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Jovan Buha

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

And unless they're going to tear it all down, which I just reported that they are not planning to. Right. If you are going to keep LeBron and 80 as your core, you got to invest in it and you got to put some draft capital behind it. Otherwise, you're just on the treadmill of mediocrity.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

And unless they're going to tear it all down, which I just reported that they are not planning to. Right. If you are going to keep LeBron and 80 as your core, you got to invest in it and you got to put some draft capital behind it. Otherwise, you're just on the treadmill of mediocrity.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

Yeah, well, so I think to go back to the three needs that they've had, those are three needs they identified last season as well. And they have yet to really check any of those boxes. So I even said in the story, I don't think it's realistic for them to check all three of those. You can probably check two at most.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

Yeah, well, so I think to go back to the three needs that they've had, those are three needs they identified last season as well. And they have yet to really check any of those boxes. So I even said in the story, I don't think it's realistic for them to check all three of those. You can probably check two at most.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

Yeah, well, so I think to go back to the three needs that they've had, those are three needs they identified last season as well. And they have yet to really check any of those boxes. So I even said in the story, I don't think it's realistic for them to check all three of those. You can probably check two at most.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

And I think, again, the two that they need to check are the big man and the three and the wing big wing. Like they've just not had that. really player going on almost four years now. But as for the, the offense, a big thing was they shifted the offense more toward LeBron and they had the first like 15 games or so where they ran things through Anthony Davis.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

And I think, again, the two that they need to check are the big man and the three and the wing big wing. Like they've just not had that. really player going on almost four years now. But as for the, the offense, a big thing was they shifted the offense more toward LeBron and they had the first like 15 games or so where they ran things through Anthony Davis.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

And I think, again, the two that they need to check are the big man and the three and the wing big wing. Like they've just not had that. really player going on almost four years now. But as for the, the offense, a big thing was they shifted the offense more toward LeBron and they had the first like 15 games or so where they ran things through Anthony Davis.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

They were very organized and they were running the pretty offensive sets that NBA Twitter loves to break down that JJ Redick has implemented. But then around the 15 game mark, there was a pivot to getting LeBron more involved because at that point, LeBron was posting a career low usage rate. And he at times took shots at the offense and shots at his own role within it.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

They were very organized and they were running the pretty offensive sets that NBA Twitter loves to break down that JJ Redick has implemented. But then around the 15 game mark, there was a pivot to getting LeBron more involved because at that point, LeBron was posting a career low usage rate. And he at times took shots at the offense and shots at his own role within it.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

They were very organized and they were running the pretty offensive sets that NBA Twitter loves to break down that JJ Redick has implemented. But then around the 15 game mark, there was a pivot to getting LeBron more involved because at that point, LeBron was posting a career low usage rate. And he at times took shots at the offense and shots at his own role within it.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

So I think clearly there was some internal discussion to get LeBron more involved and The issue is LeBron then went on arguably the worst slump of his career, or at least the worst slump since his rookie season. And the offense just fell apart. And I think there's been an acknowledgement, especially dating back to last week with the whole NBA Cup schedule and them having some time off.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

So I think clearly there was some internal discussion to get LeBron more involved and The issue is LeBron then went on arguably the worst slump of his career, or at least the worst slump since his rookie season. And the offense just fell apart. And I think there's been an acknowledgement, especially dating back to last week with the whole NBA Cup schedule and them having some time off.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

So I think clearly there was some internal discussion to get LeBron more involved and The issue is LeBron then went on arguably the worst slump of his career, or at least the worst slump since his rookie season. And the offense just fell apart. And I think there's been an acknowledgement, especially dating back to last week with the whole NBA Cup schedule and them having some time off.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

of we need to get back to playing the the offense that we were playing earlier in the season so we do need to find that balance of keeping lebron happy and making sure he's getting his pick and roll reps and he's playing the spread style of offense that he likes to play but at the same time we need to keep ad involved he's our best player he's our offensive fulcrum and we need to make sure that that we just got to figure out a better blend between the two and not be so uh you know such a stark contrast in terms of how the offense looks night to night so uh

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

of we need to get back to playing the the offense that we were playing earlier in the season so we do need to find that balance of keeping lebron happy and making sure he's getting his pick and roll reps and he's playing the spread style of offense that he likes to play but at the same time we need to keep ad involved he's our best player he's our offensive fulcrum and we need to make sure that that we just got to figure out a better blend between the two and not be so uh you know such a stark contrast in terms of how the offense looks night to night so uh

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

of we need to get back to playing the the offense that we were playing earlier in the season so we do need to find that balance of keeping lebron happy and making sure he's getting his pick and roll reps and he's playing the spread style of offense that he likes to play but at the same time we need to keep ad involved he's our best player he's our offensive fulcrum and we need to make sure that that we just got to figure out a better blend between the two and not be so uh you know such a stark contrast in terms of how the offense looks night to night so uh

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

Interestingly, their defense that they've had their last three games have been their three best defensive performances of the season from a defensive rating perspective. So the defense is trending in the right direction. The offense continues to be a mess. And if you look at this group, it's an offensive minded group like but beyond LeBron and AD, it's.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

Interestingly, their defense that they've had their last three games have been their three best defensive performances of the season from a defensive rating perspective. So the defense is trending in the right direction. The offense continues to be a mess. And if you look at this group, it's an offensive minded group like but beyond LeBron and AD, it's.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Karl-Anthony Towns shines in return to town | Lakers looking for trades?

Interestingly, their defense that they've had their last three games have been their three best defensive performances of the season from a defensive rating perspective. So the defense is trending in the right direction. The offense continues to be a mess. And if you look at this group, it's an offensive minded group like but beyond LeBron and AD, it's.