Lamar Odom Suggests Lakers Run Triangle Offense To Fix Issues

The triangle offense is an older philosophy that was created by Tex Winter and popularized by Lakers legend Phil Jackson. Winter created the offense as a member of Jackson’s coaching staff and Jackson proceeded to win 11 championships — six with the Chicago Bulls, five with the Lakers — using the offense.

The offense centers around constant ball and player movement into the shape of triangles, with a guard at the top of the key, a big man on the block and a wing player in the corner. The triangle forms on the strong side of the court while two players hang on the weak side in case the ball swings their direction.

If the Lakers were to implement it today, they would only be able to do so in lineups that feature LeBron James, Anthony Davis and at least two shooters. In most cases, this would be some combination of Austin Reaves, Taurean Prince or D’Angelo Russell.

It’s not a bad suggestion by Odom. However, implementing an offense that has never been run in full effect by anyone on the roster midway through the season would likely cause more problems than it solves. At this stage, the Lakers may be better tweaking their current offense to encourage more player movement as things have stagnated over the last few weeks.

Austin Reaves: Lakers confident despite losing streak

Reaves has not lost any confidence in the Lakers despite what they have gone through recently. He thinks that the losses have not yet affected the team’s confidence, even if things absolutely need to be turned around.

“We’re losing. We shouldn’t be in like a high state of mind right now,” Reaves added. “We got to figure it out. Like we’re not winning games. But individually, if you go down the line and look how we’re playing, obviously not getting the job done, but I don’t think we could point anything out to what your point is of someone being less confident or whatever it is. I feel like we’re still playing confident, just not winning games.”