"Austin Reaves, who like Knecht had never met Morris before becoming teammates in February, said Morris pulled him aside during one game last month to give him advice on how to better handle ball pressure by backing up closer to half court to start pick-and-roll actions with opposing bigs, creating more space to gain an advantage.
āHeās just constantly talking in game. I think he has a very good IQ and thereās been a couple situations where heās dissected the game from the bench and come to me about what I could do to be more effective,ā Reaves said. āā¦Itās just little things like that he sees within the game but I think he does a good job of vocalizing them.ā
āLeBron needs help, too. Everybody just think he knows everything,ā Morris said. āYeah, he knows the game a lot, but for him, he can use a guy thatās, āYo, did you see that right there? You can do this.ā Yeah, and thatās me. I can say, āLook. Bron, get your ass back. Look, you got to run back too.āā
The list of people who can credibly do that with James is short, and as they age out of the league that list shrinks every season.
Morris is one of a few left in the game. And while James is out with a groin injury over the next few weeks, the Lakers can lean on Morrisā ability to connect with younger players, like Knecht, too."
āIām not scared,ā Morris said. āā¦I do the same thing with Luka, same with Kyrie Irving. It doesnāt matter. Because at the end of the day, I feel like that would make them better. The same way they would do it to me to make me better.. You know what Iām saying? If Iām wrong about something, tell me Iām wrong. Donāt just let me say the wrong sā, you know what Iām saying?
āAnd the league just doesnāt value it.ā
Going to be a strange game tonight with so many people out.
Should still get the job done if Luka plays
āLeBron needs help, too. Everybody just think he knows everything,ā Morris said. āYeah, he knows the game a lot, but for him, he can use a guy thatās, āYo, did you see that right there? You can do this.ā Yeah, and thatās me. I can say, āLook. Bron, get your ass back. Look, you got to run back too.āā
The list of people who can credibly do that with James is short, and as they age out of the league that list shrinks every season.
Morris is one of a few left in the game. And while James is out with a groin injury over the next few weeks, the Lakers can lean on Morrisā ability to connect with younger players, like Knecht, too."
The important of having a seasoned vet at the end of the bench especially one with championship experience
JJ Redick said the Lakers were too āunorganizedā and players werenāt in the right spots or getting to those spots quick enough in the second and third quarters vs. Boston. He said his messaging got lost in translation and took accountability saying thatās on him.
Alex Len starting thatās crazy
Goodwin was a good find, go in hustle, and make a three here and there
his rebounding stands out to me more than anything
his rebounding stands out to me more than anything
Yeah thatāll be important for this team with no center
Yeah thatāll be important for this team with no center
Exactly lol
Would really like to get this W got a tough schedule and No Bron for two weeks
Niggas really lost
Reaves what in the f*** wigga
Losing to the Nets in big 2025
Yeah this team gonna slide a few spots in the coming weeks. S*** is embarrassing
Way to waste that timeout on the previous inbounds play you clowns
JJ Redick said it was a ālow-level communication gameā for the Lakers. He said that being shorthanded isnāt an excuse.
āWe just wanted to take shortcuts,ā Redick said. āā¦ Just shortcuts. You want to be a good team in the NBA? Want to win? You have to do the hard stuff.ā
Horrible loss, how the f*** Reaves and Luka played that bad with nobody and I mean nobody capable of guarding them
Luka Doncic when asked about JJ Redick calling out the Lakersā lack of communication on offense tonight, said: āThatās my faultā
Luka Doncic credited the Lakers' role players for stepping up tonight and said he needed to be better.
Austin Reaves:
"I just thought I played incredibly bad. That's really about as much as I can say about that. It's frustrating not helping your team win and when Bron's out, I gotta be better and I wasn't. That's why we lost."