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The Lakers, in general, were pretty weak on their defense. I haven't quite seen a major improvement other than Lamar Odom's performance over the past few nights and Trevor Ariza.
Raddy had trouble with his defense but so did the entire team. Are you forgetting about Pau Gasol and his lack of aggressiveness during last season? Radmanovic is, and always be, a shooter. They just need to find him open and he'll serve 3s from beyon the line. His defense wasn't a problem to begin with, it was his lack of professionalism.
But you can't take away the fact that he was the weakest link obviously always letting his guy past causing the big guys getting into foultrouble early and often. He is a shooter I agree, but his shot hasn't been falling since his days in clippers, apart from a couple of nights each season.
And the professionalism part comes from him not putting any effort into the things he did on the court, causing Phil to always scream at his (but what are the other players thinking really also?)
I'd take Ariza everyday all day over him. Besides, we have enough scorers on our team, even with Bynum gone.
The lack of defense lately has to do with Bynums absence, I think Pau is doing well in there to be honest.
Gasol is doing well this year, he was pretty horrible last year.
I'm mainly angry at the fact that Luke Walton is being chosen over Radmanovic. Why? Because his dad is a big shot and that's why they gave him the contract? Come on. Walton is good at passing... every now and then. As far as everything else goes, Raddy can kill him.
Ariza is a great player but I wouldn't start him just yet. The bench is great, they just need to develop more confidence. They've been doing great this past season and down the line, they'll polish their game.
I don't see how Walton is chosen over Raddy. He brings down the team's reputation, in my opinion.
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