« Reply #238 on: November 30, 2020, 09:34:08 PM »
Didn't it seem like Thompson was destined to sign with the Lakers and Lebron James this off-season? Don't you think he would have if Harrell hadn't signed there?
I seriously wonder if Thompson will bring a major chip on his shoulder into the season, especially going against the Lakers.
Goes to show you that Lebron doesn't have all the power with the Lakers like he did back with the Cavs
No it’s just that him and his agent have made up 75% of the Lakers as Clutch Sports clients 🙄
Lebron is absolutely running the show in LA.
You sure? I think its up to a limit.
If Lebron had such control, explain why they didn't bring in his boy Thompson. They had the money and instead signed Harrell
I mean, I think he would be a Laker right now if Lebron really only wanted his guys. Getting Harrell not only makes a rival weaker but Harrell is a much more productive offensive player.
but he is a mediocre defender in the playoffs. He was benched in 2nd half of games vs the Nuggets for a reason
yeah because he couldn't guard a massively stronger and bigger player that just happens to be elite. That was much more about the Clippers terrible roster construction than anything else. Harrell would have been fine if he was guarding someone like Millsap, but he couldn't handle Jokic. That will be much less an issue for the Lakers where Harrell will be on the floor with a legit 7 foot elite defender basically at all times (either Davis or Gasol).
confused
why couldn't the Clippers play Zubac and Harrell?
Even if Jokic is bigger, Harrell lacked "fight". No clutch offensive rebounds. No boxing out harder to get inside position
He was just roaming out on the perimeter on the offensive end. Can't even shoot the 3 very well
On defense he would let Jokic do whatever he wanted. He didn't really go up to his face to bother him. He was guarding him in no mans land. Jokic will torch you then
because Zubac isn't good enough to play much against good teams and then they can't have PG or Kawhi on the floor since they can't really play SG. It was a Clippers roster problem, the Lakers don't have that problem.
I wonder why you're blaming Zubac when he was the only big who was capable of defending Jokic. Given how slow and ineffective Gasol looked against the Celtics, what makes you think that he's good enough to fill the void Dwight will leave. Besides Harell may be better on offense than Thompson but he's worse on defense based on his performance in the playoffs.
I agree
Zubac was the only one able to slow down Jokic a little.... Not Harrell or Morris or whatever small lineup they were they employ out there
not sure what Rivers was thinking game 5 to 7. Especially 7
Zubac started the 2nd half of game 7 with the Clippers up 2, 6 minutes later when they pulled Zubac out of the game the Nuggets were up 8. The lead held at 8 the last 5 minutes of the 3rd quarter with Harrell in the game (and Jokic was out there till like 20 seconds left in the quarter). Jokic reentered with 7 and a half minutes left in the game and the Nuggets up 13. Harrell was not on the floor until the last 4 minutes or so and the Clippers were down 15. In that 4 minutes, Jokic hit 2 foul shots, had 2 assists, 1 rebound, and 1 turnover, while Harrell was 3 of 4 for 6 points and the teams played to a draw during that time.
Maybe Zubac would have made a difference, but he didn't make any sort of difference to start the 2nd half so I'm not sure why it would have been different in the 4th quarter.

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2021 Historical Draft - 5th Pick - Raptors
PG - Tiny Archibald 73, Don Buse 77, Terrell Brandon 96
SG - Chet Walker 67, Michael Cooper 87, Raja Bell 06
SF - Predrag "Peja" Stojakovic 04, Kiki Vandeweghe 87, Robert Covington 18
PF - Karl Malone 97, Spencer Haywood 73, David West 08
C - Ben Wallace 04, George Mikan 50, Al Jefferson 08