{"id":4382,"date":"2024-11-01T03:02:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T03:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2024-11-01T03:02:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T03:02:31","slug":"lebron-james-and-lakers-hot-start-in-jj-redicks-coaching-tenure-has-former-player-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=4382","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James and Lakers hot start in JJ Redick\u2019s coaching tenure has former player worried.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rashad McCants wants the Los Angeles Lakers to find LeBron James another scorer or two for JJ Redick&#8217;s plan to succeed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Los-Angeles-Lakers-superstar-LeBron-James-and-new-head-coach-JJ-Redick.jpg\" alt=\"LeBron James and Lakers hot start in JJ Redick\u2019s coaching tenure has former player worried\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"img-info\">\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James and new head coach JJ Redick<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>The Los Angeles Lakers currently sit second in the Western Conference and are also the fourth best team in the league. A scenario that has not happened for the franchise in a long time. Credit to it is with the way\u00a0<strong>LeBron James<\/strong>\u00a0and his teammates have implemented the game plan of new head coach\u00a0<strong>JJ Redick<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The one loss so far brought in questions regarding missed foul calls. Had they been accurately called, the franchise could have been sitting with an unbeaten run.\u00a0JJ Redick\u00a0did not even talk about the calls, instead\u00a0blamed himself\u00a0for not switching things up when the Phoenix Suns were on a hot scoring streak.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LeBron James Is Proving He Still RULES The NBA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0g-HUA7JpoQ?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0g-HUA7JpoQ?feature=oembed\" data-lazy-method=\"viewport\" data-lazy-attributes=\"src\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>That could mean that coaching alone is about to unlock a team that couldn\u2019t sign a player in the offseason. But as this is very early in an\u00a082-game marathon\u00a0of a season, some are cautious. Those some included\u00a0<strong>Rashad McCants<\/strong>\u00a0who had this to say while on the Gil\u2019s Arena podcast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote><p><em>They don\u2019t got a bench to sustain it, so it\u2019s gonna look good early. My problem is, if they don\u2019t bring nobody in to sustain in, it\u2019s gonna crumble, late. But it\u2019s going to look good the whole way there. Cause there\u2019s not nobody can do with that, guarding that type of action. They don\u2019t got no defense for that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><cite>Rashad McCants on the Gil\u2019s Arena podcast<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Lakers are off to a hot start but got issues on the horizon \ud83d\udc40\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wRXJaVSwT3\">pic.twitter.com\/wRXJaVSwT3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gilbert Arenas (@GilsArenaShow)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GilsArenaShow\/status\/1851284826554503416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The rest of the podcast panel echoed McCants\u2019 point. They felt that the lack of bench production could be the undoing of all the good happening with the team. The Lakers currently do not have more than two role players who can consistently score 10-plus points per game.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-jj-redick-s-game-planning-has-lebron-james-and-teammates-floating-through-games\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">JJ Redick\u2019s game planning has LeBron James and teammates floating through games<\/h2>\n<p>Keeping the bench problems aside, one of the major standout points from these first four games has been game management. JJ Redick has masterfully schemed their offense and defense to such a degree that players are literally floating around on the court.<\/p>\n<p>What it means is that gone are the days when\u00a0LeBron James\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Anthony Davis<\/strong>\u00a0would take on opponents one-on-one and the rest would just stand around. Now everyone is constantly moving to\u00a0create the best opening.<\/p>\n<p>It does not matter who ends up with the opening, all they have to do is score. If not, on the next sequence it lands again in that player\u2019s hands, and they pass it to their best scorer. That was evident from King James\u2019\u00a0outburst towards\u00a0<strong>Rui Hachimura<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post\">\n<section class=\"section-intro\">\n<div class=\"selfie-and-desc\">\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>As Rashad McCants mentioned, there is no defense that can stop this form of basketball if it is executed perfectly. But for perfection to last the entire game, they need at least one more solid player. Solve that, and it is likely that the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0could surprise many.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rashad McCants wants the Los Angeles Lakers to find LeBron James another scorer or two for JJ Redick&#8217;s plan to succeed. 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