LeBron And JJ Planned This All Along

Coach Nick likes what he sees in the new Lakers offense as player and ball movement have been put at a premium, as JJ Redick has spurned them to a hot start.
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[womar]

Rui was getting DNPs under ham while cam reddish and taurean Prince were playing career high in minutes over Austin Reaves. Anyone that thinks HAM wasn’t the problem is insane

[Songbird_yvr]

No more “go hard on them dudes” 😂
Thank you JJ 🙏🏼

[HKim]

The funny part is Lebron is putting in half effort on some of the cuts and screens, but it doesn't matter. He still attracts attention and he can conserve a bit of energy.
Pretty smart to let all the younger guys run around at full speed and let Lebron either initiate the pass or slower cuts.

[LilShrooms]

I think it’s ironic how the part of AD’s game that is now finally being unlocked is what literally every commentator and analyst has told us every time they talk about his past: he was a PG until he had a late growth spurt and became a center.

The passing skills from his PG days are still there and are finally being unleashed on the league!! if he’s stays healthy this is an MVP year for him

[bigred]

I will admit, I didn't think Reddick was going to work as a coach. But if I stop and think about it, the guy really knows his X's and O's. We know now that the offensive game plan from Reddick is really good.

[ELI..FBA]

For anyone who doubts Lebron/Lakers for trusting JJ, just compare Reddick's effect on the Lakers to Ham's effect on the Bucks in these 4 games; The Lakers are playing with more joy, everyone is contributing and making the extra effort and it shows with the offensive rebounds and assists ; The Bucks are just miserable, no game plan, no good vibes and absolutely no energy like the Lakers were last year.. And just wait until the players get back to their shooting averages and the bench scores more than just 8 points, this Lakers team is gonna be a well oiled machine..

[kevinmoy]

the off ball movement on some plays is just incredible. you can tell they're slowly building a playbook, and it makes everything so fluid. not to mention being easier on AD and lebron physically.

[danilobanaag]

Never thought I would see a lebron team play this kind of ball. Glad to see AD being played like Jokic as a playmaker on top of the key off a high screen.

[shun]

Later we found out that Lebron had been sick since last Friday, you could see that he was out of it. so I don't think father time had much to do with his performance against the Suns

[Justakit]

The biggest part about JJ’s offensive scheme is his real actions are hidden behind multiple decoy actions.

Defense, especially when team plays lakers the past few years, are used to defending one action per play (AD pick n roll), at most 2 actions (plus iso).

But now JJ is running 2-3 plays before the real play, and every plays he run involves almost all 5 players. Such multiple actions creates huge confusions to the defense.

This is going to generate huge success in the regular season. In the playoff where teams have more time to prepare, it’s hard to say. But for regular seasons it is definitely posed to success.

[TropicaIJay]

All of the haters in your last LeBron video said it wouldn't work, but 4 games later they're 3-1. I bet they're mad 🤣

[mrcrpy]

This is the most excited I have been for a Laker's season since Phil Jackson was coaching!!!!

[Emopleon]

Yup lebron definitely needs to be a coach one day

[underoath]

JJ proved everyone who were saying “Lebron can’t play off the ball” wrong. He just didn’t have the system that enabled him to.

[knivze.]

Finally! Was waiting for the Lakers video

[gilbertlopez]

Lakers almost beat phoenix and lebron had the worst game since 2007 I’ll take it

[TheTruthSeeker]

To see 4, 5, 6, 7 passes in one play is a thing of beauty, never have i imagined that the Lakers would have this type of Popovich Steve Kerr Coach, JJ and his coaching staffs genius for drawing up this plays

[hereallyfast]

Just ran into JJ at the meat market! He had his laptop with it watching film!

[Tehui]

Coach is right. The Lakers look a lot better and happier this season.

[jeremyking]

I love the Respect JJ and Bron have for each other and that JJ has the guts to hold everyone including LeBron accountable.