Jovan Buha

And I think to your point, the kind of crazy thing was like the context of this night was the Lakers are coming off of one of their best wins of the season. I would say to me, it was right up there with the Celtics win because you win at MSG without Anthony Davis. And as you just said, like Jackson Hayes started at center and they went through half of that game

playing centerless and playing these small ball looks. And so they complete a 4-1 Grammy trip. They've won 8 of 10. It looks like they're finally finding this identity. And at the time, the intel I was getting, and I know you and I spoke a little bit about this at the Lakers-Celtics game, was like, they're looking for something along the margins. Maybe they're going to add a big man.

playing centerless and playing these small ball looks. And so they complete a 4-1 Grammy trip. They've won 8 of 10. It looks like they're finally finding this identity. And at the time, the intel I was getting, and I know you and I spoke a little bit about this at the Lakers-Celtics game, was like, they're looking for something along the margins. Maybe they're going to add a big man.

playing centerless and playing these small ball looks. And so they complete a 4-1 Grammy trip. They've won 8 of 10. It looks like they're finally finding this identity. And at the time, the intel I was getting, and I know you and I spoke a little bit about this at the Lakers-Celtics game, was like, they're looking for something along the margins. Maybe they're going to add a big man.

a couple second round picks a couple first round picks like nothing seismic and then all of a sudden we're in the media room uh typing away on our post game stories and this tweet drops and none of us believe it and we had to wait for for shops to confirm it again and then start immediately calling and texting people so i i think for the lakers this was a situation that obviously dallas approached them they did not think luca was available or that they could get him for uh that type uh package so

a couple second round picks a couple first round picks like nothing seismic and then all of a sudden we're in the media room uh typing away on our post game stories and this tweet drops and none of us believe it and we had to wait for for shops to confirm it again and then start immediately calling and texting people so i i think for the lakers this was a situation that obviously dallas approached them they did not think luca was available or that they could get him for uh that type uh package so

a couple second round picks a couple first round picks like nothing seismic and then all of a sudden we're in the media room uh typing away on our post game stories and this tweet drops and none of us believe it and we had to wait for for shops to confirm it again and then start immediately calling and texting people so i i think for the lakers this was a situation that obviously dallas approached them they did not think luca was available or that they could get him for uh that type uh package so

this was a situation where they just had to alter course in terms of I think ideally they would have just kept things together and made a couple small moves but when this opportunity presents itself like you can't say no I look at the LeBron piece of this and

this was a situation where they just had to alter course in terms of I think ideally they would have just kept things together and made a couple small moves but when this opportunity presents itself like you can't say no I look at the LeBron piece of this and

this was a situation where they just had to alter course in terms of I think ideally they would have just kept things together and made a couple small moves but when this opportunity presents itself like you can't say no I look at the LeBron piece of this and

I think so. And I think both players have now had the experience of adjusting to playing with co-stars, with LeBron obviously going back to the Heatles, with Wade and Bosh in Cleveland, with Kyrie and Kevin Love, and then now in LA with AD. And then

I think so. And I think both players have now had the experience of adjusting to playing with co-stars, with LeBron obviously going back to the Heatles, with Wade and Bosh in Cleveland, with Kyrie and Kevin Love, and then now in LA with AD. And then

I think so. And I think both players have now had the experience of adjusting to playing with co-stars, with LeBron obviously going back to the Heatles, with Wade and Bosh in Cleveland, with Kyrie and Kevin Love, and then now in LA with AD. And then

uh luca with kairi uh the one interesting part to me is that like they both have always been the batman in that situation it's always been more so the other stars adjusting more to them rather than them adjusting to them because they've clearly been the best player in those situations this is kind of the first situation where they could look at each other and say like

uh luca with kairi uh the one interesting part to me is that like they both have always been the batman in that situation it's always been more so the other stars adjusting more to them rather than them adjusting to them because they've clearly been the best player in those situations this is kind of the first situation where they could look at each other and say like

uh luca with kairi uh the one interesting part to me is that like they both have always been the batman in that situation it's always been more so the other stars adjusting more to them rather than them adjusting to them because they've clearly been the best player in those situations this is kind of the first situation where they could look at each other and say like

They can make the case for why they're the better player or the better fit, whatever. And then they could also make the case for the other player to kind of take more control. So I do expect like Luka is 25. He's not even yet in his prime. I think he's obviously the better player between the two right now. So I think Luka should be the primary ball handler and point guard.

They can make the case for why they're the better player or the better fit, whatever. And then they could also make the case for the other player to kind of take more control. So I do expect like Luka is 25. He's not even yet in his prime. I think he's obviously the better player between the two right now. So I think Luka should be the primary ball handler and point guard.

They can make the case for why they're the better player or the better fit, whatever. And then they could also make the case for the other player to kind of take more control. So I do expect like Luka is 25. He's not even yet in his prime. I think he's obviously the better player between the two right now. So I think Luka should be the primary ball handler and point guard.

And you'll see a lot of Luka LeBron two-man game. And we saw it with Team USA. when he played a bit more off the ball. It basically was like in the Draymond role with Steph. And Luka and Steph aren't the same type of player, but you can imagine LeBron screening for Luka and hitting him in the short roll. And then now you have LeBron with a four-on-three advantage.