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1. Brandon Ingram needs to slow down and let the game come to him. It’s no
coincidence that once Ingram admitted that he was putting pressure on himself
to live up to the work he put in over the summer (as well as some of the
expectations Magic Johnson shoveled onto him) and then stopped forcing the
action, he started to play better. Ingram is not yet a go-to scorer and is
much better served being a secondary scoring option who combines his natural
affinity for being a ball mover with hunting his own shots. When he started
to slow down, play with less urgency to get his own shot, and instead took
what the defense gave him he looked much more like the player who closed last
season on a surge. More of that once the real games start, please.
IG這段跟版上討論的差不多。IG背負了壓力；很想要將休賽季苦練的呈現出來、
也有來自魔術的談話所造成的壓力。但IG還沒辦法成為go-to scorer，目前適合他的定位
是第二進攻選擇。IG必須slow down，不再躁進的進攻、找到他的投射。
Let the game come to him.
2. Brook Lopez is the team’s best half-court scoring weapon. The Lakers want
to play fast, but that’s much harder when you’re taking the ball out of the
bottom of the hoop to start offensive possessions. This is where Brook Lopez’
s ability to be a fulcrum of half-court offense will really come in handy.
Whether it’s direct post ups, duck-ins after setting screens/pin downs,
running pick and rolls or pick and pops, operating as a catch and shoot
player, or just plain isolating from the mid/high post, Lopez has a complete
scoring arsenal. No other Laker has this much versatility in the halfcourt
and coaches would be well served to feature him for the 25-30 minutes he’s
on the floor each night.
Lopez是隊上最好的半場進攻武器、半場進攻中的優勢點。他可以低位、打擋拆時roll
進禁區或pop out、在外圍做C&S以及iso。在半場進攻中，湖人陣中沒有其他球員像Lopez
一樣擁有如此多元的進攻技巧，教練團應讓他每晚有25-30分鐘的上場時間。
3.The Lakers defense remains…a work in progress. Early in the preseason, a
lack of effort combined with some simplistic schemes to ensure the team was
not equipped to handle the likes of the Nuggets and Timberwolves. Those teams
swung the ball, ran some 5-out action that pressured the Lakers Centers to
defend the three point line, and they just weren’t prepared for it. As the
preseason advanced, the team got better in their execution for longer
stretches, but still had too many breakdowns — both mental and physical.
They need to play harder and smarter for longer. As a young team, the latter
is to be expected, but the coaches are surely going to harp making sure the
former is done more often. And if players don’t comply, I’m going to bet
they see their minutes cut.
湖人的防守還有很長~~~~~的路要走。在熱身賽剛開始時，缺乏努力和簡單的防守策略的結
果就是湖人無法抵擋金塊和灰狼。兩支球隊移轉球、跑5-out迫使湖人的C必須防守到外圍
-那時湖人尚未演練到的區塊。隨著熱身賽的進行，情況有了改善，但顯然還遠遠不夠。
湖人必須在防守上打得更努力和聰明、並且將這兩者持續下來。作為年輕的球隊，犯錯是
可以預期的，但在防守端持續努力的付出是教練團必須確保的，如果有球員無法執行，就
砍了他的上場時間吧~
4. Kyle Kuzma is legit！！！！！
5. There’s little, if anything, that tells me Tyler Ennis is a better backup
PG for this team than Alex Caruso. Ennis is a fine enough reserve guard and
is probably getting a bit more of a bad rap than he deserves after having to
start the team’s final 4 preseason games due to Lonzo’s injury. That said,
the things Ennis does well, Caruso can do too. The things that Caruso does
well or the attributes he has, Ennis can’t replicate as easily. Caruso has
more size, is better on both backboards as a rebounder, has better instincts
as a throw-ahead player and passer generally, and does more things
defensively. This shouldn’t excuse Caruso’s flaws as a player, but if you’
re asking me to say which PG would be my choice to backup Ball, it would be
Caruso.
在替補pg上，Ennis做得好的，Caruso做的一樣好。而Caruso能做好的，Ennis則無法輕易
的複製。Caruso在體型、籃板、防守端的付出都有較好的表現。而且Caruso本能上是傳球
優先。如果尋求作者的意見，他會選擇Caruso作為替補pg。
6.Speaking of Caruso and Ennis, the Lakers probably need 3 point guards on
this roster (including Lonzo). I’m not calling Ball injury prone (that’d be
silly) and I’m sure the Lakers were being extra cautious with him
considering the lowered stakes of preseason. That said, he missed over a week
and 4 games with an ankle sprain that was originally diagnosed as “mild”.
Again, I will give a certain amount of benefit of the doubt to the coaches
and doctors here. But, with the shift in style this year, the point guard
spot will be extra important to what the team wants to do offensively. If
Ball were to miss any time during the season, having Caruso and Ennis around
will be a necessity. It’s good that Caruso is on a two-way contract.
談PG位置所需要的深度，由於需要對Ball謹慎的保護以及現代球風下pg對球隊進攻
端的重要性，如果Ball在季中有缺賽的情形；Caruso和Ennis的存在就有其必要。
7. Larry Nance may not be the best PF on the roster, but he plays better when
he starts. I’ll say more about this in the coming days, but the case for
Nance being the starter at that spot may just be it’s how you get the most
out of him as a player. Whether that’s the best strategy for the team is a
different discussion…
Nance不是隊中最好的PF，但他先發時打得比較好。作為球員，在先發的位置Nance能充分
的發揮他的價值。但(Nance先發)對球隊來說是否是最好的策略就是不一樣的討論了。
8. Julius Randle hasn’t necessarily “improved” as a player, but being in
better shape is going to help in a lot of little ways that will show up both
in the boxscore and with the eye test. He’s able to run harder and change
ends better, he’s able to rotate better defensively, and he’s able to
challenge more shots when on the back line as a rim protector. He’s also
playing with more confidence as a jumpshooter. Does this mean his right hand
is better or that his jumpshot actually is better or that he’s going to
finish over length inside better? No. And if you focus only on those things,
you might think Randle hasn’t actually gotten better. But if you watch some
of those other things — things that matter, by the way — you’ll see an
improved guy. I’m looking forward to watching him this year.
Randle還沒有確切的進步，在球技上。但精實的體態的確在許多小細節上幫助到Randle，
在box及觀看比賽時都能呈現出來。Randle在攻防上能夠移動得更快速、作為護框者試圖
防守更多對面進攻籃框的出手。同時對他的跳投更有信心。但這就表示Randle的右手、跳
投、進入禁區面對高大的防守者完成進攻都變得更好嗎?不。如果檢視這些，會覺得
Randle還沒有變得更好(熱身賽裡)。但在其他方面，會看到進步。
9. There are too many bigs on this roster. Andrew Bogut didn’t play a minute
this preseason, Brook Lopez missed several games, and there were still not
enough minutes at C. I mean, Lopez is going to play 25-30 minutes a night.
Julius Randle is going to see minutes at C. Zubac is good enough to play
there. And Bogut wasn’t brought in to never play. That’s 4 players. When
you add PF to the mix, you have Randle (again), Nance, Kuzma, and you can
even throw in Deng to that mix of guys who can play that spot effectively.
Swapping a big for another wing at some point should be a priority.
談湖人禁區充足的人手。
10. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope can do some things as a secondary playmaker and
he needs to be used as such. He shows nice passing acumen in the P&R and has
already shown some chemistry with both Randle and Lopez when running that
action. He doesn’t offer a bunch of shake at the point of attack and the
rate at which his 3 point shot was falling might concern if it continues into
the regular season, but for a team that needs as much playmaking on the floor
as possible, KCP looks like someone who can fill in some gaps there.
KCP可以擔任secondary playmaker，他已經在P&R展現不錯的傳球而且和Randle、Lopez產
生一些chemistry。需要擔心的如果開季後他的三分還是找不到準星，但對於一支在場上
盡可能需要更多playmaking的球隊來說，KCP看起來是能補起一些缺口的。
11. (Bonus) The Lakers don’t have enough shooting. As it stands, the only
players who project to be league average 3 point shooters at a reasonable
volume are Lopez, Kuzma, and KCP. Ingram does not look like he’s there yet
and Lonzo remains an unknown here. I think Ennis can hit the long ball, but I
doubt he takes enough of these for it to matter. Clarkson looks like the same
caliber shooter he’s been to this point in his career. Last year’s team wasn
’t a great shooting team overall, but Nick Young and Lou Williams were
really good. D’Angelo Russell was not at their level, but was a threat out
there. None of those guys are on the team anymore and it’s going to be
noticeable when we’re dissecting what challenges this team has offensively
this year.
老問題，三分。預估能達到聯盟水準的三分射手是Lopez、Kuz、KCP。IG看起來還有距離
、Ball未知、Ennis有疑慮、JC看起來沒大突破。上季有長老和老尖，DLO雖然不及前兩者
但在外圍還是有威脅性，不過他們都不在球隊裡了。