This is Luka engaged if he can get back to this consistently u can accept the blowbys that’s going to happen due to his lack of speed
To be fair – we won most of these games. Luka does need to give more effort on that end though. He is a capable defender in some ways if he is engaged.
That first play against Curry had me dying, he was so exhausted from having to play good D lol
This isn’t tape these are highlights lol.
Love the title, it could mean both a tape of Luka defensive plays and a tape defending Luka’s name against the naysayers
I think Luka really needs AR on the court to help handle the playmaking, that way he can have some energy reserves for the defensive end. I think thats definitely one of the main issues with him right now. Also he probably has some PTSD of getting injured on the defensive end, preventing him to go in 100%. Drawing fouls and jumping under the basket is definitely not the safest way to play basketball.
Most of those clips are bad offense more than anything but props to you for finding clips where he showed a little bit of effort on that end. He does do it sometimes.. Maybe 1 in 10 possessions.
That was 8 possessions.. lol
Yup. About once or twice a game he reminds you that he CAN play defense, he just chooses not to most of the time.
Bro, no one questioned whether he can defend or not; he’s a pro basketball player, of course he can. The question is about his effort and awareness.
What’s super obvious is that he gained weight again too the last month, idk why no one mentions it
He literally showed up in better shape than he is rn
just gotta give more effort
Just give him dpoy rn
You can make any player look good or bad on defense with videos like this.
Defensive player of the year material right here
this might be the worst defensive tape i’ve ever seen
You’re right guys, he’s totally a good defender and everyone was just imagining him as bad. Reaves is actually good too. Nobody is a bad defender on our team and we just happen to always be bad at defense.
He tops the team this season in Win Shares and Defensive Win shares, he has defensive impact due to his playmaking (steals/blocks/deflections) but he will never be able to guard speedy players, which you need to build a team and strategy around.
I rather not see him make too much effort towards defense since that will lead to injuries and worse offense, instead he needs to improve his shooting.
prob like 10 plays. Lakers were only able to get a rebound twice. Serious lack of fundamentals and coaching. Very Clear, Rui not wanting to rebound is hurting Lakers.
Honestly, from what I’ve seen or even though on offense luka plays a PG i feel his defensive assignment should be at the 3 spot he is built like a forward and he moves like one as well. He has good ball awareness as he is a decent rebounder and can get position on guys but his biggest flaw is his speed/ quickness and no matter how much weight he drops or what he does in my experience pure natural speed/ quickness is one of those things that either you have it or you don’t.
Luka has never been a good defender. We all know the main issue with this team and it’s that old man that should have been retired last year. Between Luka and Bron we all know very well who must go next season.
1 minute of All of Lukas defensive HIGHLIGHTS lolllll can’t make this up man
LOL, if he is actually rotating or hustiling it is a highlight for him… That is not good
Why doesn’t Luka learn anything? Is he uncoachable or does the coaching suck
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This is Luka engaged if he can get back to this consistently u can accept the blowbys that’s going to happen due to his lack of speed
To be fair – we won most of these games. Luka does need to give more effort on that end though. He is a capable defender in some ways if he is engaged.
That first play against Curry had me dying, he was so exhausted from having to play good D lol
This isn’t tape these are highlights lol.
Love the title, it could mean both a tape of Luka defensive plays and a tape defending Luka’s name against the naysayers
I think Luka really needs AR on the court to help handle the playmaking, that way he can have some energy reserves for the defensive end. I think thats definitely one of the main issues with him right now. Also he probably has some PTSD of getting injured on the defensive end, preventing him to go in 100%. Drawing fouls and jumping under the basket is definitely not the safest way to play basketball.
Most of those clips are bad offense more than anything but props to you for finding clips where he showed a little bit of effort on that end. He does do it sometimes.. Maybe 1 in 10 possessions.
That was 8 possessions.. lol
Yup. About once or twice a game he reminds you that he CAN play defense, he just chooses not to most of the time.
Bro, no one questioned whether he can defend or not; he’s a pro basketball player, of course he can. The question is about his effort and awareness.
What’s super obvious is that he gained weight again too the last month, idk why no one mentions it
He literally showed up in better shape than he is rn
just gotta give more effort
Just give him dpoy rn
You can make any player look good or bad on defense with videos like this.
Defensive player of the year material right here
this might be the worst defensive tape i’ve ever seen
You’re right guys, he’s totally a good defender and everyone was just imagining him as bad. Reaves is actually good too. Nobody is a bad defender on our team and we just happen to always be bad at defense.
He tops the team this season in Win Shares and Defensive Win shares, he has defensive impact due to his playmaking (steals/blocks/deflections) but he will never be able to guard speedy players, which you need to build a team and strategy around.
I rather not see him make too much effort towards defense since that will lead to injuries and worse offense, instead he needs to improve his shooting.
prob like 10 plays. Lakers were only able to get a rebound twice. Serious lack of fundamentals and coaching. Very Clear, Rui not wanting to rebound is hurting Lakers.
Honestly, from what I’ve seen or even though on offense luka plays a PG i feel his defensive assignment should be at the 3 spot he is built like a forward and he moves like one as well. He has good ball awareness as he is a decent rebounder and can get position on guys but his biggest flaw is his speed/ quickness and no matter how much weight he drops or what he does in my experience pure natural speed/ quickness is one of those things that either you have it or you don’t.
Luka has never been a good defender. We all know the main issue with this team and it’s that old man that should have been retired last year. Between Luka and Bron we all know very well who must go next season.
1 minute of All of Lukas defensive HIGHLIGHTS lolllll can’t make this up man
LOL, if he is actually rotating or hustiling it is a highlight for him… That is not good
Why doesn’t Luka learn anything? Is he uncoachable or does the coaching suck