Are the Lakers for Real? Luka Doncic Powers Fast Start

SportsGrid
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Nov 13, 2026
You know, I'm going to ask you
this question every time we get you on here now.
Last time I asked you the question, you said you're not buying it.
I'll ask you again.
The Lakers, are you buying them?
You know, listen, the way that they're playing their offense,
and let me just nerd out as a coach for a second,
they run this wing ball screen with obviously Luka Doncic
and Walker Kessler.
Walker Kessler puts a lot of downhill pressure on you,
so you get that pick and roll,
you dive the big, you lift out of the corner.
Now you've got to pick spots, right?
You stay attached, obviously, to Kessler,
then you get Luka into that mid-range pull-up.
Luka's game is really, really good at.
You come and you hard hedge it.
Now you're rolling the big.
Now you got the lob threat to Walker Kessler.
That's why he shoots 70, 75% every year because everything at the rim.
Or what you're going to do is you're going to attack,
which means you're going to get the roll.
You're going to lift out of the corner.
And now you knock down the three.
My concern is the usage rate.
It's a ton.
But if you look at their record.
They're playing great.
They haven't played a lot of top competition
except for, I think, Detroit.
Good win on the road.
Come the end of the month,
till the end of the year,
their schedule is loaded.
And that's when you're going to start
to find out more about the Lakers.
But still a great start.
You got to bank the wins,
big sales as you can right now,
and then try and keep your head above water
when that tough stretch comes,
starting, I think, it's the 27th or 29th of November.
