Anthony Davis Discussion: Only Player On Both All NBA + All Def

We could have used a little more from AD tonight.
Two games in a row now.

 

Better game from him and I do think we win.

 

we're once again at zero margin for error, halfway into the season. trade ain't saving anything, either.

 

This team sucks because of bad coaching decisions. Exasperating

 

Shot 70% Too big. Too skilled. Lively is the only real length they have. AD was in there fighting off 3 Mavs for rebounds. If we were sitting at 4th in the standings, not only would his DPOY campaign get more respect but he'd be a Top 3 candidate for MVP.

 

BeastMode AD!
Gotta love it!

 

one thing is that we've started sending cutters for him instead of just standing in spots hoping our big can laser a skip pass (and that the recipient will actually convert).

 

In all fairness to the coach …. who knew that could help AD out?

 

in fairness, vogel really didn't have much off ball movement, either. i was hoping that would improve immediately with ham, but it took time. AD's not a great passer like jokic, but he's not a terrible passer. he just needs viable targets.

 

In fairness to Vogel at least he was a legit not fake great defensive coach.

 

true, and part of his offensive issues could be attributed to the fact that he put defense first and often played another non-shooting/lane-clogging big with AD, which meant basket cuts were less likely to help matters.

i was really frustrated last year when ham had AD catching outside the arc and facing up with a bunch of stationary teammates. you barely see him getting touches out there anymore (finally) unless it's catch and shoot on a trail or something. we're doing better to get him the ball in his sweet spot (high post) and running guys off that so people can't just camp on him.

 

AD has flourished in the new offense, whatever it is. He's looking more like the scoring machine that he was in New Orleans. He's actually playing better than he did in the chip season.

 

not sure its' the offense or he's just better at reading double teams. I think it's about neutral - he was below average at passing out of doubles and that was one reason the Lakers couldn't rely on him consistently and he's turned that weakness into a strength lately. It could be the new offense makes it easier for him to see doubles but I'm not sure.

His jumper was more consistent in the bubble though. AD with that jumper plus passing out of the double would be Jokic level, he's not quite there yet but it's nice to see he's still improving

 

B2B L's...enjoy fellas

 

I am terribly sorry for your Loss AD! Now take off that ugly cheese stinking jersey! Looks awful on you ! You might stink up your next game .

 

Ride the DLO wave as long as you can, especially as we go up against these bad teams to close out the month.