LeBron James played his first game as a Los Angeles Laker and while he looked solid the chemistry between the team wasn’t all there. The Lakers loss 128-119 to the Portland Trailblazers. Although three-point shooting may be an issue, I don’t see this team shooting under 30% every night. LeBron missed a few open threes and the team just didn’t have a rhythm from deep.
We saw turnovers where guys were supposed to cut for a pass, not knowing how a player wants to receive the ball after sealing off a defender in the post an etc. After the game LeBron basically told everyone to relax and that it takes time to build up chemistry, per ESPN.
“Um, not as fast as you guys think it’s going to happen, I always kind of compare it to like instant oatmeal. It is not that fast. It takes a while to get to where you can close your eyes and know exactly where your guys are. I liked our fight to get back in the game, we were down double digits. I liked the way we competed at times. I liked the way we shared the ball at times, as well. Those were all positives.”
The Lakers will be fine and will be a playoff team, Rajon Rondo showed exactly why he should be starting and LeBron James left off where he was from last season, the best player in the NBA. Be patient Laker fans, don’t stress, there are 81 games left.