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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:26 pm    Post subject: BULLS -at- LAKERS – 1-28-16 - Thoughts and :-(( Ratings

Eight Straight… The Lakers are really hitting their stride. The losses piling up fast with their eighth straight tonight.

They trailed by 17 points after the first quarter as it’s easy to bury them early. The ass whooping was on. Thank you, Bulls, may I have another.

They were turnover prone, brick prone, no-defense prone, confused-on-offense prone. Scott questioned their heart at halftime.

“All (fans) want you to do is go out there and compete and play hard. That’s all. Just give a great effort, and I didn’t think we did that tonight,” Scott said.

Personally, I want intelligent effort. Tonight, there was little of that, and the lack of it was coming from all directions as the Lakers dropped this one 114-91.


Kobe -- -- He and Pau shared a big hug just prior to tipoff. That was probably the lone highlight. It was all downhill from there. A lot of threes from Kobe in this one offensively. Some ill-advised passes, as well. Defensively, he briefly showed some spirited effort in the third quarter as we tried to pressure the ball in the backcourt. “As a former Laker, it’s hard to see how things have changed,” Pau said afterward. Kobe brought up the Lakers trying to trade Pau but also D’Antoni benching him as one of the reasons Pau was ready to move on. The Stats: He scored 10 points on 4-13 shooting (2-7 from three) to go with 4 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls in 25 minutes. He was a -9. The Action: He missed a wing three on our first attempt. He stole the ball and outlet to Brown for the breakaway dunk. He worked the post and missed the turnaround. Bad idea trying to thread the needle to Russell on a poor angle, turnover. Way short on a baseline floater. He worked his way to the FT line and hit the jumper. Long outlet was picked off, turnover. He missed a three straight away. He swished a three off the high handoff. He missed a sideline three. He had 5 points on 2-7 shooting (1-4 from three) and 2 steals. Second Half: He missed a long three on our first attempt of the half. He sank a three behind the Hibbert screen in semi-transition. He missed a pull-up 18-footer. He hit the wing jumper working off the Hibbert screen. He missed a face-up three. He missed a bank from the left side.

Clarkson -- -- Our leading scorer with 16 points. That’s pretty sad. The ball was a little sticky in his hands in the first half, but seemed to move a little better in the second half. He’d finish with 4 assists, which tied for team-high with Russell, also sad numbers to lead a team. (On the other side of the court, Butler had 10, Pau had 7.) The team-high -29 looks awful, but they all looked -29 out there tonight. The Stats: He scored 16 points on 5-14 shooting (2-3 from three, 4-5 from the line) to go with 5 boards, 4 assists, 2 turnovers and no fouls in 27 minutes. He was a -29. The Action: He missed a wing three. He hit a floater at the right elbow. He pushed out the break but couldn’t finish a tougher layup attempt than it needed to be. He attacked the paint and drew FTs on the layup attempt, he made both. He missed a wing jumper on the inbounds. He curled into the paint off the pass and drew FTs, he made both. He sank a quick-fire, two-for-one three. He iso’d and missed a pull-up at the top of the key. He missed trying to create on iso, but fought for an offensive board. He was blocked on a pull-up jumper. He had 9 points on 2-8 shooting. Second Half: He missed a face-up baseline jumper. He hit Randle out on the break for a dunk. Nice box out of a big to help get a stop. He couldn’t get the putback attempt to drop. He took the Kobe pass on the baseline, wheeled around the D and hit the one-hander. He attacked Pau in the paint and scored the And-1 jumphook over him, he missed the FT. He swished a wing three. He missed a flat one over Pau in the lane. He zipped a bullet to Randle under the hoop for FTs. He should have switched with Nick, did not and they got dunked on. His post entry pass was picked off on the other end.

Randle -- -- There was a stretch in the third quarter where he strung together several scores and was starting to impose himself on the game. Scott subbed him out. No feel for the game by Scott there. If Randle is going into beast mode, ride that some more. We were down big and needed someone to give the team some CPR. Defensively, some nice pass deflections on D, including one on a lob attempt (he’s pretty good at disrupting those). On the other end, his jumper wasn’t there. He really needs to watch where he’s dribbling at times. It’s a little frustrating seeing him dribble right into a crowd when he didn’t have to. He attacked to his left on one play, right into a help defender, turnover (the right side was much more open). That will improve with more confidence in his right. Good job with the FTs, they seem much improved in the past couple of weeks. “Pau did a great job of just picking us apart,” Randle said. “He’s amazing.” The Stats: He scored 14 points on 4-8 shooting (6-6 from the line) to go with 8 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls in 27 minutes. He was a -18. The Action: Great job breaking up a lob, but he and Clarkson gave it right back on a turnover. He tried to iso when our play busted out of a timeout and he was stripped. He missed a 20-footer. He deflected a pass in transition off the backboard to get a stop. He took an errant pass that went right through Roy and defenders, quickly attacked the rim and went down hard on the foul, he made both FTs. Second Half: He beat everyone down court, took the pass and dunked. He attacked to his left, right into another defender, turnover (right side of the lane was open). Nice help challenge on Pau to force an airball. He attacked the space to his right and scored the easy one after bringing it back to his left. He bullied his way through McDermott for a layup. He couldn’t finish an And-1 dunk trying to power up under the hoop, he made both FTs. He attacked in transition, spun and drew more FTs, he made both. He grabbed a rebound, pushed it out with speed and scored a layup next time down. He missed a rushed wing jumper up against the shotclock.

Brown -- -- Nick had a strong first stint, hitting several shots. That probably limited some of Brown’s minutes in the first half. He got extended run in the second half and ended up leading the team with 35 minutes. Good to see some big minutes for a rookie. He made a three, a baseline jumper and had a dunk on the break. Defensively, some good and bad moments, but most notable were a couple of nice challenges on jumpers that forced bricks as he stayed in his man’s jersey. The Stats: He scored 7 points on 3-9 shooting (1-4 from three) to go with 1 board, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 1 foul in 35 minutes. He was a -16. The Action: Nice challenge on Butler’s jumper to force a miss. He dunked on the break off the Kobe steal. He missed a wing three. Second Half: He swished a wing three flashing to the ball. Excellent challenge on a jumper on iso to force an airball. His inbounds pass was picked off. He sank a baseline jumper. He attacked off the three line and was rejected, not looking decisive. He missed a wing three. He missed a corner three. He missed a baseline jumper. He attacked off the three line and missed to his right.

Hibbert -- -- Pau just picked us apart early on. He hit open jumpers and set up teammates. You need to put him into the two-man situations where you attack Pau with speed or go at him with a power game. We did little of that. The Stats: He scored 6 points on 3-7 shooting to go with 1 board, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 turnover and 4 fouls in 19 minutes. He was a -12. The Action: He swished a face-up jumper out of the triangle. He missed a 17-footer. He swished a baseline jumper. He lost the handle trying to create off the dribble. He was blocked by Pau trying to finish soft. He missed an open baseline jumper. He hit the floor for a loose ball and called timeout. He looked fouled on a jumphook that he missed off an offensive board. Second Half: He sank an elbow jumper on the two-man game. He choked a jumphook with great position right at the front of the rim.

Russell -- -- Awful start for Russell. He had a couple of very bad turnovers that turned into uncontested scores the other way. Then he didn’t hit rim on his first attempt. He never got on track the entire game. One of his weaker games of the season and, better yet, on TNT, which allowed Reggie Miller to annoy fans even more. “Very, very bad start. Again, just too loose with the ball. Just too lazy with it right now,” Scott said. Russell certainly gave him plenty of ammo in this one. The Stats: He scored 3 points on 1-7 shooting (1-4 from three) to go with 4 boards, 4 assists, 1 steal, 3 turnovers and 1 foul in 24 minutes. He was a -2. The Action: He swiped a pass in transition D. He was picked for a layup the other way. He telegraphed a pass a few seconds later, another layup the other way. Not close on a wing three, didn’t hit iron. He faked the jumper and threw a bounce pass to Bass while still in air and it led to the dunk. He missed an open wing three on a kickout. He hit Bass in transition down the middle of the lane for the score. He wasn’t aware of the shotclock out of a timeout, turnover. He sank a three straight away. He had 3 points on 1-3 shooting, 3 boards, 3 assists and 3 turnovers. Second Half: He missed a pull-up wing jumper. He missed a long jumper up against the shotclock. He missed a wing three, need some scoring by him. He attacked and couldn’t finish a layup.

Nance -- -- Off the bench again with Randle starting. He had some moments in the second half, sparking the team with his energy. There was a stretch when Randle was going where I would have liked to see Nance out there with him instead of replacing him. His jumper wasn’t falling, but he had some scores around the rim. The Stats: He scored 7 points on 3-6 shooting to go with 5 boards, 1 assist, 1 turnover and 2 fouls in 18 minutes. He was a -9. The Action: He missed a drive out of a timeout. He lost his man with an up and under and scored off glass. He attacked from the wing out of the timeout, turnover for points the other way. He attacked next time down and drew FTs, he made one. Second Half: Way short on a jumper off the double high screen. He smothered Portis twice on one defensive stand to help get a stop. Great job stepping in to take a charge. Nice feed to Brown off the two-man sequence for a jumper. He jammed when the D left him and Bass spotted him under the hoop. Great effort on the offensive glass, he grabbed the board, missed the jumphook, bounced up to get the board, kicked out to Young, then grabbed that miss and put it back in.

Young -- -- A hot start for Nick, hitting his first three shots (which included a couple threes). Then, he went a little cold in the second half during a key stretch when we were trying to mount a rally. HE missed a few shots, the D became a little more lax and his minutes morphed into garbage time. He led the bench in scoring. The Stats: He scored 14 points on 5-10 shooting (3-6 from three, 1-2 from the line) to go with 3 boards, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls in 29 minutes. He was a -11. The Action: He swished a tough step-back three. He swished a wing pull-up jumper. He sank a corner three on a kickout in transition. He had 8 points on 3-3 shooting. Second Half: He missed a wing three. He missed a wing jumper and a three, but Nance cleaned them up and finally scored on a putback. He stepped into a wing three, wide open and swished. He popped out and missed the three. He missed a reverse dunk but drew FTs, he made one. Sloppy pass on the two-man sequence, turnover. He moved in off a flyby and swished the baseline jumper. He let a man go right by him for a layup.

Bass -- -- Quiet night for him. Our offense never seemed really in sync and that hurt his impact. Russell found him a couple of times on improv and the break, but that was about it as far as chemistry or offensive flow in this game. The Stats: He scored 6 points on 2-5 shooting (2-2 from the line) to go with 4 boards, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 1 foul in 23 minutes. He was a -3. The Action: He airballed trying to iso and shoot over the taller Pau. He missed an elbow jumper. He dunked off the nice bounce pass from Russell in traffic. Russell found him in transition for the layup. Second Half: He skied for an offensive board and drew FTs, he made both. He blocked a shot on one end, but missed a runner on the other.

Black -- -- He came in for some late garbage time run. No time for him and Russell on the floor, which benefits both (See Lin/Davis last year). The Stats: He scored 2 points on 0-2 shooting (2-2 from the line) to go with 1 steal and 2 fouls in 5 minutes. He was a -2. The Action: He did not play in the first half. Second Half: He posted up and missed the layup. He swiped a pass, tracked it down, pushed it out and was fouled on the dunk attempt for FTs, he made both. He drew a charge on the other end. He couldn’t one-hand down a dunk.

Huertas -- -- Not meaningful minutes for him, but he was able to get 3 assists in that limited time. The Stats: He didn’t score on 0-2 shooting (0-1 from three) to go with 2 boards, 3 assists and no fouls in 5 minutes. He was a -2. The Action: He did not play in the first half. Second Half: He missed a runner. Nice no-looker to Nick cutting baseline to set him up for FTs. He missed a half court heave.

Kelly -- -- Active few minutes of garbage time from him. Our PFs in general were very active tonight. The Stats: He scored 6 points on 2-2 shooting (2-4 from the line) to go with 3 boards and no fouls in 5 minutes. He was a -2. The Action: He did not play in the first half. Second Half: He faced up, jab stepped and drew FTs on a jumper, he made one. He hit a jumper. He hit a face-up jumper from the top of the key. He drew more FTs.

Scott -- -- With Lou out, Scott went with Brown in the starting lineup, sliding Kobe to SG. The Lakers trailed 16-8, getting doubled up midway through the quarter… Whatever we drew up out of that timeout busted and Randle turned the ball over trying to iso against the shotclock… Russell in for Brown… Down 8 and he went with Nance, Bass and Young all at once for Kobe, Hibbert and Randle… Back-to-back turnovers by Russell for layups the other way. That forced a timeout. Lakers, in general, very turnover prone… They trailed 32-15 after the first quarter… Lakers down 19 when Kobe came in for Brown… They cut it to 13 and forced a timeout. Nick hitting early in this one… Randle in for Nance out of that… Down 15, he sat Russell for Clarkson and Bass for Hibbert… Kobe and Young out for Russell and Brown with under 2 minutes left… The Lakers trailed 58-40 at the half. Just awful in all aspects. The Bulls scored 13 points off 10 Laker turnovers… They traded hoops, the Lakers unable to string together stops. They decided to start pressuring full court… He sat Hibbert for Bass, Lakers down 19… Down 21 when Kobe and Clarkson sat for Young and Russell… Figures Randle has it going and Scott sits him. Our only bit of energy in the second half. That’s one you let him go longer to see if he can spark anything. Bring in Nance for Bass for a couple minutes… The Lakers trailed 90-71 heading into the fourth… He started the Bass, Nance, Young, Brown, Russell lineup… They cut it to 13 points on an 8-0 run behind some great energy from Nance… Lakers unable to knocked down their threes… Down 15 midway through the quarter, he sat Russell and Bass for Randle and Clarkson… Timeout down 19 a few seconds later… Black, Kelly and Huertas in. Garbage time…
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:33 pm    Post subject:

Go team

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:41 pm    Post subject:

The losses are really starting to pile up is right. As a fan I am starting to become numb and that is not a good thing. Even worse if the team is.

Thx DB.
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http://www.thescore.com/news/947801
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 10:55 pm    Post subject:

I've watched almost as many Bulls games as I have Lakers and Warriors game the past couple of seasons. Not too often Pau gets to play against a center even slower than him.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 11:18 pm    Post subject:

This is so discouraging to watch.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 11:25 pm    Post subject:

Painful game to watch. Oh well lottery here we come.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:00 am    Post subject:

THX DB. GO LAKERS
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 2:12 am    Post subject:

Glad that DB is showing much more effort in his customary excellent breakdowns than these Lakers that played tonight

The lazy passes, the awful angles on defense (Swaggy), unforced TOs and lack of effort hopefully will prompt a change in the lineup

Reggie said a few things that rings true - the many holes in our young players' game and the need for all of them to spend serious time over the summer to work on their game.

Sadly, this roster doesn't presently have any players that can play competitively with most starting lineups of NBA teams
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 2:19 am    Post subject: Re: BULLS -at- LAKERS – 1-28-16 - Thoughts and :-(( Ratings

No gameplan, bad rotations, poor play from players. Nothing good to take.

Lakers just can not continue with those ugly starts and big holes after first quarters. They are not experienced enough to dig themselves out of that. Starting rotation just must change. Start Russell and Black. At least for one of those 10-games tryouts.

There is certainly something very wrong when Kelly is the only Laker looking good.

DancingBarry wrote:
There was a stretch in the third quarter where he strung together several scores and was starting to impose himself on the game. Scott subbed him out. No feel for the game by Scott there. If Randle is going into beast mode, ride that some more.


Nah. Can't do that. Might hurt the tank.


Scott's mind games have paid off with Russell. He looked so confident a couple of games ago. Nothing of that left...
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 2:54 am    Post subject: Re: BULLS -at- LAKERS – 1-28-16 - Thoughts and :-(( Ratings

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No gameplan, bad rotations, poor play from players. Nothing good to take.

Lakers just can not continue with those ugly starts and big holes after first quarters. They are not experienced enough to dig themselves out of that. Starting rotation just must change. Start Russell and Black. At least for one of those 10-games tryouts.

There is certainly something very wrong when Kelly is the only Laker looking good.
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There was a stretch in the third quarter where he strung together several scores and was starting to impose himself on the game. Scott subbed him out. No feel for the game by Scott there. If Randle is going into beast mode, ride that some more.
Nah. Can't do that. Might hurt the tank.

Scott's mind games have paid off with Russell. He looked so confident a couple of games ago. Nothing of that left...
For this game, the bulk of the problem does not fall on Byron

Lazy inexcusable bad passes directly in front of opposing players shows that they are not serious. Byron's "mind game" is to get on his butt and play hard while keeping one's head into the game. If his (and anybody else) head is that fragile, maybe he needs to play with a lower tiered team or with D12's (having fun is more important than winning) Rockets team.

DLO has great talent. As Kobe has mentioned, his rhythm on the court is slower than the Black Mamba (among others like Westbrook, Lillard, Wall, Irving, CP3 and other PGs).

Byron could have had better substition patterns, but tonight it would have made no difference (the frustrating part when the young players feel they are entitled to play instead of earning PT)
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:38 am    Post subject:

Can Brown start attempting more 3s?
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:43 am    Post subject:

GTHO SCOTT!
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 6:30 am    Post subject: Re: BULLS -at- LAKERS – 1-28-16 - Thoughts and :-(( Ratings

A Mad Chinaman wrote:
s_habe wrote:
No gameplan, bad rotations, poor play from players. Nothing good to take.

Lakers just can not continue with those ugly starts and big holes after first quarters. They are not experienced enough to dig themselves out of that. Starting rotation just must change. Start Russell and Black. At least for one of those 10-games tryouts.

There is certainly something very wrong when Kelly is the only Laker looking good.
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There was a stretch in the third quarter where he strung together several scores and was starting to impose himself on the game. Scott subbed him out. No feel for the game by Scott there. If Randle is going into beast mode, ride that some more.
Nah. Can't do that. Might hurt the tank.

Scott's mind games have paid off with Russell. He looked so confident a couple of games ago. Nothing of that left...
For this game, the bulk of the problem does not fall on Byron

Lazy inexcusable bad passes directly in front of opposing players shows that they are not serious. Byron's "mind game" is to get on his butt and play hard while keeping one's head into the game. If his (and anybody else) head is that fragile, maybe he needs to play with a lower tiered team or with D12's (having fun is more important than winning) Rockets team.

DLO has great talent. As Kobe has mentioned, his rhythm on the court is slower than the Black Mamba (among others like Westbrook, Lillard, Wall, Irving, CP3 and other PGs).

Byron could have had better substition patterns, but tonight it would have made no difference (the frustrating part when the young players feel they are entitled to play instead of earning PT)


No doubt DLO had a terrible game. No dispute from my end.

But you can't excuse how Byron has treated him either. He's put him in a situation where there is literally NO WAY for DLO to play well under Byron.

1. he always enters the game at the 6 minute mark with the Lakers usually down by a good margin;

2. if he tries to spearhead a comeback, he is chastised for "trying to take over the game."

3. if he plays well, Byron's robo-subbing takes him out of the 4th no matter what.

Etc., etc.

He's just (bleep) with DLO's head right now. And look at the overall product out there regardless of DLO. That starting squad put the team in a major deficit right off the bat, and has done so the for the past 10-12 game (and the excuse to bench DLO was lack of a good start from the starters).

So he's putting multiple players in a position to fail.

Get rid of this clown ASAP.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:21 pm    Post subject: Re: BULLS -at- LAKERS – 1-28-16 - Thoughts and :-(( Ratings

yinoma2001 wrote:
A Mad Chinaman wrote:
s_habe wrote:
No gameplan, bad rotations, poor play from players. Nothing good to take.

Lakers just can not continue with those ugly starts and big holes after first quarters. They are not experienced enough to dig themselves out of that. Starting rotation just must change. Start Russell and Black. At least for one of those 10-games tryouts.

There is certainly something very wrong when Kelly is the only Laker looking good.
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There was a stretch in the third quarter where he strung together several scores and was starting to impose himself on the game. Scott subbed him out. No feel for the game by Scott there. If Randle is going into beast mode, ride that some more.
Nah. Can't do that. Might hurt the tank.

Scott's mind games have paid off with Russell. He looked so confident a couple of games ago. Nothing of that left...
For this game, the bulk of the problem does not fall on Byron

Lazy inexcusable bad passes directly in front of opposing players shows that they are not serious. Byron's "mind game" is to get on his butt and play hard while keeping one's head into the game. If his (and anybody else) head is that fragile, maybe he needs to play with a lower tiered team or with D12's (having fun is more important than winning) Rockets team.

DLO has great talent. As Kobe has mentioned, his rhythm on the court is slower than the Black Mamba (among others like Westbrook, Lillard, Wall, Irving, CP3 and other PGs).

Byron could have had better substition patterns, but tonight it would have made no difference (the frustrating part when the young players feel they are entitled to play instead of earning PT)


No doubt DLO had a terrible game. No dispute from my end.

But you can't excuse how Byron has treated him either. He's put him in a situation where there is literally NO WAY for DLO to play well under Byron.

1. he always enters the game at the 6 minute mark with the Lakers usually down by a good margin;

2. if he tries to spearhead a comeback, he is chastised for "trying to take over the game."

3. if he plays well, Byron's robo-subbing takes him out of the 4th no matter what.

Etc., etc.

He's just (bleep) with DLO's head right now. And look at the overall product out there regardless of DLO. That starting squad put the team in a major deficit right off the bat, and has done so the for the past 10-12 game (and the excuse to bench DLO was lack of a good start from the starters).

So he's putting multiple players in a position to fail.

Get rid of this clown ASAP.


You nailed it!
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:15 pm    Post subject: Re: BULLS -at- LAKERS – 1-28-16 - Thoughts and :-(( Ratings

yinoma2001 wrote:
A Mad Chinaman wrote:
s_habe wrote:
No gameplan, bad rotations, poor play from players. Nothing good to take.

Lakers just can not continue with those ugly starts and big holes after first quarters. They are not experienced enough to dig themselves out of that. Starting rotation just must change. Start Russell and Black. At least for one of those 10-games tryouts.

There is certainly something very wrong when Kelly is the only Laker looking good.
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There was a stretch in the third quarter where he strung together several scores and was starting to impose himself on the game. Scott subbed him out. No feel for the game by Scott there. If Randle is going into beast mode, ride that some more.
Nah. Can't do that. Might hurt the tank.

Scott's mind games have paid off with Russell. He looked so confident a couple of games ago. Nothing of that left...
For this game, the bulk of the problem does not fall on Byron

Lazy inexcusable bad passes directly in front of opposing players shows that they are not serious. Byron's "mind game" is to get on his butt and play hard while keeping one's head into the game. If his (and anybody else) head is that fragile, maybe he needs to play with a lower tiered team or with D12's (having fun is more important than winning) Rockets team.

DLO has great talent. As Kobe has mentioned, his rhythm on the court is slower than the Black Mamba (among others like Westbrook, Lillard, Wall, Irving, CP3 and other PGs).

Byron could have had better substition patterns, but tonight it would have made no difference (the frustrating part when the young players feel they are entitled to play instead of earning PT)


No doubt DLO had a terrible game. No dispute from my end.

But you can't excuse how Byron has treated him either. He's put him in a situation where there is literally NO WAY for DLO to play well under Byron.

1. he always enters the game at the 6 minute mark with the Lakers usually down by a good margin;

2. if he tries to spearhead a comeback, he is chastised for "trying to take over the game."

3. if he plays well, Byron's robo-subbing takes him out of the 4th no matter what.

Etc., etc.

He's just (bleep) with DLO's head right now. And look at the overall product out there regardless of DLO. That starting squad put the team in a major deficit right off the bat, and has done so the for the past 10-12 game (and the excuse to bench DLO was lack of a good start from the starters).

So he's putting multiple players in a position to fail.

Get rid of this clown ASAP.


Very much so.

I would only add that I have no problem with DLO or Randle coming off the bench. Or whoever being benched for poor play.
Quite the opposite. The fact that Scott does not hold players equally accountable and does not put the best possible five out there to start the game or guide the comeback, is my most serious problem with him.
Scott either does not play to win or does not know how to do that. This is inexcusable and intolerable. If at the same time he fails to develop the youngsters.... then he has no business with Lakers.
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PG Johnson / Goodrich
SG Bryant / West / Scott
SF Baylor / Worthy / Cooper
PF Mikkelsen / Hairston / McAdoo / Gasol
C Chamberlain / Abdul-Jabbar / O'Neal / Mikan
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