Quote Originally Posted by Ben Simmons 25 View Post
If you replaced Kuzma, Ingram, Hart, Rondo & McGee with guys that were the same exact level of player as they currently are, and instead, the replacements were better at shooting and defending while being worse at iso scoring, all of this LeBron can't play in the West talk would evaporate over night and they would be pushing for homecourt in the West.

But... none of those guys can shoot or defend particularly well other than for brief stretches.

LeBron didn't fall off a cliff from last year to this year and it's not a result of playing in the West.

LeBron is barely two dimensional offensively and he always has been... he either shoots a three, or, you set a pick for him and he bullies his way to the basket and scores or kicks it out for three. That is his game. But this year, he has nobody to kick it to. And his defense is worse than ever.

But yeah... give him some shooters and some halfway decent defenders and the Lakers would be above 40 wins right now.

My gut tells me that this is the weakest supporting cast he's ever had in terms of shooting ability save maybe his first year or two in Cleveland as a rookie.
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