LeeBuckeye
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That Lakers team will get headlines, but they don't run on Bron, they run on AD. And AD isn't something to be confident in running on.
I think what people are missing here isn't the "fit" with Russ but simply surviving the regular season. The Lakers dropped from the #2 seed to almost out of the playoffs without their two guys (who probably came back earlier than they wanted).
People thinking less of the Lakers because they lost KCP, Caruso and Kuzma is pretty funny when most had them as the only team capable of competitng with the Nets because of LeBron and AD alone. AD didn't play well and was hurt all last season, while he was all time efficient in the bubble and was their most important player in their title run. It's all about AD being healthy and LeBron avoiding setbacks or having enough recovery time which is why the Russ move is actually brilliant IMHO.