Rajon Rondo dons coach hat, offers Lakers some last minute advice on containing Jokic

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1. Just sub in Dwight Howard

2. Right. No one has thought of that.

3. Rondo is basketball genius like Bron wish they would bring him in as an assistant coach.

4. This isn’t rocket science, that’s exactly what u have to do and for some reason teams don’t do it. Ppl don’t make Jokic play defence and he’s just resting and killing teams on offence. Bring him out to the 3pt line and target him, get the switches. I don’t even see Lebron doing much of it and he’s got the highest iq on the team.

   This team really needs rondo as a coaching role

5. Just my opinion , but I think that’s the problem. Yes Jokic is great and clearly the best player on the Nuggets , but focusing your entire game plan into containing or stopping him is not going to work. Jokic is one of the greatest passers we’ve seen and the Nuggets knock down open shots. I could be wrong , but I would personally focus more on Jamal Murray and the role players. Oh and DO NOT double Jokic. AD needs to handle that himself. Go Lakers

6. Easier said than done. AD shoots fadeaways with his back parallel to the floor when he attacks Jokic. We need someone like Zion that is looking to attack his opponent with force. Bron is the only guy that can take it to Jokics chest. Maybe even Rui. But that’s about it.

7. He also said how to defend jokic is have the right personnel. In 2020 they had McGee Howard and AD. Now they have AD maybe Hayes. Rui and lebron are too small

8. in before folks who think they’re smarter at basketball than rondo

9. Ham reads this like ….Waaaat?

10. I know its different player/teams but Lakers should take a look at the UCONN vs Purdue title game. Guard Jokic 1v1 like Clingan did against Edey and dont let the others go off from 3.

11. Imo we just need to pester him, treat him like a QB and give him false looks or running lanes but no big plays. Don’t let him get comfortable

12. Can someone show this to ham plz?

13. Honestly yes he is not a good Defender I don’t care what the metrics say he is slow and not athletic make him move extend his energy and drive right at him

    The bigger part I think is containing Murray I don’t see him averaging 33 points a game this time

    It’s gonna be a WAR

14. Is the point to just tire the fk outta him?

15. The problem is Dlo and Reaves can not attack the rim. They don’t have the athleticism. That’s why when we had Westbrook we could beat them.

16. Re sign Dwight just to be a goon and rough up Joker

17. And that is what I been saying for the last two years. Make fat boy work on defense.

    He is not Prime MJ, Kobe, Hakeem, Lebron, Duncan and Wilt who were elite on offense and defense. He is not an elite offense and an elite defensive player at the same time aka a dominate 2 way player.

    He is an elite offensive player and a poor defensive player. You attack him and make him work on defense and stop him from hiding.

    Fools forget that it wasn’t the fact that the Lakers in the bubble had 3 centers to guard him. It is the fact that all 3 centers could score (Javale with lops/pick and rolls for lobs/running the floor, Dwight lobs/put backs/post ups/running the floor/pick and rolls for lops, AD with Isos/drives/mid ranges/threes/running the floor/put backs/pick and rolls for lobs.

    Plus Lebron getting Isos on him after switches and attacking him.

    By the 4th of those bubble games you could see Joker pulling a Roberto Duran and saying “No Mas” because the Lakers were wearing his ass out (“Pause”) on offense and defense.

    Like I said that boy ain’t Prime Hakeem/Kobe/Lebron/MJ/Duncan where they would give you 40 or 50 on one end then in the 4th on defense would look at your team and say bring it on I am going to get the stop on anyone on your team and make the key defensive play!!

18. Lakers have no snipers. Pin downs won’t change much

19. Just let AD go one on one with him. He passes out too well to double and they move the ball effectively anyways.

    Once those guys get in a rhythm, it opens the paint for Jokic even more.

    STOP doubling and switch everything.

20. This 100%.

    Jokic will most likely be guarding Rui and Prince

    If I’m Ham, I’m costantly running pin downs, flare screens and back door screens for both Rui and Prince to get Jokic’s chubby ass running all game.

21. Let Jokic get his. Stop everyone else.

    Don’t overhelp.

    Sadly we already know over and over and over again Reaves will leave his man wide open on the arc and they’ll drain them.

    Personally i’d just tell AD to man up and take Jokic one on one. Limit everyone else and tell Jokic to try beat us by himself.

22. AD need to get his game right and go at Jokic on the offensive end. Put up 32 on Jokic head. AD gives Jokic a easy out when he don’t have to guard him every play.

23. We need the Dwight Howard!!!

24. Game plan to beating Denver don’t focus on Jokic let him do his thing. Honestly I wouldn’t even try to guard him id focus on making Murray have trash games id focus on getting Aaron Gordan outta his position, make Porter JR uncomfortable asf while shooting try to trick him on defense he has slow feet, then KCP he can’t beat teams by himself get him into shot chucking mode.

25. Agreed. What are they going to do to stop them in the last 5 minutes

26. 

    Hopefully, Ham finally does some homework!

27. Nah ham just gonna do a 4 guard lineup and hope for the best

28. It will be unfortunate if Rondo’s personality and demeanor prevent him from ever being a viable NBA head coaching candidate, because the dude is sharp as shit, especially when it comes to ball.

29. Nah let’s play 4 guard small lineup bro against these Nuggets…. “We want all the smoke” – Darwin Hamas