Comments on: Don’t blame Princeton. If Lakers turn it around it’s all about turnovers.

By: nativetexan2012

nativetexan2012 — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 05:10:45 +0000

Yes, it was all about the Princeton. The Princeton was a major factor in the number of turnovers because of the confusion among the players about where they were expected to be, etc. If Mike Brown had not made the fatal mistake of bringing in that offense, he would still be the Lakers coach.

By: aldavis4president

aldavis4president — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:34:01 +0000

its 50% chemistry…and 50% princeton offence…princton offence r u serious?!?! wudnt have fired brown jus yet but defitnitley wudve got rid of eddie jordan ..smh to much panicking so early

By: limonadamas

limonadamas — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:28:06 +0000

whoa! i guess the “vote of confidence” really is a death sentence.

By: southbeachtalent

southbeachtalent — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:14:35 +0000

MIKE BROWN HAS BEEN FIRED!! heard it here first!

By: manchestermiracle

manchestermiracle — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:42:46 +0000

“Just watching them(,) the Lakers (are) clearly not comfortable yet with their new offense and the resulting miscommunications have led to the Lakers turning the ball over on a league-leading 20 percent of their possessions — one in five trips down the floor they cough it up.

“The result — opposing teams are getting 14.1 percent of their offense against the Lakers in transition and they are shooting 65.5 percent in that mode (according to Synergy Sports). Transition is the second most common offensive attack against the Lakers and when teams do that and score at a high rate you are in trouble.”

Uncomfortable in the offense, i.e., not knowing where to be and/or not knowing where teammates will/should be, thus turning the ball over at a horrific rate resulting in multiple fast-break opportunities for the opposition all says one very obvious thing to me: At this stage of the experiment one can put a very large amount of the blame regarding the Lakers’ poor start squarely on the Princeton offense.

Putting their struggles with the Princeton aside, this team as it’s constituted is not conducive to running that offense. With two quality bigs inside, Bryant outside and Nash dealing the rock, why in the world would you attempt to run an offense that puts a premium on running around? Get it into the post, run the pick-and-roll, drive the lane and kick….Anything BUT the Princeton, please!

By: mlblogsbig3bosox

mlblogsbig3bosox — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:03:11 +0000

Great article. It shows that the Lakers main issue is their chemistry. This team, even not playing at their highest gear, could be top 3 on offense and top 15 on defense (The Spurs earned the 1st seed last year playing like that). Just more playing time together will get this team on track. I know that’s been said a lot by now but the numbers show that they’re not playing like a cohesive unit right now.