No ka maikaʻi a i ʻole ka hewa, ʻo ia ka nīnau koʻikoʻi a kēlā me kēia limahana aʻo a me ke keʻena mua e hoʻāʻo nei e pane i ka pāʻani mua o ke kau. Loaʻa nā mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i nā pule mua ʻelua o ke kau, a ʻoi aku ma mua o kēia makahiki.
ʻO ka mea mua, ʻoi aku ka paʻa o nā loina. Ma ka Poakahi, ua alakai ka Thunder, Jazz, Spurs a me Trail Blazers i ka 18-8; ʻekolu o ia mau kime ʻehā i eo iā Victor Wimbama. ʻO ka Pacers he 3-4 a ʻehiku ma ka liiki i ka hewa. I kēia manawa, ʻelima mau hoa paio i hoʻopiʻi ʻia - ʻo Clippers, Warriors, 76ers, Heat a me Nets - ua helu ʻia he 11-22.
E eli hohonu a nui wale ka ʻano ʻino. ʻO nā hui pale ikaika ʻelua o ka makahiki i hala, ʻo Boston a me Golden State, i pau i ka helu 22 a me 23. Aia ʻo Memphis a me Miami i ka ʻehā a me ka ʻelima. ʻO kēia kau ka 28 a me ka 20. E kala mai, akā inā makemake ʻoe e ʻike i nā pale 10 kiʻekiʻe, pono ʻoe e kāhea iā Jazz a i ʻole Wizards.
Ma waho aʻe o kēia, ke kakahiaka nui. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kahi laʻana o nā pāʻani ʻeono i pāʻani ʻia e ka hapa nui o kēia mau hui. Hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia kekahi mau mea kupanaha i ka laki a me nā ʻano ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe. Eia kekahi laʻana, he 1-5 maikaʻi ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Nets a hoʻopau i ka wahi hope ma ka pale, akā ua pana pū ko lākou mau hoa paio i ka 43.8 pakeneka o 3, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomau; Aia ʻo Brooklyn i ka ʻehā ma ka pale me 2 mau helu. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Charlotte me ka ʻole o nā mea pāʻani backcourt kī nui i hoʻopili ʻia e ka pale 3-point a Jedi, ʻo 28.2% wale nō mai ka 3-point range.
Ua ʻōlelo nui ʻia kēia mau pilikia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Angels, kahi i hoʻomaka ʻole ai ka Lakers a me Clippers i ka pāʻani me ʻelua mau hewa ʻino loa o ka liona a alakaʻi iā 2-8 i ka wā ʻaʻole i pāʻani kekahi i kekahi. He ʻino loa lākou i ka hewa a ʻoi aku ka ʻino ma mua o ka No. 28 Orlando. ʻOi aku ka kokoke o ka 107.9 o ka Magic i ka awelika o ka liona ma mua o ka 102.2 o Clippers.
Ua loaʻa ka manaʻo nui o ka poʻe Lakers i ka manaʻo nui o ka poʻe Clippers i hūnā nui iā lākou mai ka nānā ʻana o ka lāhui. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻololi i kā lākou motto i "Hoʻomaikaʻi i ke Akua no nā Lakers." Akā naʻe, ua hōʻike ʻia nā pālua o ka Lāpule ma ke kahua pāʻani i kapa mua ʻia ʻo Staples Center i ka pilikia mua o ka Clippers e like me ko lākou mau hoa hui, ʻoiai ko lākou make ʻana he 112–91 i hāʻule iā lākou i ka 2–ʻehā.
No nā hui ʻelua, pili ko lākou hakakā ʻana ma ka pilikia makemakika nui. Ma ka liʻiliʻi loa, ʻike ka Lakers: pehea lākou e kiʻi ai inā ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke pana pololei? Ua pāʻani ikaika loa ka Lakers (ʻekolu ma ka pale!) ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke hana - ʻo ka pana ʻana mai 3-point range he 26.6% ʻakaʻaka i kēia kau. Ma ka liʻiliʻi o hoʻokahi pō, ua loaʻa iā lākou he 123 mau helu i ka lanakila ʻana ma luna o Denver ma ka lā Lāpule, akā mau nā nīnau koʻikoʻi. I ka pana ʻana o kēia hui i ka 28.6% mai hope o ke arc i ka preseason, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana iā lākou ma ke ʻano he ʻokoʻa.
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I kēia manawa, ʻo ka puʻuwai o ka pilikia ʻo Clippers (e like me kā mākou Lowe Murray i hōʻike maopopo ʻia) inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e pana, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi, a ke eo nei ka Clippers i ke kaua no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma kahi palena ʻoi loa. ʻOiai ka hoʻomalu ʻia e nā kiaʻi palekana, ʻo kā lākou 16.1 pakeneka o ka huli ʻana i ka mile hope loa.
Pehea e hiki ai i kahi hui o nā mea pana pana ke lele nui? ʻO kekahi mea e like me kēia. He 27 ka helu ʻana o ka Clippers liʻiliʻi ma ka pākēneka rebounding. No laila, no 100 mau waiwai, ʻo ka Clippers ka hope loa ma nā hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka pahu pahu a me ka lua ma nā hoʻāʻo kiola manuahi hope loa; inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e pā pinepine, ʻaʻole pili ka mea āu i paʻi ai.
Hiki i ka Clippers ke kuhikuhi i ka liʻiliʻi o Kawhi Leonard, akā ua loaʻa iā lākou kēia pilikia i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei a ʻaʻohe wahi ʻino.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ke kumumanaʻo holoʻokoʻa o ka Clippers i ka loaʻa ʻana o ʻelua mau ʻēheu All-Star e hilinaʻi ai a nui nā koho kūlana maikaʻi. I kēia manawa ʻaʻole i pāʻani. Poina i ka All-Stars: ʻAʻole i lilo ʻo Paul George i mea pāʻani maʻamau. Hāʻule ʻo Norman Powell lāua ʻo Reggie Jackson ma hope ona, me ka nui o nā poho i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea lele.
Eia hou, inā pāʻani kekahi hui i nā pāʻani 10 maʻamau, he mirage pōkole wale nō ia. A i ʻole lākou i kēia kau. ʻAʻole mākou ʻike.
ʻO ia ke kumu e pale ikaika ai ka hapa nui o nā hui akamai i ke kāhea "e kuʻu akua, e hana i kekahi mea!" e hoʻololi nui i ka lineup i nā pule mua ʻelua. ʻIke mākou e hoʻomaka ana nā outlines o ke kumu, akā ʻaʻole lawa ka ʻike.
I kēia hihia, hiki ke hoʻomanawanui ʻole no nā hui ʻelua o Los Angeles ma muli o ka manawa e pau ai ka mana nui o kā lākou hōkū mua, akā pono e pane mua ʻia nā nīnau ʻelua.
ʻO ka nīnau maopopo mua: "He aha kā mākou e pono ai?" Hiki paha i ka Lakers ke pane aku me kekahi pā, ʻoiai makemake paha ka Clippers i ka nui nui.
Akā, e noʻonoʻo kākou i nā nāwaliwali i hōʻike ʻia e kēia mau hui i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau he pilikia maoli a ʻaʻole e pau. Aia kekahi nīnau koʻikoʻi: pono anei e mālama i kēia hui?
No ka Lakers, ʻo ia ka mea e pili ana i nā pāʻani 15-20 e hiki mai ana. Ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ʻo ke kālepa ʻana i ʻelua mau koho mua e hiki mai ana a ʻo Russell Westbrook i Indiana no Buddy Hild a me Miles Turner he manawa kūpono e hoʻohui i nā kiʻi hou aku, akā e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi?
ʻAʻole ia e pili ana i kona neʻe ʻana i ka pua. ʻO ia wale nō ka neʻe ʻana o ka pua i ka hema, a ʻaʻole paha he mea nui. He mea pono ke puhi i na koho koho elua e hoopau i ka iwa ma kahi o ka umikumamakolu? Ua mākaukau anei ka Lakers e lawe i kā lākou lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia kau, e hoʻomaka i ke kauwela me nā koho koho a me kahi pāpale uku maʻemaʻe, a hoʻomaka hou me LeBron James a me Anthony Davis? I kēia manawa, ʻo ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana ʻo ka hoʻomaka lohi ʻana o ka Lakers e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kālepa ʻano Indiana, akā manaʻo wau ua lawa nā pilikia me kā lākou hoʻomaka e hiki ke hōʻemi i ka hiki ke alualu i ka manawa 2022-23 i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
(E hoʻomanaʻo i ka poʻe nāna i koi aku i kēia mau kime e pahu: Pono nā Lakers a me Clippers e kālepa i nā kikoʻī i kahi kālepa mua. ʻAʻole i hiki kēia.)
No laila e kali kākou a ʻike. ʻAʻole wale ma Los Angeles, akā ma Brooklyn, Miami, Philadelphia a me ka Golden State. I kekahi manawa, e loaʻa i kēia mau pūʻulu kahi laʻana o nā pāʻani e hōʻike maopopo i ko lākou mau nāwaliwali mua he pilikia, a inā pēlā, e hoʻoholo lākou inā e hoʻoikaika i kā lākou laina ma o ka mākeke kālepa.
ʻAʻole mākou. ʻAʻole i manaʻo ʻia, nui nā keʻena mua e hoʻohana i ka hōʻailona 20-pāʻani ma ke ʻano he ʻike maoli ma kahi o lākou, me kahi mahina e hele ai. ʻOi aku ma Los Angeles, he mau pule ikaika loa ia o ka ʻohi ʻike.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kaʻina hana hoʻoholo ma ke keʻena mua e hana ʻia i kahi manawa, akā aia kekahi mea e hana ai ma ka Halloween.
ʻO kēia ka lā hope loa e hiki ai i nā hui ke kūʻai aku i nā koho makahiki ʻekolu a me ka ʻehā ma nā ʻaelike rookie puni mua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma 2020 a me 2021. kau ma waena.
ʻO nā hui e haʻalele i kēia koho e kaupalena i ka helu o nā mea pāʻani hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi aku i nā ʻelele manuahi (ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻoi aku ka nui o nā koho), no laila inā he manawa maikaʻi ka mea pāʻani, ʻo ia ʻo Gonzo. I ka manawa like, aia nō ia ma kāu papa inoa no ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa, hiki ke pale iā ʻoe mai ka haʻalele ʻana i kēia koho.
ʻO Phoenix, no ka laʻana, ua hōʻole ʻo ia i ke kolu o ka makahiki 2020 lottery pick Jalen Smith i ka makahiki i hala, ma hope o ke kālepa ʻana iā ia i Indiana, kahi i huli koke ai ʻo ia i ke kihi a kau inoa i kahi ʻaelike hou me ka Pacers ma hope o ke kau.
Ma muli o kēia mau noʻonoʻo a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka hapa nui o nā koho aelike rookie he mea maʻalahi, makemake nui nā hui e hoʻohui i nā makahiki koho. ʻO ka mea pāʻani wale nō i hōʻole i ka neʻe ʻana o ke kolu o ka makahiki ʻo Leandro Bolmaro o Utah, ka mea i helu ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea pio i ke kālepa no Rudy Gobert a ʻaʻole i loko o ka hoʻolālā Jazz. (Ua haʻalele ʻo San Antonio iā 2021 rookie Josh Primo i ka hopena pule, akā ua kūʻai mua i kāna koho makahiki ʻekolu.)
ʻO ka helu ʻae ʻia no ka koho makahiki ʻehā ʻaneʻane e like me ka kiʻekiʻe, me ke kāne aʻu i makemake ai. 2023-24 me nā pilikia ʻauhau waiwai. Ke paʻakikī nei ʻo Malachi Flynn o Toronto no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa, akā loaʻa iā ia he $ 3.9 miliona wale nō no ka manawa 2023-24, kahi i manaʻo ai ka Raptors ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻeha. Ua loaʻa iā Detroit kahi koho $7.4 miliona mai Kylian Hayes akā ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e kākau i ka hiku o ka koho holoʻokoʻa i ka 2020 draft.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo nā koho wale nō i hōʻole ʻia ʻo Utah's Udoka Azubuike, ka 27th koho i 2020, ka mea i pāʻani ʻole, a me Orlando's RJ Hampton.
He mea kupaianaha ʻo Hampton no ka mea ke kūkulu hou nei ka Magic, ʻo Hampton wale nō ʻo 21 a ʻo kāna koho $4.2 miliona i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana ʻaʻole kaumaha. Akā naʻe, ua hakakā ʻo Hampton i kāna manawa pro (8.5 PER, 48.1 pana pākēneka), a ʻoi aku ka nui, ʻaʻole lawa ka lumi o ka Magic nona. Ua loaʻa iā Orlando he 12 mau mea pāʻani i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia no ke kau aʻe a loaʻa iā ia ʻelua mau koho pōʻai mua a (malia paha) kahi koho kiʻekiʻe o ka pōʻai lua ma 2023.
(E hoʻomanaʻo: ʻaʻole wehewehe kēia ʻāpana i ka manaʻo maikaʻi loa o kēlā me kēia pule. ʻO ka mea aʻu e nānā nei.)
Ua hele au i ka Overtime Elite Pro Day ma Atlanta i ka Poalua, kahi i ʻike ai mākou i ka hapa nui o nā makahiki 17 a me 18 e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻehā ma ʻehā a me ʻelima ma ka ʻelima i mua o ka poʻe kiʻi āpau. ʻO nā hui ma ka liʻiliʻi a me kekahi mau grandmasters.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki i ka hapa nui o nā mea pāʻani ke hoʻolālā i hoʻokahi makahiki a ʻelua paha, ʻo ka lei aliʻi o ka papa inoa OTE he mau kaikunāne māhoe ʻo Amen lāua ʻo Ausar Thompson. ʻIke ʻia ka hapa nui o nā loiloi iā Amen Thompson ma ke ʻano he kolu o ka koho ʻana i ke kiʻi, ʻoiai ʻo Ausar i manaʻo ʻia he koho loteri kiʻekiʻe. ʻO lāua ʻelua he 6-kapuaʻi-7 mau mea pāʻani i mua e hiki ke mālama i ka pōleʻa a pale aku mai nā kūlana he nui, hiki ke hoʻolilo ʻia kēlā me kēia o lākou i ka ʻēheu a puni e moeʻuhane ai nā GM. (Ke manaʻo nei kā mākou Sam Vesenye ʻo Amen ka helu 3 i kāna hoʻolālā hoʻāʻo hou loa a ʻo Ausar ka helu 10.)
I ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou me kona mau maka ponoʻī, ua hōʻoia ʻo Amen i nā mea a pau i kākau ʻia - nui ʻo ia, hoʻopaʻa i ka pōpō, lele ikaika mai ka papahele. (Ke ho'ōla nei ʻo Ossar mai kahi hōʻeha kuʻekuʻe wāwae i hala ʻole i hoʻopilikia i kāna pāʻani a i ʻole ka hala ʻana, akā ua pili pono i kāna pana i ka Pōʻalua.) ʻOi aku ka ikaika o ka pahū o Amen i ka pale ʻana i nā dunks.
Eia kekahi, ʻo ʻAmene, ʻo ia hoʻi, he pana pololei loa. ʻO ia kekahi o kona nāwaliwali nui ma mua, ʻaʻole naʻe i lilo koke ʻo ia iā Stephen Curry. Aka, pololei ka milo o ka poepoe, hiki ke hana hou ia ke ano, a me na hala ke nana aku. Ua ʻike au i nā poʻe he 19 makahiki ke ʻano ʻino. ʻO ke kiʻi lele a Ausar ke nānā aku nei me kahi hana e holomua nei, akā aia nō ia ma ka papa kūpono e hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kaʻu i ʻike ai i ka makahiki i hala.
Aia kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe e koho ai inā makemake ʻoe. Ana laua i ke kiekie me na lima pokole; Hiki i kekahi ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa he lima ʻākau loa lāua a hilinaʻi nui i ka hoʻopau ʻana me ko lāua mau wāwae i ke kaʻa. E huli lākou i ka 20 a me ka hapa i ka pō hoʻolālā, kahi ala lōʻihi e hele ai i hoʻokahi manawa a no nā mea āpau. No ka laʻana, hoʻokahi makahiki o lākou ma mua o nā rookies ʻelua, ʻo Victor Wimbanyama lāua ʻo Scott Henderson.
Eia naʻe, manaʻo wau ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o koʻu manaʻo iā Thompson ma mua o ka ʻae ʻana. He maikaʻi loa nā manaʻo e pili ana i ko lākou ʻano a me ko lākou ʻano, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā pilikia me ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni. No ka laʻana, e hoʻohālikelike au iā Ausar Thompson me New Orleans rookie Dyson Daniels, he winger hoʻokele pōleʻa like like me ka hiki ke pale, kahi ʻano ikaika, a me ka pana pua; Ua koho ʻo Daniels i ka 8th holoʻokoʻa ma ka 2022 draft.
He kiʻekiʻe ke kaupaku o Amen Thompson, ʻoi aku ka paʻa ʻana o kāna pana. ʻO kahi ʻēheu nui hiki ke paʻa i ka pōleʻa a paʻa, ʻo ia ka helu i makemake nui ʻia ma ka liiki; ʻoiai he ʻano "hoʻohaʻahaʻa" ʻo Thompson he mea pāʻani waiwai nui.
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Loaʻa iā John Hollinger he 20 mau makahiki NBA he ʻehiku kau ma ke ʻano he hope peresidena o ka basketball no ka Memphis Grizzlies a me ka hana media ma ESPN.com a me SI.com. He paionia i ka nānā ʻana i ka basketball, ua hana ʻo ia i nā metric ʻokiʻoki, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka maʻamau PER. ʻO ia hoʻi ka mea kākau o ʻehā pukana o Pro Basketball Predictions. Ma 2018, ua loaʻa iā ia ka Lifetime Achievement Award ma ka Sloan Motion Analysis conference. E hahai iā John ma Twitter @johnhollinger
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Nov-03-2022