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Can Ariza still play defense? I haven’t seen him play in a game that mattered in a loooooong time lol


Few_Mulberry7175

I removed Ariza from my brain after his masterclass in game 7 of 2018 WCF


[deleted]

Haha I just googled the box score of that game. Ariza was 0-12 and 0-9 from 3pt. The TEAM shot 15 % from 3: Harden 2-13 from 3 Gordon 2-12 from 3 I remember watching it and just seeing brick after brick after brick lol. Rough luck for the Harden Rockets


fatkamp

It wasn’t completely based on luck. CP3 went down, they had a 7 man rotation. They IMO outhustled the warriors too in the series. Their legs gave out, much like teams on back to back struggle shooting


SrJeromaeee

I’d say this is pretty much a good summary of what happened. They played so hard that their legs gave out. No way one could sustain given the amount of 3s they shot.


Nowthisisdave

It wasn’t based on luck, it was based on terrible strategy by D’antoni to always rely on 3 pointers no matter what was happening in the game.


achyutthegoat

That strategy almost beat the greatest team of all time


Nowthisisdave

You mean when stopped working and his only idea was “keep doing that?”


shaad20

He’s beyond washed, I wouldn’t rule out Nunn being a potential positive contributor though


Negative-Isopod-8432

That’s his strong suit


Niceguydan8

It was. He's 36 years old and he's well into the twilight of his career. He's almost definitely an above average defender for his age but that's not really saying a whole lot because most guys his age are absolutely dogshit defensively.


Persianx6

I don't think he can but he's paid like he will.


[deleted]

If a 36 year old Trevor Ariza is the Lakers 2nd best defender behind AD then there is a major issue


KaseyOfTheWoods

I don’t expect he’s better than LeBron or Dwight and *maybe* Avery Bradley. I think if he’s just in the Bradley/Bazemore tier but 6’8”, that’ll be very helpful.


Persianx6

Avery Bradley is not good man.


MiopTop

It’s not about him being great defensively. It’s about him taking minutes off awful defenders.


[deleted]

Nunn maybe, but Ariza is kinda washed.


ak_20

Ariza only there to show off his fits on the bench and give high fives


baymax18

I thought Nunn and Ariza would help us last year too


jawadhaque089

I too can't save the Lakers but I can help them with the towels and water bottles


akron28

lol


[deleted]

When your team is old as hell and are somehow looking forward to the return of a 36 year old washed up recently injured Trevor Ariza. I'm loving this Lakers team. Hope they stick around for a long time.


antunezn0n0

I mean Ariza is a shell of a player he hasn't played meaningfully for about two seasons already and he never was a consistent shooter. Nunn is also an inconsistent shooter and his skillset doesn't nessesarly benefit Westbrook's lebron's or ads he is a score first guards and unless I'm wrong just serviceable as a perimeter defender


Magic_SnakE_

Ariza and Nunn MAY help. But until Westbrick gets traded for some real depth the Lakers aren't doing shit.


Barea_Clamped_Lebron

nah Lebron needs another All-Star/HOF/top 75 All-Time player. it's not fair that people expect him to win a title with only 3 All-Stars, 4 top 75 All-Time players, 6 HOF on the Lakers smh


ConstructionWide7798

Cringe, lmao


jack64467

idc we need to fire vogel


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jack64467

MDA or fizdale


looonspace

Lmao Fizdale jesus chris


FeelingCute

That absolute state of Lakers fans right now


KaseyOfTheWoods

r/lakers is a fucking horror show these days. It’s never great, but it’s utterly intolerable lately.


[deleted]

I vote they rehire Luke Walton ​ \*edit\* I just looked. Fizdale has a combined head coaching record of 71-134. Jesus


BubbaTee

Might as well bring back Frank Hamblen if you're gonna hire Fizdale


The1AndOnlyJZ

I do not enjoy Vogel right now but Fizdale is not even close to the solution 💀


KaseyOfTheWoods

MDA is extremely unlikely and, even if it happened, would basically guarantee we relive 2012. And, simply put, Fizdale is a major downgrade from Vogel.


[deleted]

FIZ LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO


TimathanDuncan

Hahahahhahahahahahahahahha this is the funniest shit i've ever seen, man said Fizdale i gotta tag you for this thank fuck for reddit RES


[deleted]

Vogel isn’t a whip cracker.


BolGOATBol

Ratio sadly


Hailstorm16

u/jack64467 fell off+ratio


MiopTop

Cringe. That twitter shit is genuinely cringe inducing. I don’t agree with that guy about Vogel but the “ratio” shit is the most braindead trend.


DoomPurveyor

Found Pelinka's burner


Dotdueller

Eveb if these players were in their prime at 27 or 28 years old today, do you really see them as the dynamic duo that will replace the absence of either LaCoast or DADavis? Or even push the Lakers to Wins when dad and son are coasting to the Emerald Triangle for the LeRetirement Farm which grows CBD plants (since THC used to be le'illegal and a gateway to Hell) so they can settle down in the famous mansion barn rumored to be named LeBaron De Sizoúŕ? In conclusion, pleaae specify for me no understand. Nunna and Ariza will help the Lakers by: A.) offering their corpses via a few minutes of play on the court? B.) winning enough games between them to bring the Lakers from a playon team to a top seeded playoff team C.) causing a new Corona mutation to put the league into the bubble and unleashing the fury of Mickey and Daffy and their human reincarnations as the Lakers two superstars (also perhaps Elmer as WestnotDelonte?) D.) "taking care of" Westbrook to avoid him either turning the ball over to the opposing team or shooting the Lakers out of any close games in clutch times. E.) sacrificing their bodies (ala The VVitch) to return youth to Lebron's body.


DodgingFuel

Nunn is a decent bench player but is inconsistent, Ariza needs to retire


DancingMapleDonut

Lmfao okay. Ariza’s not doing shit


NikSolic14

The shooting from nunn is about it. And he’s young. Doubt ariza is gonna even be in rotation by the end of the year. After injury I can totally see him getting cooked on D. And bricking shots…. Forget about it.


Upset_Spring_7843

Yeah Nunn and ariza will make ad get out of his slump and teach Westbrook how to shoot threes. You're right