Tag: Los Angeles Lakers
Nick Young continued: “It can’t be like a video game & you’re playing w/ your favorite player, you know? We’ve all got to share the ball. @LAIreland asked Nick Young what LAL can do better, his response: “We can’t let one guy determine everything. We have to play as a team” Source: Serena Winters of […]
A hot start like the Warriors are experiencing is fun. But as Dirk Nowitzki knows, it doesn’t always lead to a ring.
Lakers coach Byron Scott encourages patience for development of his team’s young players: “I know we want these guys to develop extremely fast — nobody [does] more than me. [But] I take [Portland Trail Blazers guard C. J.] McCollum as an example. Its his third year. It takes time. I think everybody has to understand […]
But on Friday, the ninth game of (Kobe) Bryant’s 20th season, Coach Byron Scott seemed to go off script by playing Bryant a season-high 37 minutes. Scott argued that Bryant’s 31.1 minutes per game were the more important numbers, while others wondered if the greater risk wasn’t in the high toll on a given night. […]
Lou Williams has not had the success he might have imagined when he signed a contract with the Lakers that will pay him $21 million over three years. Williams has become a late-game favorite of Coach Byron Scott, but has been far from the offensive lightning bolt that made him the Sixth Man of the […]
There are a few NBA teams that are really struggling. Is it time to explore a change or is this who they are really going to be?
Metta (World Peace) admitted he felt underappreciated during 1st run w/ Lakers. He felt media did not credit him enough for sacrificing on talented team. Source: Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News on Twitter
Lakers star Kobe Bryant will not play Monday against the Phoenix Suns, which will mark the third time in the past four games that the 37-year-old sat out to rest. “Right now, I’m barely standing up. My back and my legs, man, it’s killing me,” he said Sunday after playing a season-high 36 minutes in […]
Jonathan Concool lists six players who are exceeding expectations early in the NBA season.
Other rookies are outplaying D’Angelo Russell, but Larry Nance Jr. believes Russell is the best player in this class.
