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[Highlight] Westbrook attacks Luka for 4 straight possessions (streamable.com)

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[–] IMDove@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stars are supposed to elevate a team. Luka puts no effort on defense. Doesn’t box out to get rebounds despite his size. Cry’s about every call that doesn’t benefit him etc. Even if you don’t have the right personnel for the job you work collectively to fix those issues. So iso defense might be bad so you work on team defense. Rebounding is an issue, you don’t blame your undersized center, you have other guys help with boxing out. I think there are issues with coaching and Lukas personality personally.

[–] segson9@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

He does put effort on defense, just not consistently. Same about rebounds. He doesn't cry about every call this season (he did in previous seasons).

I'm not saying he doesn't have flaws, but he's not the main reason for this loss (and most other losses). The team lacks size and coaching has been very bad. It looks better when Lively plays, but he's a rookie and is still inconsistent. But the main problem of this team is Kidd IMO. Defense is terrible (with and without Luka), there are too many games where players don't show any effort (everyone, not just Luka), his decisions sometimes are just weird.