Senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports is joined by JA Adande to discuss the 3-0 start for Los Angeles – the team’s best start since the 2010-11 season – including how Anthony Davis and LeBron James are being used. Listen to the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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Leave the three and oh, Lakers solved all their problems from last season with a single trade.

Hello, JJ Redick.

No, I can’t say that I can say that they have improved and they have become better for it, and especially from Anthony Davis, who you couldn’t wait to throw shade at Arvin Ham last year and can’t . waits to praise JJ Reddick and what he has meant to the team.

One thing we can say is that we get the best out of Anthony Davis and whether JJ Reddick managed to unlock that or not.

I, I, I’m not sure how much is the, the, the cause and the attribution, but the other important thing and I’ve been thinking about this.

I made the statement during the Olympics that when Lebron doesn’t have to be the best player on the team, it frees him up to be the most valuable player on the team.

That is, you know, if he doesn’t have to handle the whole scoring load and bring the ball up the court and get all the rebounds and guard the other team’s best player, he can then pick and fill as needed is.

He can be the ultimate role player.

He, he’s a Swiss army knife.

He’s like a Scottie Pippen.

That’s not disrespect. Scotty at his best was the ultimate Swiss Army knife.

Remember early last year he looked like an MVP from the start.

So we got the best version of Anthony Davidson’s regular season.

And the only thing he’s done wrong in the last two play-offs is getting out, played by Nicola Yis.

Anthony Davis is a fascinating player.

I think Lebron is at this stage of his career.

If he can beat a swiss army knife I think that’s like you said that’s the best use for him because you also don’t have to worry about him being tired the series of games and the series of seasons if he doesn’t does I don’t need to have all the usage.

So if you can take a little bit of the burden off him by beating Anthony Davis, assuming he’s healthy and plays the most games of his career last year.

I think he was 76.

I’m not sure if we can expect that this year, but we have something there.

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