LA LAKERS

I was watching the game last night between sixers and rockets and I noticed how smooth James Harden was playing. He wasn't forcing shots or passes. His PnR is spectacular to watch when he is surrounded with shooters. Some of the issues with PnR for D'angelo is that he is not surrounded by shooters, only 2 actual good shooters are Nick Young, who has embraced that role a little more, and Lou Williams, who likes the ball in his hands to create his own shots majority of the time, and he doesn't have a big that sets actual effective screens. With Julius' not having a consistent jumper, the paint is usually clogged up with him and Mozgov which offers little space for Russell to work with often resulting in turnovers from forced passes or getting double teamed and trapped. Obviously Harden is the front runner for MVP and Russell is only just a 2nd year player but the similarities are there.