Wes Johnson Injured (pg 2 - minor strain, not an issue according to Wes)
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 4:31 pm    Post subject:

Yes Wes can be our 3 and D guy in the form of those 3 and D guys that the Spurs always seem to have in abundance.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 4:49 pm    Post subject:

i'd like to see him get some action in the 2nd unit.. put him and ed davis in with lin for some lobs/fast breaking. i'd like to see an up-tempo second unit of

jeremy lin
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wes johnson
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:36 am    Post subject:

Well I'm glad the Lakers didn't listen to me. I was advocating signing Beasley to a non-guaranteed deal for the minimum, like he received from Memphis and now we find out Beasley left Memphis and signed with a Chinese team owned by Yao Ming. He would have done the same thing to the Lakers.

The guy is seriously messed up. I'm sure his agent wasn't sure he would make the Memphis team so he probably told Beasley to sign the guaranteed $ deal from Yao's team.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:39 am    Post subject:

King Randle wrote:
Well I'm glad the Lakers didn't listen to me. I was advocating signing Beasley to a non-guaranteed deal for the minimum, like he received from Memphis and now we find out Beasley left Memphis and signed with a Chinese team owned by Yao Ming. He would have done the same thing to the Lakers.

The guy is seriously messed up. I'm sure his agent wasn't sure he would make the Memphis team so he probably told Beasley to sign the guaranteed $ deal from Yao's team.


Messed up? He might have actually been thinking quite soberly here. Gets more money (likely), a guaranteed contract, and gets out of the limelight as being the former #2 selected failure. Some guys aren't built for it and Beez, he's not built for it.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:28 pm    Post subject:

IMO Beasley doesn't have enough confidence that he can sustain being a good guy in the NBA, not getting in trouble, producing and basically proving himself. He prefers getting guaranteed $ and if he screws up, oh well, I still got paid. Definitely not the type of teammate you want or can depend on.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:28 pm    Post subject:

So Beasley can face the death penalty if caught if weed in China?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:29 pm    Post subject:

King Randle wrote:
IMO Beasley doesn't have enough confidence that he can sustain being a good guy in the NBA, not getting in trouble, producing and basically proving himself. He prefers getting guaranteed $ and if he screws up, oh well, I still got paid. Definitely not the type of teammate you want or can depend on.


I guess good for him $ wise, but agree about his confidence.

Anyways, Wes > Beez.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:33 pm    Post subject:

Wes could really be an effective role player and a defensive stalwart for this team ... Kobe really outlined his role for him well ... but the guy could be much more if he just didn't have those periods where he just seems to drift.

Byron mentioned something about getting him the ball more after last game so maybe a joint effort between coach and Kobe can keep those drifts down to a minimum. Sure would benefit the squad immensely.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:35 pm    Post subject:

I think what's pretty clear about Wes is that he's an ideal 3/D guy on a good established team with defined roles. Without that, he's adrift and not really capable of creating enough offense. With hopefully a healthy Kobe, I think we'll see a better and focused Wes who doesn't have do things outside his comfort zone.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:50 pm    Post subject:

No question Wes is a good fit for what Byron wants from the SF spot. He can spot up, run the floor and is a decent defender, not great but certainly above average.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:19 am    Post subject:

Any Wesley Johnson sightings in last night's game? He's in mid season form disappearing after a decent game.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:58 pm    Post subject:

wes will be important for this team to stay close to the really good teams. i like the energy he brings when he plays.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:29 pm    Post subject:

LakerLand247 wrote:
Any Wesley Johnson sightings in last night's game? He's in mid season form disappearing after a decent game.


Wes is nursing a slight strain; but he was a non-factor last night. Should not have played.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:37 pm    Post subject:

I think Coach Scott should tell Wes that he wants to see him take 7-10 shots a game. Just so that he doesn't disappear on the offensive end.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:02 am    Post subject:

Looked like it nagged him a little last game, hope it's better this time around.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:02 pm    Post subject:

Jeggs wrote:
frenchbullcho wrote:
Rivershow wrote:
LakerLand247 wrote:
He's a scrub. No big loss. Xavier hopefully makes a return soon.


Man did you people who are calling him a scrub watch the game? Wes was good.

They stopped watching the Lakers ever since last season.


He's just a Cavs bandwagon fan in disguise pay no attention.


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:06 pm    Post subject:

LakerLand247 wrote:
Jeggs wrote:
frenchbullcho wrote:
Rivershow wrote:
LakerLand247 wrote:
He's a scrub. No big loss. Xavier hopefully makes a return soon.


Man did you people who are calling him a scrub watch the game? Wes was good.

They stopped watching the Lakers ever since last season.


He's just a Cavs bandwagon fan in disguise pay no attention.




That's hilarious coming from Jeggs of all people.
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