After 10 Games, What Do We Know About the Lakers? Thoughts on AD, D'Angelo Russell, Redick, Defense and more.
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The Lakers have played 10 games. At 6-4, the overall record is solid enough. They're keeping up in a brutal Western Conference where 11 teams are .500 or better, and a 12th (San Antonio) is just one game under. (By comparison, the 3rd seed in the East is Indiana, at 5-5.)
So what do we know about the team at this point?
On the one hand, some of the preseason goals haven't quite panned out the way JJ Redick and Co. have hoped. The rebounding thing? They haven't made a ton of progress, there. Shooting more 3's? Well, they are, but not by much, and the percentages are lower this year than last. It's a top five offense overall, and a bottom five defense. Anthony Davis? Played great last year, playing even better this year. LeBron after a slow couple of games looks like LeBron, and Austin Reaves looks like he's elevating. But Max Christie? Oof. Rui Hachimura? Hit and miss. D'Angelo Russell? Coming off the bench... though not exactly in the same way and for the same reasons as last year.
Christian Wood? Jarred Vanderbilt? Still hurt.
So there's a lot of the same, but some things that do feel different.
So about 1/8th of the way in, have we learned anything that might forecast what's coming?
HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky
SEGMENT 1: The Lakers are 6-4 after 10 games. Thoughts?
SEGMENT 2: What looks the same? What looks different?
SEGMENT 3: Where do the Lakers go from here?
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