Hardwood Knocks, Episode 514: 2021-22 Los Angeles Lakers Lookahead
Dan is joined by Jabari Ali Davis (@JabariDavisNBA) from the Never Meet Your Heroes and The Baseline podcasts for a deeeeep dive into the Los Angeles Lakers ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. They discuss the LeBron James-Russell Westbrook fit, Anthony Davis-at-the-5, the potential for a defensive drop-off, rounding out the rest of the rotation, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, DeAndre Jordan, floor spacing, lineup possibilities and much, much, MUCH more. TIMESTAMPS
0:33 β Intro
4:54 β The Russell Westbrook Fit
9:40 β Predicting the most impactful new additions (non-Westbrook division)
13:50 β Frank Vogel
17:08 β Anthony Davis-at-the-5
18:47 β Is AD a sleeper MVP candidate?
22:19 β Are floor-spacing concerns overblown?
25:57 β Who gets squeezed in the rotation?
30:12 β Carmelo Anthonyβs fit/value
34:42 β Talen Horton-Tuckerβs role/importance
43:01 β Predicting where LA ranks on defense
44:46 β LeBron Jamesβ playing time
46:48 β Biggest weakness of the roster
47:45 β Trade candidates/Trade targets
51:05 β Best crunch-time lineup
53:22 β Quirk lineups we want to see
55:17 β Win-total prediction
57:30 β Western Conference landscape
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