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Pelinka notes that with the departure of Danny Green, he expects that Kyle Kuzma can enhance his role as defender for the team with the abilities he showed throughout the bubble.
— Harrison Sanford (@HarrisonSanford) November 19, 2020
There’s no question in my mind that the Lakers need to find a third superstar if they want to beat the Nets in the NBA Finals. The problem the Lakers face is a math problem: 3 > 2 and 2 > 1. With just LeBron and AD, the Lakers are going to always have one less superstar on the court all 48 minutes of each game.
That means either Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, or James Harden is going to be defended by someone other than LeBron James or Anthony Davis. How comfortable do you feel about that? Do you think Caruso can stop Harden 1-on-1 or Schroder can stop Kyrie 1-0n-1? How do you think our trapping and rotating defense is going to do when 3 of the 5 players the Nets have on the court are superstars? That’s going to make trapping and doubling hard.
What we need is a third superstar to level the playing field. We also need that third superstar to be a guard because two of the Nets’ three superstars are guards and neither of the two superstars we have now are guards. Yes, LeBron and AD can defend guards like Kyrie and Harden but then who defends Durant? Gasol? Trezz? Kuzma? We need a former All-Defensive player like Victor Oladipo.
Finally, the reason Oladipo is the right move is he can deliver 20+ points per game and take 7 to 8 threes per game. Right now, Kyrie and James average 29 points more than KCP and Dennis average. That’s a point differential that will kill the Lakers unless they make moves to replace KCP and Victor is the best and most affordable two-way option out there.
Put him on the court with LeBron and AD and he will become the player he was when he won MIP, All- NBA, and All-Defensive two years ago. He will thrive as a third option and be the perfect backcourt mate to play with Schroder. It’s a move the Lakers can make. It will cost KCP, Kuzma, and THT but give the Lakers the edge in wininng #18.
we should have known this was coming when the Lakers left without him after winning the title. https://t.co/Vc2YxP3Spe pic.twitter.com/ukcIJHC37H
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) November 19, 2020
LaVar and Tina Ball deserve immense credit. I want to give them as much credit as we give Archie and Olivia Manning for Peyton and Eli.
pic.twitter.com/PkHobSS3DP— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) November 19, 2020
So, shortly before his death in 2013, Hugo Chavez realized Donald Trump would be president for 4 years, seeking a 2nd term and decided to partner with George Soros (Who doesn’t speak spanish) and China to rig the election. LOL Bwhahahahhahahahahahahaha!