Jodie Meeks Discussion: Defensive Liability

Tobias Funke wrote:

5. Jodie Meeks didn't play much. Don't read too much into the Warriors coming back in the third quarter and scoring 28 unanswered points. Consider the entire Lakers' starting lineup (except Sacre) didn't play at all in the second half and that some of the reserves won't even make the final roster. But it's fair to wonder how the backup shooting guard spot will turn out. Many presumed Meeks would have it because of his strong three-point shooting, a quality the Lakers severely lacked last season. But Brown insisted he's also looking at Devin Ebanks and Andrew Goudelock. Brown used the first preseason game playing mostly Ebanks at that spot, while Meeks didn't enter the game until the second half.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakersnow ... 4673.story

Punk-101 wrote:I think i saw a lineup of pg: Morris, sg: DJO, sf: Meeks. Tell me i imagined that. Experimenting in the preseason is one thing, but that is a waste of time for building chemistry and assessing roles for the real season.

KB24 wrote::man10:

Mike Trudell ‏@LakersReporter

Here's the current depth chart for the 2nd unit, drawing from Brown's comments: Blake, Meeks, Ebanks, Jamison (moving over to the 4).

Battle Tested20 wrote:Thank God

Mike Trudell ‏@LakersReporter

Here's the current depth chart for the 2nd unit, drawing from Brown's comments: Blake, Meeks, Ebanks, Jamison (moving over to the 4).

Battle Tested20 wrote:Thank God

Mike Trudell ‏@LakersReporter

Here's the current depth chart for the 2nd unit, drawing from Brown's comments: Blake, Meeks, Ebanks, Jamison (moving over to the 4).

Doc Brown wrote:

Mike Trudell ‏@LakersReporter
Brown said both Jodie Meeks & Chris Douglas-Roberts turned some heads in practice today.
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Very nice. I think CDR is going to stick. Him and Ebanks would push each other all year for the backup 3 minutes, I think it would be a good battle.

Glad to see Meeks is showing what he can do.

Doc Brown wrote:

XXIV wrote:CDR is definitely looking like a nice training camp pickup and I wouldn't mind having him on the roster. I'm curious as to who would the Lakers take if it ended up being between DJO/Sacre. Hopefully they're willing to buy out Morris, because from the preseason game you can tell his game hasn't really improved all that much.

That's a tough call between DJO/Sacre. I wouldn't mind Morris getting the boot if he keeps up with his current level of play.

Weezy wrote:I'd feel a little better with Meeks and CDR being our bench 2 and 3 than Meeks and Ebanks. No offense to Ebanks, but CDR to me is a more proven NBA player.

Look through his game logs on ESPN if you get a chance. A lot of sporadic minutes and DNP's, but when the dude played and got minutes he put up some decent numbers and had some 20 and 30 point games. I don't know much about CDR defensively, but offensively Ebanks isn't even close to touching him.

therealdeal wrote:I like the different look that Douglas-Roberts gives us next to Devin Ebanks.

I don't remember CDR being too much of a defender and he's a streaky scorer. I think he should definitely be retained, but I'm going to give Ebanks the chance first. We groomed him, we took the chance on him, he wanted to stay badly enough that he avoided signing until he was sure he wouldn't be moved.

I want to see what Devin's got.

XXIV wrote:

therealdeal wrote:I like the different look that Douglas-Roberts gives us next to Devin Ebanks.

I don't remember CDR being too much of a defender and he's a streaky scorer. I think he should definitely be retained, but I'm going to give Ebanks the chance first. We groomed him, we took the chance on him, he wanted to stay badly enough that he avoided signing until he was sure he wouldn't be moved.

I want to see what Devin's got.

I haven't seen CDR play outside of the little time he had in preseason, and even then I could barely tell who the players were due to the quality of the stream. Would you consider him to be a JR Smith lite?

Doc Brown wrote:

Mike Trudell ‏@LakersReporter
Brown said both Jodie Meeks & Chris Douglas-Roberts turned some heads in practice today.
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Very nice. I think CDR is going to stick. Him and Ebanks would push each other all year for the backup 3 minutes, I think it would be a good battle.

Glad to see Meeks is showing what he can do.

therealdeal wrote:I like the different look that Douglas-Roberts gives us next to Devin Ebanks.

I don't remember CDR being too much of a defender and he's a streaky scorer. I think he should definitely be retained, but I'm going to give Ebanks the chance first. We groomed him, we took the chance on him, he wanted to stay badly enough that he avoided signing until he was sure he wouldn't be moved.

I want to see what Devin's got.