<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Another opponent scored more than 100 points against the Lakers, which no longer qualifies as news. It could be that way for a while. "It's going to be tough," point guard Chucky Atkins said. "You're looking at a team that really doesn't have a defensive system that's in place. We've been bad defensively pretty much all year. It's not like you're going to go out there and have a great defensive team in one game. It doesn't happen overnight." It didn't happen Sunday against the Dallas Mavericks, who defeated the Lakers, 114-112, at Staples Center. The Lakers have given up 100 or more points in 47 games. Last season, that number was 29. "We're bad at communicating with one another, rotating to shooters," Atkins said. "If you look at the way the games have been going, you don't see a whole lot of people beating us off the dribble. It's always off of pick-and-roll situations, somebody don't step up, they rotate the ball, guys don't rotate to the shooters, and they're getting wide-open opportunities.</div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">Another opponent scored more than 100 points against the Lakers, which no longer qualifies as news. It could be that way for a while. "It's going to be tough," point guard Chucky Atkins said. "You're looking at a team that really doesn't have a defensive system that's in place. We've been bad defensively pretty much all year. It's not like you're going to go out there and have a great defensive team in one game. It doesn't happen overnight." It didn't happen Sunday against the Dallas Mavericks, who defeated the Lakers, 114-112, at Staples Center. The Lakers have given up 100 or more points in 47 games. Last season, that number was 29. "We're bad at communicating with one another, rotating to shooters," Atkins said. "If you look at the way the games have been going, you don't see a whole lot of people beating us off the dribble. It's always off of pick-and-roll situations, somebody don't step up, they rotate the ball, guys don't rotate to the shooters, and they're getting wide-open opportunities. </div> Atkins has a huge mouth for a small guy. Little man himself doesn't take his own advice, he doesn't play D much less offence. Loud mouth just needs to shut the hell up and pick up his game or else hes gone.
