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Envisioning Luka and LeBron Lakers Offense under Head Coach JJ Redick – Tim "Cranjis McBasketball" on Logging Film Breakdowns, Starting BBall Index Analytics, and Advice on Podcast Hosting
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Ep. 34 Learning Basketball with Tim "Cranjis McBasketball" (@Tim_NBA)
Tim is the Founder of BBall Index, a co-host of Lakers Exceptionalism podcast, and an NBA Team & Agent Consultant
Today, we learning about different ways JJ Redick can maximize this new look Lakers offense with Luka and LeBron, from theory to breaking down the X's and O's, and outlines expectations for the rest of this season. Tim shares advice on hosting a podcast, his journey to starting basketball analytics website, working with teams and agents behind the scenes, creating public work for media and fans to use, and the value of using film + analytics.
Timeline:
0:00 Introduction & Background
4:30 Advice to Hosting a Basketball Podcast like Tim’s Lakers Exceptionalism Podcast with Tom Zayas
8:50 Journey to starting BBall Index, a website with basketball analytic tools for teams, players, agents, media, fans
18:42 Lakers Land Luka! How could JJ Redick’s new offense look with Luka in mind? Breaking down Ram/Spain set with an Exit screen, an example play that could maximize the strengths of Luka and Lebron, then weighing Championship Expectations for the Lakers the rest of This Season
34:40 Process Using Film & Analytics as tools for Scouting & Understanding Basketball
40:58 Logging NBA Games & Scouting Players/Prospects: What are you looking for on the film? What are you keeping track of?