History Is Repeating Itself for the Lakers…

[@basketballreach]

If the Lakers trying to revert back to their championship ways can LA win the west? 👀👀

[@TimothySantiago415]

Yes

[@justthisguy1948]

No 😂

[@Hereforthelols]

Not with dlo and gabe playing like this..they need to go..vando too

[@anthonywarren9885]

The Bulls ran their offense through big men... It's called the triangle offense.

[@Jakub_G_Tennis]

Not with such shit fake clcikbait titles on yt

[@microvan1234]

I’m not a Lakers fan but I am a JJ fan, old man and the three was my basketball podcast. I’m really rooting for JJ to succeed as a coach

[@ComedyBros5]

Me as well. I like what I've seen so far. I was hesitant and honestly thought it was a joke when I heard he was amongst the top picks for LA's new head coach, and then wondered what the H he was doing trying to be a coach. But, he's been great so far.

[@vanixiii5657]

I was hesitant cause i thought he might just be the most blatant lebron puppet but he has pleasantly surprised me

[@EAZYMONEYSNIPER7]

Davis played point guard for most of his highschool basketball year's... It was when he grew an absurd 1foot in height over the course of a summer that he was moved to a center position

[@basketballreach]

Yeah his guard like skills aren’t an accident

[@Mptappin12]

I’m about the same height he was in high school hopefully I get my 10 inches too so I can join the lakers😂

[@cvxgaming6855]

​@@Mptappin12 pause

[@cristianh.5133]

​@@Mptappin12Damn, you brave! At least get you some baby oil. Be safe 😅

[@braysenju]

I hate when coaches have an old school view on basketball and limit the potential of his players based on height.

[@CharlesMcclaren-g7k]

JJ seems to be a coach that is flexible and secure to communicate with his players to get them to maximize their abilities GO Lakers 😄🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@basketballreach]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Prophiq]

The schedule has been very courteous as well

[@al-nur999]

Him being a young coach and used to played with some of his players is a huge part imo

[@Trizzer89]

The amount of incompetent coaches is ridiculous. My theory is that they played politics to get there so they keep playing politics to the detriment of the team

[@jdrmanmusiqking]

Literally nothing to do with this. LeBalco is just letting Klutch Klient JJ actually coach unlike his other figurejeads

[@willyput23]

AD definitely is good as a playmaker but I think another big factor is Lebron playing point guard. In 2020 he averaged 10 asts and it's a big factor why they were winning and that's what they're doing rn. For the guards, Reeves is good. For Cam, i wish he can be like a Danny Green. 3 and D guard. Same thing for Max. Gabe Vincent should study Caruso or Avery Bradley. Knecht has been good. Reminds me of JJ Redick with the Clippers. Rui is Rui. I hope Wood and Vando comes back soon.

[@basketballreach]

Yeah I agree. For Wood though I heard he was just delayed again and Vando has been out for years it feels like so there is no guarantee that he will be any good when he returns

[@twonobiwonmusic9982]

@@basketballreachif he returns

[@deddiev1718]

Rui is better than both, but Vando works better with his Defense

[@ComedyBros5]

If Lakers want to actually capitalize on their roster space, they need to just drop Vando, Gabe, and Hood-Schifino and try getting some more reliable guys come the trade deadline. Vando would suck losing but good grief he's played what, maybe 30 games over the past 3 years?! Always hurt, always in surgeries.

[@GrimmjowJaegerjaquez1003]

To be honest, being an offensive hub is beautiful. Davis has the ability to give us 4-6 dimes a night

[@basketballreach]

Facts and it just helps out the overall spacing and flow so much for this team. Great move by JJ and his staff

[@emalali9447]

How about if he just gives 3 assists a night and 2 blocks 1 steal 2 made three pointers and his defense I will take that. The real difference is Knecht and if he can be a consistent 20PPG scorer. If so the Lakers got good shot at the trophy they hand out in June. Having 5 guys that can give you 30 points on any given night is better than 4.

[@roboticvenom1935]

Davis isn't a good 3pt shooter lol he's not jay Huff or even Brook Lopez​@@emalali9447

[@Trizzer89]

The amount of completely incompetent head coaches is way too high. JJ is bringing reason back

[@cjmamba2434]

To be fair lakers as a whole aren’t exempt either. Look at Mike Brown and D’antoni. They became scapegoats and once they left, they had success with their respective teams.

[@Trizzer89]

Reaves looks so funny getting layups. Most people look pretty chill while laying up, but Reaves looks like he's stretching out like he's desperate

[@farhatmuruwat7848]

It's about the AD staying consistent and healthy. LeBron getting his 25+ points

[@roboticvenom1935]

Its more then that, if you have that happen that's enough to even do anything in the playoffs. Especially when that still leaves the issue of AD getting bullied by certain bigs that take advantage of his lack of conditioning when he is forced to rebound, attack, and defend at the same time. Look how Jokic absolutely blows by him every possession when the nuggets play the lakers and he is not a fast player yet he appears as if he has 2x the gas tank because of how he exploits AD's role. Lakers need another good center/big to help crash the board(dont have AD crash the boards)

[@thesupremekai1980s]

Its more than that. You need to be able to get easy points especially when it comes to the playoffs. Lakers got stuck doing 1-1 basketball in the playoffs and that doesn't work.

[@zKaDuH]

@@roboticvenom1935 2020 Lakers Had MacGee and Dwight helping AD on rotation, yep Lakers need at least another big guy

[@jsm2687]

DLo is really perfect as the 6th man. He's playing that Ginobili/Lou Williams role well.

[@johngladman4291]

Finally a channel that is spitting facts with proof. You got a sub.

[@basketballreach]

Thanks man much appreciated 🔥

[@MikeStew07]

Get Howard! For only the reason of bothering bigs who abuse Davis. Vincent has to go,or his minutes go to someone else. They are already highlighting Knet. Do it more to give lebron more rest.

[@basketballreach]

He wants to come back too 👀

[@basketballreach]

Then for you other takes I agree that Gabe Vincent has been bad but I wouldn't give up on him just yet. Then for Knecht I agree that when he is on the floor the Lakers should run more plays for him to get up shots but also he is just a great floor spacer for LeBron and AD to work into even if he isn't getting the ball

[@chucknoriss1077]

Howard came back once, and he was a liability on defense. He gets switched up on and then smoked on defense. There is a reason he is not in the league, or who do you think no one picked him up?

[@MikeStew07]

@chucknoriss1077 In fairness you described half of nba defenses in the league. I get it though. I just find it hard to believe he's not better than the Lakers bench full of injured and lightweight bigs.

[@moresomoze]

​@@chucknoriss1077Dwight Howard was the reason they won in 2020. He made jokics life absolute hell and it showed. Dwight is a classic big man, they already have Davis, they need a body in the paint not a stretch big

[@notSenses]

The obvious adjustment is to get another big. Get Dwight or McGee back ! The team obviously has some shooting now with Knecht, if Russel comes back to form especially leading the bench and with Vando coming back hopefully, it will be scary.

[@PeteFish-b1f]

JJ Redick coaching, and Dalton have been major upgrades

[@theyrehere.3468]

AD's only weakness are thick and agressive centers like Jokic, Sabonis, Embiid

[@ComedyBros5]

....Embiid? Aggressive? lol

[@gorcsauce696]

It’s not it’s cuz he is all alone he has to block and rebound .. cuz we had reaves dlo who don’t help at all can’t get boards get beat cuz most team run 6”8 or bigger and atheltic . Ad cooked jokic last playoffs it was the line up that fucked up lakers and coach they uses to many guards which jokic would just target and Murray . Ad can’t do everything black there . Jj cuz he has brain instantly notice that which why dlo never gonna start again cuz that line up is redundant . The league is super parody rn a fucking up line up or rotation your team is cooked . U think Rudy was guarding jokic good he wasn’t ad was doing way better but the team was coached way better and had better guards defender around Rudy and played another big next to him and another back up big in bench which why they won . Just like lakers 2020

[@mulezen9167]

Love your content, bro! Please keep making more!

[@basketballreach]

Grind never stop we in a contract year baby 😤

[@jesseperez2643]

The best argument is - the ball is round.

[@basketballreach]

😅😅😅

[@dylanbenjaminwalter2896]

Really enjoyable. Thanks dude.

[@basketballreach]

Thanks man much appreciated 🔥

[@ARB826]

I played center growing up & in HS, this was a common tactic throughout

[@iLLustrious85]

time to package up Gabe Vincent

[@whatttbailly]

Nobody gonna want his ahh 😂

[@basketballreach]

For who though? 😭

[@errdaybombay]

Great content bro! Looking forward to more videos!

[@basketballreach]

Appreciate it! Plenty more to come 😤

[@gh8066]

SUBBED. very good breakdowns!

[@basketballreach]

Much appreciated!

[@yeetllmcskeetllw6389]

they can certainly compete but nothing is certain in the west

[@basketballreach]

Facts compared to the eastern conference the west is ridiculously tough

[@kamarimitchell9797]

Not with that horrible defense they play

[@yeetllmcskeetllw6389]

@ it’s also very early in the season wait till there defense is still bad after christmas to be worried

[@CuriousPug12]

"Jay jay reddick" 😂🤣

[@isaiahgutter4339]

We’ll AD was a point guard In high school so this system really fits him well🥂

[@basketballreach]

@@isaiahgutter4339 Facts he has been great in his role so far

[@PetarZorić-k3b]

I miss JJ as a Podcaster, he was one of the Goats in the game, he's nice coach as well.

[@levialvarez21]

I mean, give it to the big man has been a style of offense since the 80s lol

[@Antondepadua]

Pau Gasol would've been a great center in this era of basketball

[@basketballreach]

Facts 👀

[@Antondepadua]

@basketballreach to clarify, he was already great, of course, but he would've been even better

[@XxBLKMAMBAxX]

I’ve been calling reaves TALL STEVE NASH for the last 2 years 🤣🤣🤣

[@Nikenickcee]

I'm watching this as Knecht goes off against the Jazz for a career high

[@basketballreach]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@andreperry7995]

Live by the 3 die by the 3. People we all seen teams go cold from 3s and lose the game.

[@thinlion01]

Good video. Only critique is saying they barely beat Memphis is because they're used to playing without Ja. Idk they have some new players over there. Our bad defense is the real culprit

[@DCIphanatic]

"15 seasons ago offense was created solely by point guards" - I mean that's just not true at all. In 2009 the league was already into the early stages of modern position-less basketball. Teams were running triangle offense and guys like Lebron, Duncan, Kobe dominated their teams offense - guards were already being required to either be elite at passing or have a nice shooting game. To go back far enough where offense was solely created by guards you have to go a lot further than 15 years, you need to go all the way back to pre-Jordan era's in the 80's, but even then guys like Magic are really more of point-forwards so the game has already started to shift

[@MrClebophd]

Using a big man as a passer is quite old. I remember Rick Adelman doing it with the Sacramento Kings. I doubt he was the first one though.

[@bullit199]

Great analysis but the areas you really neglected to highlight is the lack of bigs to help backup AD, the poor perimeter defense, and the terrible transition defense from the Lakers. Dec 15th is the earliest anything is likely to happen. Also, Vanderbilt is a huge defensive/glue guy that transforms this team. He’s maybe coming back, not sure.

[@methdxman]

Helluva ball club, salute.

[@KingJaq337]

They'll be fighting for eight seed i saw them struggle against Pels last night with 4 starters out and a key bench player but Bron was clutch

[@raymondsilverman4368]

“edey” sounds like AD when an Australian says it ‼️

[@XxBLKMAMBAxX]

If AD plays like this, we can compete with anyone in the nba

[@G.L.M.SleeperAgent]

This why the rating are in the tank

[@jestonicenabre]

2024 is the important numbers for our legend Kobe bryant and her daughter 😢 That's why Lebron ,AD, & all teammates do their best to win every game

[@basketballreach]

RIP Kobe and Gigi 🕊️

[@iAintNeverPullinOut]

What's so important

[@Luka21010]

​@@iAintNeverPullinOutnothing bro , any thing that gotta do with the numbers 24 Shaq sidekick fans start getting emotional idk how KOBE GOT THE MOST EMOTIONAL FANS What happened to that mentality?They SOFT AS Charming 😂

[@Luka21010]

​@@basketballreachfuck both of them y'all pissing me off like Kobe was actually a top 3 player

[@wtlcw1oo8]

Technically this season is the 2025 season. 2024 was last season. The champs this season will be the 2025 champs. So no to what you said. There is no significance relating to Kobe and Gianna.

[@ktbeatty]

He looks like he's going to be a very good HC in this league. He's got an exceptionally high basketball IQ, which was never in question. and it looks like, even though he's young and had never coached before getting the Lakers job, has buy in and respect from his payers, which was a concern. That said, part of the reason he looks like a genius is due to the guy he replaced. Under Ham, the Lakers had no system, no organization, no identity. Watching the same group of guys run a proper offense, with clearly defined rotations for the player, is still taking me time to get used to.

[@melodymaker135]

You don’t “revert back,” you just revert

[@Joshwaheazo]

Meh, sure. But it still makes sense.

[@tykejack]

You can do both. There is nothing wrong with including "back", it just gives more to the point to which you're reverting. You can revert once by hitting ctrl+z or you can revert back to the start by going into the history. There is nothing wrong with saying "revert back". The only time it could be considered redundant is if there isn't a prolonged history in which to revert. So, if I'm ordering a pizza and tell the guy to add olives and then immediately say "revert back to no olives", then it becomes unnecessary and redundant. However, it's still not incorrect.

[@melodymaker135]

@ Well I guess you may be right on the narrow limited topic of a computer keyboard. I was talking about its use in standard English, for anything non-computer

[@melodymaker135]

It’s like saying “but yet.” It’s a nervous tic where people who aren’t 100% comfortable with their choice of words figure (subconsciously of course) that they’ll cram a few more words in there because surely that can’t hurt, right? “I used a new toothpaste and my teeth are more brighter!”

[@22tango79]

still see the Lakers struggling to the play-in

[@Mr_Big_Head]

They aren’t getting back to 2020. The reason they were good then is because they had Dwight and javale. They always had a minimum of 2 excellent rebounders and rim defenders. They won because they absolutely owned the paint, boards and FT deferential.

[@deadpool790]

needed Dwight to bully Joker

[@djosharp]

Isn’t that really something Popovich did with Tim Duncan in the post.. or what Phil did with Pal in the low post --> the triangle

[@jayoz3993]

I had no doubt JJ woulda been good as a coach To be a good coach u got to hate losing and u must know what it takes to win and he always had these attributes Happy for him

[@IceCold_Carter]

He’s doing great, like Steve Keer

[@Glenn2n]

Wtf was that pass at 5:13 😂 Lebron so casual with it

[@mattysykes2121]

Russel looked like he was actually cooking in this video?

[@jonathanz9889]

AD being a hub is just nonsense lol, dude is a career 2.6assist per 36 guy, and this year is only at 2.7. Doesn't have any BBIQ to make anything but the most basic of passes

[@TheHoneyBadgerDUDE]

AD has always been the key to the Lakers success, Lebron is always gonna get his, got to get the ball in the big man's hands and let him lead! (Obviously injuries have hampered this in the past!) Reaves and Knecht look to be great options going forward.

[@camrenpowers2712]

I wanna see us win another chip this year

[@rustzz8]

Glad to see AD shooting and making three's again. He shot them in the run to the championship in 2020 then stopped for three years.

[@ZENIXYT480]

Krzy how sports have meta strats like video games.

[@JtbBlendz]

Future NBA CHAMPIONS LAKERS!!

[@paltok1630]

Lakers problem is defense and energy!

[@TheMagicChessPodcast]

“Jai Jai Reddick” 😂😂

[@basketballreach]

How do you say JJ? 😂

[@TheMagicChessPodcast]

@ JJ 🙃 Hahaha. But great video, keep it up!

[@BennyBoy90]

Talks about the knicks running harvenstein as a point on screens and Davis but doesn’t mention BAM ADEBAYO.. who doing that led them to 2 nba finals running as a point center essentially

[@toungeenaamoo]

please let AD use goggles

[@basketballreach]

He doesn't want to wear them 🤣

[@toungeenaamoo]

@@basketballreach that's a shame, he's very prone to eye injuries

[@cha_eldmo_lester]

He can't, eyebrows are too big, the goggles wouldn't fit

[@Chu_Bandz]

I don’t think the person who made this video works for the Lakers 😅 “let AD use goggles”…ah who was suppose to see this & tell him to wear goggles ? There’s no Lakers staff in the comments 🤣🤣🤣

[@IceCold_Carter]

@@toungeenaamooHe isn’t, that’s one of the few times he gotten an eye injury

[@kenjphenom]

Did I hear JayJay Redick?

[@TheGreatness-gg1jx]

These are all products and results of the Curry Revolution.

[@kiba787]

"Ji Ji Rehdeck"

[@Vloneworld25]

Go lakers let’s win that chip

[@juangil5680]

This roster is too inconsistent to contend. Rui is also just not what you want in a starter as a championship contending roster

[@DVNVRI]

Reverting back is a double negative…. Just reverting to…

[@tykejack]

It's not a double negative. "back" just gives more emphasis to the reversion point. It doesn't mean "revert" itself and it's actually acting more like an adverb if anything.

[@DVNVRI]

@ you are correct it’s not a double negative. But it is an incorrect use. Revert already means to go back to.

[@onyx0380]

i thought its lakers. Now i know its LIEKERS 😂😂😂😂

[@bizkytv]

Im not worrying about lebron coz there always be a playoffs lebron.. in worried bout AD's health coz thats disastrous. And also worried about the bench.. usually inconsistent. If they find another consistent player weather in defense offense.. they have a chance to win con finals and if lucky nba finals...

[@aaron-jeffreyrincon9438]

Once vando comes back, I’m sure he’ll start and Rui will be on the bench with dalton and dlo on the bench. Or maybe dlo starts again because vando takes the defensive tasks he should have

[@Lin1of1]

0:40 what’s going on here Bron 👀

[@sharifnasser7635]

0:39 but lol

[@Longlive24]

@@sharifnasser7635😂

[@joshybones]

Bronny getting a ring in his rookie season.

[@Russthesniper]

Looks like the heat offense

[@doitall36]

JJ Redick osbabgood coach

[@davidbest1403]

Calm down they played against bad teams raptors twice , spurs, and pelicans and injured grizzlies with no Ja

[@oscarparedes356]

What about the Wolves, Suns, and Sacramento?

[@superdeluxeee]

The lakers started this with shaq and kobe

[@Trizzer89]

I cant believe Knecht fell to 17. Absurd

[@basketballreach]

Facts just because he was older 💀

[@Lonewanderer1738]

I been saying curry is a shooting guard I don’t understand

[@deyontaewilkerson5886]

Lebron interviewed a good coach

[@IceCold_Carter]

Lakers/Dodgers title repeat

[@archiealemanyak]

Gabe needs to get traded, he just doing cardio. Give his minutes to that rookie Dalton knecht

[@sam9657]

Shows how bad Darvin Hamm really was.

[@IceCold_Carter]

He was the worst

[@basketballreach]

😅😅😅

[@sunshin4934]

I hope they get Nikola Vocevic

[@JayMason-yh8es]

Lol A.D was a top 5 player in the nba a few years ago. All this stuff isn't the issue the man is made of glass its shiny in the light but every single year it gets broken and it will again just look at his games played. And lebron is near 40 seriously need like a houdini to get this squad to the 2nd round of the playoffs

[@luckymchl2074]

At 8:56, that's 1 dribble, 3 steps then a dunk. 3 steps? Slow it to half speed. Really? When did 3 steps to a dunk come to be the norm? I would have gotten a travel for that when I played in high school back in 86'-91'. With my stride at full speed back then, and 3 steps, I could have easily started about 18' out from the hoop for a dunk. That guy at 8:56 was 16'-17' out from the hoop when he started, and he wasn't at full stride. He could easily started his dunk 20' out if he was. WTF? Really? LOL. Man I (H)8te this game today. LOL. The Jordan era will always RULE. And always remember, Jordan had a 48" vert with 2 steps to the hoop from ~15'-16' out. LeBron is 3" taller and his best vert is 44".

[@TwoOfSpears]

somehow lebron stopped holding the ball for 20s: end of explanation.

[@stalinchinguetas4805]

As long as the offense flows through AD and he remains healthy they have a chance to get to the Conference Finals. They can't have the offense run through LeBron because he gets 3 point happy, and he misses clutch shots. LeBron would be better utilized running the ball in transition and off a screened drive to the basket. Mabe some pick and roll with AD but LeBron is not a good pick and roll player. The Lakers need to play much better Defense. it was good to see D'Lo benched for not playing defense. JJ should also bench LeBron when he straggles and doesn't run back to play defense after putting up bricks. They still have to play Denver, Dallas, and basically the good teams. If JJ gets on through with the Pampered Lakers maybe they make a deep playoff run.

[@seanpersie]

They can’t bench bron. Bron has to be on PG

[@stalinchinguetas4805]

Yes, JJ can since they are buddies and JJ should also save him for the playoffs. If he gets seriously hurt it's over for the Lakers.

[@itstoolatetoapologize4954]

how good are the LIKERS

[@eddygoldshlak7007]

Heat been doing this with Bam since 2019-2020 season, yet didn’t mention them. Heat always gets overlooked, like Spo is the first coach to run small ball in 2013 when he put Bosh in the 5 and Bron in the 4… no credit.

[@MadeForD]

Jae Jae Raedick

[@KidJV]

you lost me with the comparison with draymond vs jokic and ad

[@roboticvenom1935]

Why. How did he lose you there

[@spaceshiphakim]

JAY JAY

[@miguelfevrier3476]

You don't "revert back" bruv

[@DinoknightHarbinger]

All i need is one more chip for LeBron, that's all

[@ceazz9933]

Dodgers need to trade for Walker kessler than they can compete with anyone include dlo in that package

[@IceCold_Carter]

Kessler is not that great buddy

[@ceazz9933]

@okay casual

[@IceCold_Carter]

@ Says the casual who said the Dodgers should get Kessler….

[@ceazz9933]

@ lmao you know what I meant

[@dorjegyurme7154]

Fire Rob Pelinka!✌💜 He Re-Signed Max Christie Christie and Bronnie, Pathetic!💪🏽🏀✌

[@kayKay-py1dy]

Anybody can go off lakers got like 5-6 guys that can give you 25-30 any given night.

[@IceCold_Carter]

Facts

[@roboticvenom1935]

Yeah but they lack defense. Grizzlies would have swept them every game if they had their actual roster- they had some of the worst injuries in the NBA.

[@tuareg8311]

Fake numbers, fake narrative. That's a disgrace! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@josephl7930]

father time damn u LBJ

[@Zpex1]

lakers will need Bronny to win the championship

[@IntrovertClint]

lyca 😀

[@MrJokerking95]

The Lakers are not a good team as they barely won against teams with injuries to their star players

[@salahsabiti6901]

The Lakers are always entertaining but they're not going deep into the playoffs. I don't care what kind of heroics AD, LBJ or Austin pull. It's not happening. Their bench is shallow and it's a long season. Respect to the rookie Knecht though.