Jodie Meeks Discussion: Defensive Liability

The Rock wrote:Kobe & Jodie Meeks inside trax on TNT last night .20s mark onwards

i was cracking up at that in gameday. "game and a haaaAAAAAAAAaaallllff"

Glad to see Jodie is doing well I Always believed He would

you didn't watch last game did you?

hope we can still improve this position next year (backup SG)....Meeks is to inconsistent for me and his D is not very good, yes he hustles and doesn't back down to other guys but he's still on the small side for SG even as a backup he still gets burned often against bigger 2's, he gets lost rather often on D especially when he has to guard players who are always on the move and the most frustrating one of all, finishes at the rim ala Fisher.

we need something better than Meeks......its not good when neither he nor Blake know how to consistently attack the paint. He is also not very bright, when matched up against Jackson he pretty much became non existent once he got screen. Reason he got screened so easily cause he stupid and tried to play Jackson tight, that dude is an iffy shooter evident by his brick when he was left wide open. Instead Meeks kept getting destroyed on screen and Jackson pretty much look like a carbon copy of Westbrook

Jackson looked like an elite PG against him. He might have a slower first step than a snail. It was not a good night for Mr. Meeks.

JSM wrote:Jackson looked like an elite PG against him. He might have a slower first step than a snail. It was not a good night for Mr. Meeks.

And like Khmrp said, why not dare the guy to shoot and live with the consequences.

Im not going to pile onto the guy because he tries hard, but it really annoys me seeing him set up into his defensive stance when I know for sure he's about to get smoked. As I watched him play defense I wouldve sworn Fisher was back in P&G if he wasnt on the other team.

Tobias Funke wrote:

JSM wrote:Jackson looked like an elite PG against him. He might have a slower first step than a snail. It was not a good night for Mr. Meeks.

And like Khmrp said, why not dare the guy to shoot and live with the consequences.

Im not going to pile onto the guy because he tries hard, but it really annoys me seeing him set up into his defensive stance when I know for sure he's about to get smoked. As I watched him play defense I wouldve sworn Fisher was back in P&G if he wasnt on the other team.

if his D doesn't remind you of Fish, his layup attempt surely will

didnt play well today. had one good stop on westbrook and thats it. hes gotta shoot better but i love his energy

Props where its due!

Defense + threes = win!

19 huge points tonight

He caught fire at the absolute perfect time, we don't win without him tonight, wow I'm still in shock about pulling this one off.

Gordon did jack in the 4th Q against him lol good D

BIG TIME plays by Jodie, just awesome

He did a great job of recovering from that OKC game. Huge performance off the pine tonight. Even the stat boys (Hollinger) will love this one, he was +19...I guess one for each point he had.

he came big...he made clutch 3 after clutch 3...i wish he was lil more effective on fastbreaks and finishing around the rim...

This might have been the first game where he made a lot of those late threes we need. I know he's done it before at the START of the 4th, but this time it was at the END of the 4th. HUGE shots.

And down the stretch he was every bit as important defensively as Metta or Kobe was.

Finally hitting some REAL BIG SHOTS. Props.
Played very good D on Gordon too.

@LakersNation: JODIE MEEKS BE LIKE

important offense. important defense. if we're gonna succeed we need this consistently. gj

4 threes in the fourth!

That three he hit when he was wide open by himself to cut the lead to 2....that was when I knew we were going to win this game. If he missed that it would have killed our momentum.

he's a keeper. first impact player we've signed for our bench in a while. he really goes balls out every second he's on the floor but always remembers his role. ron artest should learn something from jodie

last stand wrote:he's a keeper. first impact player we've signed for our bench in a while. he really goes balls out every second he's on the floor but always remembers his role. ron artest should learn something from jodie

Antawn Jamison?

therealdeal wrote:

last stand wrote:he's a keeper. first impact player we've signed for our bench in a while. he really goes balls out every second he's on the floor but always remembers his role. ron artest should learn something from jodie

Antawn Jamison?

Ok to be fair I completely forgot he existed