Marcus Good is heading to Los Angeles, and one Lakers insider believes the previous Defensive Participant of the 12 months ought to step straight into the beginning lineup.
“In my view, it’s clear that Rui is the man that ought to go to the bench as a result of I believe individuals have a tendency to take a look at positions an excessive amount of by an offensive lens and never a defensive lens,” Lakers Insider Jovan Buha stated on his YouTube channel.
Buha then expanded on why Good deserves to begin over Hachimura.
“I believe that the transfer to me would clearly be to begin Marcus Good over Rui,” he stated. “I believe the one concern with that’s simply that Rui has tended to carry out higher as a starter than a bench participant. However on the identical time, I don’t assume that the beginning group as beforehand constructed was ok defensively — was not even near being ok defensively.
“And that was my greatest concern with this group previous to the Marcus Good signing. So, Rui’s gonna must determine it out probably as a bench participant, or possibly they find yourself flipping him sooner or later after which he figures it out elsewhere. However I don’t assume it is best to bend your beginning lineup to your fifth-best participant or sixth-best participant, no matter, and type of form issues round that.
“It must be what is sensible positionally, and it’s like ‘OK, LeBron [James], Luka [Doncic] and Austin [Reaves] are the three greatest gamers.’ Then, what are the 2 positions you want round that? You want a middle, a rim runner, rim protector. OK, you bought Deandre Ayton. Then, you want a flexible, switchable defensive piece — that’s Marcus Good. So, to me, that’s the beginning lineup that makes probably the most sense.”
Insider Marc Stein added one other layer of optimism about Good’s match (and health) with Los Angeles.
“I’m likewise advised that Good (like Doncic) has been working laborious on his physique this summer time,” Marc Stein wrote. “Conditioning was an simple concern for Good final season, however the Lakers had been satisfied throughout their pursuit that they are going to see a sleeker model of the 2021-22 DPOY.”
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