Frank Vogel said he remembers when LAL Asst. GM/Dir. of Scouting Jesse Buss gave the coaching staff film on Austin Reaves as a potential draft pick or undrafted FA, and thought of him as a smaller or poor man’s Luka Doncic, elite in screen/roll, and expected he’d improve as a shooter.

This KD match up finna be hell

Why can’t Christie get any PT?

Darvin running Cam over Max for defensive matchup purposes

and his defense isnt that much better than christie's defense, let alone his offense to warrant him playing

Rui’s role the first 6 quarters of this season looking real shaky

I agree im just trying to see the vision

im tryna wrap my head around how ham had lonnie, who's better than reddish, in the doghouse last season but has reddish playing in the rotation from game 1

there might be politics involved in this decision too.

@LordoftheLeft mentioned it and it got me thinking that there's a possibility that Cam was promised playing time.

Christie is also in a contract year so Lakers front office might want to limit his playing time so they can give him a very cheap deal.

Makes a lot of sense tbh

Who he gonna guard?

promising a minimum player minutes that better not be the f***ing case. if anything, it's what youre saying about christie and getting him for the low.

Looking like we might get that AD defensive clinic and AR-15 barrage

It looks like that was part of Ham's recruiting pitch to get Cam to come here.

Cam's shot wasn't falling in preseason but all he had to do was play great defense, which he did. So Ham is rewarding him now.

"Reddish also added that head coach Darvin Ham mentioned defense to him multiple times. If Reddish can play strong on the defensive end, he will get minutes on the floor. Ham loves players who are selfless and who hustle on defense so Reddish will have a chance to prove himself."

si.com/nba/lakers/news/la-used-interesting-recruiting-method-during-cam-reddishs-free-agency-ml0802

:martin: here's to hoping reddish's offense comes around.

He needs to step it up. He's been a slump since preseason

15 boards, 2 steals, and 3 blocks AD
+
25 points from Austin

I expect to win

I liked that rest for Bron at first, now I hate it

reddish getting torched + cant make an outside shot

Do yall guys see how Vogel notices KD is hot and lets him cook?

Doesn't pull him out just because hes old or to meet a minute restriction.

He's a very smart coach.

KD is their only offense this game