Oct 6, 2026 · 2 hr 18 min · 18 segments
Jovan Buha reacts to the Los Angeles Lakers' 127-103 preseason win over the Sacramento Kings on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing…
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Uh, despite them being shorthanded and us not seeing what a Walker Kessler-led defense would look like, despite them being without their second-best player in Austin Reaves, and a co-primary creator next to Luka Dončić, and also their pr- you expected, uh, primary bench floor general in Collin Sexton, and one of their better shooters i-in Sexton as well.
Like, despite missing those pieces and the obvious caveats that this is the preseason, it's the first preseason game, and they were playing the Sacramento Kings, who I project to be the worst team in the West and a bottom three team this season.
With all that put to the side, this to me was what the Lakers have been preaching for the last three months.
When you go back to exit interviews after the season, when you go back to the vision for this roster that Rob Pelinka, JJ Redick, and Luka Dončić put their minds together on, this was it.
This was a group that tonight, uh, made twenty three-pointers, one more than they made in any game last season.
The very first possession of this game, they force a twenty-four-second shot clock violation, which is exactly what JJ Redick has been harping on and preaching in training camp.
And you saw, like, there was a little bit of a s-slow start, right? They, they gave up a couple layups.
But then all of a sudden there was that avalanche midway through the first, and by, you know, late in the, the second quarter, they had doubled up Sacramento.
So offensively, they have not installed much, but we did get a look at some of the things they're trying to do, particularly in transition, early offense.
I would say it was decoy actions into getting Luka on the ball, and it was some of those pin downs and, and curl actions into a pick and roll, u-unless he had the initial advantage there to, uh, attack off of the screen.
But so, like, I, I expect the Lakers offense, especially when A- Austin comes back, Walker Kessler's there.
It's going to be a heavy dose of actions between those three players, you know, particularly Austin and Luka with the ball, Kessler screening for them, Kessler being a DHO hub, uh, doing some of the things that Kevon Looney did tonight.
What-- We, we saw Quentin Grimes bringing the ball up the floor, Jake LaRavia bringing the ball up the floor.
Different guys had, uh, different opportunities to initiate the offense, and it ultimately led into some of the familiar pet plays that we are accustomed to under JJ Redick and, and with Luka Dončić.
Uh, despite them being shorthanded and us not seeing what a Walker Kessler-led defense would look like, despite them being without their second-best player in Austin Reaves, and a co-primary creator next to Luka Dončić, and also their pr- you expected, uh, primary bench floor general in Collin Sexton, and one of their better shooters i-in Sexton as well.
Like, despite missing those pieces and the obvious caveats that this is the preseason, it's the first preseason game, and they were playing the Sacramento Kings, who I project to be the worst team in the West and a bottom three team this season.
With all that put to the side, this to me was what the Lakers have been preaching for the last three months.
When you go back to exit interviews after the season, when you go back to the vision for this roster that Rob Pelinka, JJ Redick, and Luka Dončić put their minds together on, this was it.
This was a group that tonight, uh, made twenty three-pointers, one more than they made in any game last season.
The very first possession of this game, they force a twenty-four-second shot clock violation, which is exactly what JJ Redick has been harping on and preaching in training camp.
And you saw, like, there was a little bit of a s-slow start, right? They, they gave up a couple layups.
But then all of a sudden there was that avalanche midway through the first, and by, you know, late in the, the second quarter, they had doubled up Sacramento.
So offensively, they have not installed much, but we did get a look at some of the things they're trying to do, particularly in transition, early offense.
I would say it was decoy actions into getting Luka on the ball, and it was some of those pin downs and, and curl actions into a pick and roll, u-unless he had the initial advantage there to, uh, attack off of the screen.
But so, like, I, I expect the Lakers offense, especially when A- Austin comes back, Walker Kessler's there.
It's going to be a heavy dose of actions between those three players, you know, particularly Austin and Luka with the ball, Kessler screening for them, Kessler being a DHO hub, uh, doing some of the things that Kevon Looney did tonight.
What-- We, we saw Quentin Grimes bringing the ball up the floor, Jake LaRavia bringing the ball up the floor.
Different guys had, uh, different opportunities to initiate the offense, and it ultimately led into some of the familiar pet plays that we are accustomed to under JJ Redick and, and with Luka Dončić.
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