I know they say rebounding is positioning and hard work. I'd argue that getting out rebounded like that is even harder work. How do a bunch of really tall people not accidentally rebound more than that?
It’s called not caring. Insert a picture of the whole Laker team here. AR15 can be left out of the picture for protocol.
the teamwide not caring has been an issue from the opening tip. i'd actually argue russ cares, he's just not very good anymore. AD and lebron do not care, primarily, and the rest of the team just follows the lead. anyway, we lost to minny for many reasons, but to me the thing that was highlighted was that our three stars still don't fit together, and i'm not sure that's going to change. we're in this for two years?
So much to complain about but it's baffling how bad our rebounding is. Guys just expect the ball to fall in their hands. No one has heard of boxing out or helping the helper. This is a simple thing to do and something you're taught in elementary school but for some reason we don't do it.
I get upset when the team looks lethargic and uninspired. Now, will it solve all of their other problems? No. But just play like you care. Unfortunately, as soon as we started to play well, AD gets hurt. Still, this team and their effort led by their respective leaders need to play better or at least with more effort.
For a team that wants to play fast, gotta close out defensive possessions with rebounds. You'd think on a team with this certain big 3 they'd be better at rebounding.
the rebounding issue has surprised me. i'm sure there are smart folks who are like "of course..." now that we've seen it. but i thought with russ, lebron, and AD playing big minutes (and howard off the bench), we'd at least clean up our defensive glass. NOPE!
I agree. I should have excluded Russ too. He does some dumb stuff but he does give effort and the reason we’ve won some games we wouldn’t have.
AD out 4-6 weeks. Good thing we took advantage of our incredibly soft schedule to start the season. Oh, wait…
How can we be excepted to play games with this few players available? Someone is going to get injured from playing extra or something. 9 players, including 2 2-way guys, an ancient Rondo, and a guy in IT who has been out of the league for a while.
Thanks Dwight and Malik, if indeed you two are who brought the bug back to the team. Two "fools" who brought it back, if true. Hope the concert sucked.
