This offseason, the Lakers announced Redick as the head coach of the Lakers, and Redick had a lot of ideas and plans in the offseason. At that time, he mainly put forward two plans, one is to use Davis's power more to create opportunities for other players, and give full play to Davis's power on the offensive end. On the other hand, it is to let Reaves play the ball-handling role as much as possible, so that he can play a more important point of playmaking in the system. And these two plans for the new season have already begun to be implemented.
The implementation of these two plans has really made the Lakers effective in these games, and the Lakers have won the first three games against strong teams. And Davis averaged more than 30 points per game in the first three games. Davis took on more of a role on the offensive end and really helped the Lakers effectively. Although we lost in today's game against the Suns, we can clearly see from this game that Redick has another big game policy and plan, that is, to gradually correct Reaves.
In fact, there was some presentation in the first three games, but it was not as obvious as this game. The last quarter of the day seemed to be Reaves controlling the rhythm on the court and going to cooperate with Davis at the top of the arc to block and dismantle. James played the role of a blue-collar worker today, silently pulling to the bottom corners of both sides. Redick clearly wants to neutralize Reaves this season and establish him as the Lakers' outside centerpiece. And Reddick's plan proved to be a success. Reeves' stats have improved significantly this season.
So far, Reaves has averaged 19.3 points, 7 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.5 steals in 36 minutes per game, and has averaged 3 three-pointers per game, shooting 48% from three-point range. Now that he's the absolute outside core of the Lakers, he's completely outplayed Russell. And his role on the court in the last quarter of today's game was very obvious.
Reaves has been arguably the fig leaf for the Lakers' three-point shooting this season, and the Lakers have still not been particularly efficient at their three-point shooting this season. But Reaves has been able to hit three-pointers consistently in these games. Reaves' performance on the outside is arguably the Lakers' most consistent player these days.
Redick gave Reaves more opportunities to play, and Reeves also strengthened his self-confidence, so Reaves will play better and better with the improvement of self-confidence, and a player of his type needs to have a lot of ball possession, otherwise it will be difficult for him to find good form on the court.
Redick's adjustments this season have been very timely, and many of them have been very aggressive. He's a very assertive manager. In any case, this season's Lakers are not destined to be comparable to last season, and they have been completely reborn.