LeBron at the 5
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
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🗓️ 30 November 2021
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Summary
How much Center should LeBron play? Why have these lineups worked and how taxing are those minutes? What teammates fit best next to LeBron when he plays the 5 and can they survive defensively? With Frank Vogel saying he likes the looks of the lineups with LeBron at the 5 and committing to giving them more time, Pete, Mike, and Darius answer these questions and explain why they're on board with this shift and why it makes sense for LeBron at this stage of his career.
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| 0:12.3 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:15.9 | You follow the box scores of the games every day? |
| 0:18.2 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:19.5 | You're kidding. |
| 0:20.9 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:25.0 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:30.0 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:32.6 | I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. |
| 0:35.2 | Correct. |
| 0:35.8 | What's up, Laker fans? |
| 0:36.8 | Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast, brought to you by the Blue Wire Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius |
| 0:41.4 | and Mike. And guys, last week, the Lakers were down 93 to 84 against Indiana on the last |
| 0:47.5 | game of their road trip when T.HT came in for Dwight Howard in the fourth quarter, effectively moving |
| 0:52.9 | LeBron to the five position. |
| 1:11.1 | And on the next three plays, we get a three for Malik Monk off of a ghost screen, a three for Wayne Ellington off of a ghost screen, and then a transition three for Ellington go on a 9-0 run. We tie up the game. Lakers go on to win in a really electric overtime game. Then the Lakers don't play any LeBron at the five in the next game in that AAA loss against Sacramento before returning to it against Detroit. And afterward, |
| 1:17.3 | Frank Vogel alluded to that being something that they're going to take a longer look at. |
| 1:22.7 | Mike, there's been a lot of discussion about AD at the five, but we've talked about it a bit less. I am thrilled |
| 1:29.2 | about this development. I'm curious, your thoughts on it and what you've heard from Vogel, |
| 1:34.5 | from LeBron, from Russ. Several guys have kind of discussed what the benefits are of this look. |
| 1:39.9 | Yeah, it really started after the Indiana win, just because it was so obvious that that was working well. |
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