This article on why La-La Lake-Lake has gone dry literally starts in Miami, as it should.
The cramped visitors locker room at Kaseya Center felt extra crowded last week after the Los Angeles Lakers' 41-point shellacking at the hands of the Miami Heat.
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Said LeBron after this one:
"We got to figure it out."
... Redick admitting, "We're all trying to find it," after the loss to Miami, there is mounting evidence that this season could go sideways without a significant shakeup.
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"They weren't even trying," one Western Conference scout, who reviewed film from the L.A.-Miami game, told ESPN of the Lakers.
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When asked about L.A.'s pick-and-roll defense against Miami, and against the Wolves in the game that preceded it when the Lakers lost by 29 points, Redick was direct as he exhumed the defeats.
"Did not execute our switches, were not physical, did not communicate," Redick said Wednesday. "Communication was a big issue in Miami as well...
It doubles back to Miami, as it should.
"It's been interesting to me, Darvin [Ham] took a lot of shit last year," another Western Conference scout told ESPN. "I think now you're seeing like, 'Oh, maybe it wasn't Darvin. Maybe it's the fucking roster.'"
For the beginning of the end for Darvin Ham was a January 3, 2024 game in Los Angeles, an exasperating 110-96 loss to Miami, who were playing without their alpha, Jimmy Butler. Said soft as a pillow Anthony Davis after that game,
“It’s kind of obvious that we’ve got to figure it out sooner than later.”
