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I wonder if that O-LEBRON will hold Good: outperforming shot quality from the 2nd and 3rd levels Bad metrics: relatively non-existent OReb + new low in poor passing so far + underperforming by a lot at the rim + no self-created rim pressure + poor screening + awful post play

The Lakers nearly have two players inside the top 20 for 3PT Shot Quality so far this season. Rui 8th, LaRavia 21st Feed those shooters!

Impact on shot quality of teammates & opponents when on-court vs off-court for Lakers players

We might need to have a conversation

The % of 2025-26 rotation players each Laker has a higher Playmaking Talent rating than: 100% - Luka 97% - AR 94% - Bron (in a few games played) 73% - Smart 58% - Vincent 51% - Bronny 37% - Smith 35% - Vando 29% - Hayes 21% - Ayton 13% - Kleber 9% - Knecht 7% - LaRavia 1% - Rui

350 is Rui, who’s having a career low year so far in the metric by far. Of his 7 seasons, this year ranks: - Last in rate of shots created for teammates - 6th in quality of shots created - Last in efficiency as a passer - Last in versatility - 4th in On-Ball Gravity

The top rookies in LEBRON WAR so far this season: +0.83: Cedric Coward +0.67: Derik Queen +0.57: Ryan Kalkbrenner +0.56: Jon Knueppel +0.46: Will Richard

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Among the 352 NBA rotation players this year, the Lakers have players ranked: #1 #13 #21 In our BBall Index Playmaking Talent metric. They also have player #350.

O-LEBRON has Luka 3rd and Austin 5th in the entire NBA

New tool in the tracker doc: pick a player & play type to see how their data looks in various offense types! Here we can see how Austin Reaves' ball screen scoring has looked based on if LA's running sets or freelancing

Could be! Him BSing often in pressers makes it hard to say. Last year he gave a specific # that’d mean LA was organized ~98% of the time in a game, which was an obviously incorrect #. My stuff is all logged & viewable + I’m happy to provide insight on example plays when asked.

Good lord he's jumping sideways. This is not good form. You want your feet angled but your momentum going at the rim, not the direction your feet are pointing.

**49% this season, not 44%

I won't tell anyone he can't get back to a solid 3PT%, but I wouldn't expect it to happen soon/suddenly. It'll likely be a multi-year build.

Adou Thiero's 3-Point Shooting: 2025-26 (LAL & SBL): 20%, 24% of his shots 2024-25 (NCAA): 28%, 17% freq 2023-24 (NCAA): 30%, 17% freq 2022-23 (NCAA): 25%, 40% freq 2021-22 (HS): 29%, 26% freq 2020-21 (HS): 37%, 38% freq 2019-20 (HS): 38%, 39% freq 2018-19 (HS): 42%, 40% freq

Organized Offense Rate with Luka on-court: 58% in Dallas (over his last 15 games, which I logged) 45% last year in LA 47% this year in LA

The roster talent is absolutely up, which has an impact on the difficulty-adjusted shot making. It's also led to 📈 ePPP for each of: - Freelance - Sets - Sets w/good coverage fit - Sets w/poor coverage fit - Help Beaters All tides have risen. The frequency mix is just worse.

I'll let you decide. This season vs last year: Set Design Score: 📈 Organized Offense Rate: 📉 Help Counter Rate: 📉 Coverage fit -Vs Drop: 📈 -Vs Hedging/Blitzing: 📉 -Vs Switching: 📉 Shot Profile Freq Rim: 📉 Short Mid: 📈 Long Mid: 📈 C&S 3s: 📉 PU 3s: 📈 Shot Making: 📈

Related to this lack of countering: The percentage of LA's post ups and isolations defended as 1v1s has gone 📉📉📉📉 as the year has progressed. Teams are sending help more often as LA isn't keeping them honest. If/when LA does, the true 1v1 rate will rise again.