimura
CE: Jaxson Hayes, Maxi Kleber