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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:26 pm    Post subject: LAKERS -at- CLIPPERS - 4-7-15 - Thoughts and :-(( Ratings

Competitive… Down by as many as 43 points in the last game, Scott wanted to see a little more fight from his bunch.

These days, that bunch consists of a lot minutes for undrafted or second-round picks.

Thankfully, one of those picks is Jordan Clarkson, who has provided Laker fans a little bit of enjoyment while watching games. In the last Clipper game, he got trapped off the screens aggressively to get him on his heels and take the ball out of his hands. Tonight, he responded to that same D with 20 points.

The Lakers trailed by just 7 heading into the fourth quarter. They would cut it to 1 midway through the quarter behind some of their youth and D-Leaguers. Ultimately, the Lakers couldn’t get stops as the Clippers picked on Kelly with Griffin and also worked the ball to Redick for key points (those two Clippers each finished with 27 points).

“We just couldn’t get three or four consistent stops in a row,” Scott said. They started the season without any good defensive anchors and will finish the season still somewhat soft in the middle.

Just five games remaining. The Lakers are close to solidifying the fourth spot in the lottery.


Clarkson -- -- In the last game, the Clippers trapped off the screens to get the ball out of his hands. I’m surprised more teams haven’t tried to overplay Clarkson and send doubles since he’s been the most effective weapon we’ve had. (TNT, of course, was saying that Clarkson was schooled by CP3, but that’s not an accurate description of what happened). Clarkson really went to school between games, studying tapes, understanding how he had to orchestrate the offense against the aggressive D. “We just went to the film,” Clarkson said. He attacked off the screens quicker and at different angles, he moved the ball at the right moments and had some spectacular finishes as a result. He had his 20 points after three quarters. Asked by a reporter what they did to shut him down in the fourth, CP3 was pretty aware they didn’t. “He only played the last 5 minutes … Jeremy Lin had the ball most of the time,” Paul said. These are the kinds of situations that are pretty invaluable in his growth. He saw a team make an adjustment that had him on his heels, and then he got to immediately go into the lab and work on that in a real game situation. “He’s probably his worst critic as far as he plays. I knew he was going to come back tonight and play a lot better,” Scott said, mentioning he liked Clarkson’s aggressiveness against the traps and quicker decisions. Looked like Sam Cassell was talking a bit with Clarkson after the game. He recognizes a player. TWC is also starting to promo Clarkson, as well. The Stats: He scored 20 points on 7-17 shooting (1-4 from three, 5-6 from the line) to go with 4 boards, 6 assists, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls in 36 minutes. He was a -2. The Action: He missed a three on a swing pass. He cut down the lane, took a pass and flipped in a pretty backhanded pumping layup. He found Lin open for the three. He missed a pull-up wing jumper, short. He missed a pull-up 17-footer. His pass to a rolling Sacre was picked off. He out-muscled Paul in transition and elevated over him for the And-1 layup, he made the FT. He attacked off the high screen and missed the floater but Sacre easily cleaned up the dribble penetration. He missed a wing three. He iso’d on Jordan on the switch, crossed over, attacked left, and finished right to spin up and in an And-1 reverse on him, he made the FT. Nice challenge on Paul on iso for a miss. He missed an elbow pull-up jumper. He swished a floater in transition. He was shoved by CP3 on a layup/dunk attempt with no call and missed (that looked like it was about to be a big throwdown). He scored 10 points on 4-11 shooting. Second Half: He sliced through the trap, then muscled in an And-1 between a couple of help defenders, he missed the FT. He attacked, took the double team with him all the way under the hoop and whipped a pass to Black for the dunk. Quick attack off the three line for another And-1 layup, he made the FT. He missed a runner. He whipped a pass to Davis who took it for the layup. Hockey assist on the double team, kicking out to Brown, who swung it to Wes for the open three. He missed a short one in the paint. He sank a long three straight away. He took the inbounds with a few seconds left, attacked with speed up court and drew FTs at the rim, he made both FTs. He missed a long three trying to beat the shotclock. He attacked and was stripped from behind. He zipped a pass to Wes in transition for a layup. He attacked baseline and whipped it to Davis for the layup.

Lin -- -- He got leveled by Griffin to take a charge in transition and was also nailed in the face on a reach by Barnes, leaving a long scratch. Throw in a few more bumps to the floor and Lin will feel this one tomorrow. Painful. He sank a couple of threes in this one, but nothing came easy. He had to scratch and claw to get his tonight. Good overall aggression. We ran Buycks at backup PG, but Lin and Clarkson both play that PG/SG role pretty well together when on the floor, where they can stick to their strengths and pick their spots pretty fluidly. “We were just in attack mode all night,” Lin said, liking their assertiveness. The Stats: He scored 14 points on 3-10 shooting (2-4 from three, 6-6 from the line) to go with 2 boards, 5 assists, 1 block, 3 turnovers and 1 foul in 24 minutes. He was a -5. The Action: He swished a three off the split action for the Lakers first score. He missed a wing three. He swished an open wing three in early offense. He crossed over a man badly but was rejected at the rim by Jordan (extra pass there would have been nice). He attacked the paint and bounced to Black for the dunk. He tried to put on the brakes in the paint and coughed up the ball. He airballed a step-back jumper. Nice setup in a tight space to Black on the baseline for FTs. Quick first step to get into the lane and draw FTs with the shotclock low, he made both. He missed a wing three. He scored 8 points on 2-6 shooting. Second Half: He attacked and threw a pass away, getting off balance with no call. He kicked out to Wes for three. Quick attack in early offense and he scored a lefty layup. He circled through the lane and no-looked to Black for the slam. He was stripped on a drive. Wow, he took a hard foul from Griffin in transition to stop a hoop, painful. He attacked and was called for stepping on the line, he yelled at the ref for the no call (I like it). Bad off-balance 20-footer with 20 seconds left (I don’t like it), we were lucky to get it back. He was fouled on an inbounds with 15.7 seconds left, he made both FTs. Quick attack baseline on an inbounds for more FTs with 11.2 seconds left, he made both. He was blocked on a drive when we needed a three.

Black -- -- He tied his career high again with 16 points on a nice mix of jumpers, drives, putbacks and dunk finishes off setups by his PGs. He hung in there with the opposing bigmen. It will be an interesting offseason for him. He’s showed a wide range of skills and a lot of ways he can work on his game. With his size and athleticism, you’d like to see a more money face-up game and some more work on his handles. He’s got great speed, ups and strength. The post game is basic, as well, but he can probably look at Blake Griffin’s game and those are the kind of skills you’d like to see. Griffin abused Kelly in the post whenever he wanted to. Griffin also hit a huge jumper in this one off some misdirection that forced Black to help and try to recover. That’s what teams are going to do to Tarik, leave him and try to recover. If he wants to elevate his game, becoming a more well-rounded (and well-respected) threat will be key. The Stats: He scored 16 points on 6-9 shooting (4-4 from the line) to go with 9 boards (3 offensive), 1 assist and 3 fouls in 22 minutes. He was a +5. The Action: He pulled down a Kelly brick, reset the offense and it led to a Clarkson score. He sank a wing jumper popping out behind a guard screen. He dunked off the interior bounce pass from Lin. He couldn’t finish the lob dunk but quickly followed it back up with a putback. He drew FTs on the pocket pass from Lin, he made both. Second Half: He missed a lefty up-and-under. He missed a jumphook. He battled for an offensive board and drew FTs, he made both. He slammed off the interior feed from Lin. He dunked off the drive and dish from Clarkson, who was swarmed by Jordan and CP3. He attacked and scored with 16 seconds left to force a timeout down 4.

Kelly -- -- Rich Kelly. Not sure how many times we heard him called that in the first quarter. Frankly, with as bad as he played, it’s fair, and I wouldn’t want my name attached to this game. Kelly was clanking early and often, going just 1-12 in the first half (including 0-5 from three) and would finish with the horrid 3-17. What is troublesome is when he misses the simple, open midrange jumper with no one around. These are shots that should be automatic. He does that with far too much consistency when he needs to be a knockdown shooter. Combine that with poor rebounding (just 2 boards in 37 minutes) and he’s going to be buried on the deep, deep bench in this league (if he stays in it) unless he puts in some serious work this offseason. He did have some nice passing, but had we played anyone else at PF/SF tonight, we might have won. Defensively, the Clippers picked on him for hoop after hoop in the third quarter when the Lakers were rallying. He provided no resistance whatsoever. They went back to that late in the game and Kelly eventually fouled out. Too many notes for him with so little production. These are the kinds of games that leave lasting impressions with the front office. The Stats: He scored 8 points on 3-17 shooting (1-8 from three, 1-1 from the line) to go with 2 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals and 6 fouls in 37 minutes. He was a -18. The Action: He missed a 16-footer on our first attempt and was called for a weak foul in transition on what looked like a good strip. He didn’t hit rim on a wing three. He attacked and was easily blocked. He missed an open three straight away. He missed a wide open three straight away. He stripped Griffin. He missed a wide open pull-up 12-footter, got to hit those. He attacked strong to his left and didn’t hit rim on the drive. He pump-faked, attacked and fed Davis for FTs in the paint. He bricked a wing jumper. He was rejected badly by Jordan on a finish attempt at the rim. Nice challenge on Paul to get a miss. He dunked on the slip screen cut. He missed a three. He missed a heave at the buzzer. Second Half: He sank a wing three, better arch/speed on that shot. He gave up too easy a score in the post to Griffin. He then gave up an And-1, giving up low position to him next time down. He missed an open wing three. He missed a wide-open, short, bank pull-up after moving in off the three line. He took the pass off the two-man game and scored a layup off two long strides. He made a tech FT. He missed a wide open wing three, big crunch-time miss. He stripped Griffin in the post. He fouled out against Griffin in the post with 1:53 left.

Johnson -- -- When the Clippers were in trouble in the fourth, they went to Redick for scores against Wes. Then they got a lob to Barnes when Wes didn’t pick him up in transition as the last man back. That took it from anyone’s game to the Clippers up by 8. We couldn’t get stops when we needed them in this one. Decent game from Wes offensively. I’m not thrilled with how much he’s been chucking lately when the ball goes to him. He fouled out late in the game taking intentional fouls. The Stats: He scored 15 points on 6-12 shooting (3-5 from three) to go with 6 boards, 2 assists and 6 fouls in 40 minutes. He was a -5. The Action: He lost the ball on a drive. He hit an FT jumper flashing to the ball. He missed a baseline jumper. He missed a long wing pull-up jumper. He missed a sideline jumper. He had 2 points on 1-5 shooting. Second Half: He missed an open sideline three. He sank a three on a kickout from Lin. No boxout and he gave up a putback dunk to Blake. He drained a three on a swing pass. He swished a wing three with the shotclock low. Poor transition D pointing at Barnes as he went by instead of picking him up and he gave up a huge lob. He missed a wing three out of a timeout after that. He swished a baseline jumper to cut it to 4 in the final minute.

Davis -- -- More opportunity to make an impact in this game and that was another of the reasons the Lakers kept things closer. He led the team with rebounding. He picked up a bogus flagrant-1 foul on a shot contest (the Clipper brought the ball down as he was swinging to block it and Davis caught part of the head instead, weak flagrant call…the ball was there, then it wasn’t and that was the result). We probably could have done a better job getting the ball to Davis when the bigs helped on the PGs. There were a couple of moments of good plays off that. The Stats: He scored 7 points on 3-4 shooting (1-4 from the line) to go with 11 boards, 1 assist, 2 turnovers and 1 foul in 23 minutes. He was a +3. The Action: He drew FTs off the nice setup from Brown, he made one. He was called for a flagrant-1 on a shot contest. He drew FTs on the interior feed from Kelly, he missed both. He fumbled a dribble and threw it away. Second Half: Great passing sequence until it hit Davis who fumbled it. He took the pass from Clarkson who drew the double, attacked and scored the layup. He missed a jumphook at the front of the rim that could have cut it to 4. He cleaned up a Buycks missed drive with the easy putback. He scored a layup off the drive and dish from Clarkson.

Brown -- -- He led the team with 4 turnovers. The rest of the team had just 7 turnovers. Not a great game from Brown, even his three he made was a bank. To be fair, he did have a jumper erased by flop by Matt Barnes. Without Ellington, I’d like to see Brown with more double-digit scoring games. The Stats: He scored 7 points on 2-5 shooting (1-3 from three, 2-4 from the line) to go with 2 boards, 3 assists, 4 turnovers and 3 fouls in 24 minutes. He was a -1. The Action: He missed a wing three. He attacked strong off the high handoff and powered in a layup over Jordan. He was called for a shove on a flop by Barnes to erase a jumper. He missed a wing three. He worked off the screen and whipped a pass to Davis for FTs. He curled into the lane, took the pass, drew contact and no whistle on the miss. Second Half: He drew FTs and made one. Extra pass for Wes for the three. He was stripped on a drive. He banked in a wing three, yikes. Nice D on Crawford to force a miss. He split a double team and charged, leveling Big Baby with an elbow to the face in the process. He attacked across the lane, drew contact and threw the ball at the rim to draw FTs, he made one. He hit Sacre for the open wing jumper.

Buycks -- -- Both Buycks and Brown banked in threes in the fourth quarter. Doc was worried we would start hitting shots. We just started missing them so bad they went in. Those two banked threes were key in cutting the lead to just 2 and forcing a timeout. He still looks like he’s trying to get comfortable out there, but shows some ability to create off the dribble and hit jumpers. Playmaking is a little lacking right now. The No. 20 jersey reminds me of GP. The Stats: He scored 5 points on 1-4 shooting (1-1 from three, 2-2 from the line) to go with 1 board, 1 assist and no fouls in 13 minutes. He was a -3. The Action: He probed off the dribble and drew FTs, he made both. Second Half: He settled for a long pull-up jumper and missed. He slithered through the D and missed a layup, but Davis cleaned it up. He banked in a sideline three on a kickout. He missed a drive that nearly went.

Sacre -- -- Defensively, I would have liked some better challenges against Rivers’ drives late in the game. But he certainly helped the D as he was replacing Kelly from the floor in the rotations. Kelly was awful and Sacre was serviceable. That was enough of a difference. He was a +1, Kelly a -18. That about says it all. Sacre hit a clutch jumper and jumphook during the fourth. Both were big shots to help the Lakers reel the Clippers in. Much better result than the recent blowouts. The Stats: He scored 8 points on 4-6 shooting to go with 6 boards (3 offensive) and 3 fouls in 22 minutes. He was a +1. The Action: He missed a baseline jumper, we got it back and he airballed a jumphook. He easily tipped in the Clarkson missed drive. He swished a face-up baseline jumper. Second Half: Nice help D to smother CP3’s drive and force a shotclock violation. He sank an open wing jumper. He posted up Jordan and hit a jumphook over him on iso.

Scott -- -- Better response from the team today vs. the last game… Up 1, he sat Black quickly for Sacre and had some words for him on D after giving up a couple dunks to Jordan… Brown in for Lin… The Lakers trailed 19-12 when the timeout came with 4:32 left after an 8-0 Clipper run… Davis in for Kelly, who was awful… The Lakers trailed 23-21 after the first quarter… He started a Davis, Boozer, Johnson, Brown, Buycks lineup… Kelly in for Johnson… The Lakers bench had just 9 points… Starters returned midway through the quarter, Lakers down 9… Sacre in for Black, who picked up foul trouble… The Lakers trailed 50-39 at the half. The Lakers shot 30 percent (2-13 from three)… The Clippers had an 18-6 advantage on the break… They cut it to 7 before the Clippers started picking on Kelly… Davis and Brown in for Lin and Black, Lakers up 6… Timeout down 12. He brought in Sacre for Kelly. A big improvement… Aggressive quarter by Clarkson, attacking those double teams well and that allowed the Lakers to stay with the Clippers… They trailed 76-69 heading into the fourth… He started the Sacre, Davis, Johnson, Brown, Buycks unit… “We’re fortunate they are missing shots. They start making shots, we’ll lose the game,” Rivers said… Down 6, he brought in Kelly for Wes after 3 minutes… They cut the lead to 1 to force a timeout… Clippers have starters in out of that, Scott keeps this unit in… Clarkson in for Buycks with 5:17 left, Lakers down 3… He brought in Lin and Wes for Sacre and Brown, Lakers down 1… He brought back Black with 3:46 left down 6… They cut it back to 4 in the final minute… Fouling situation. They cut it to 3…


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:28 pm    Post subject:

We missed you!

This is telling "Asked by a reporter what they did to shut him (Clarkson) down in the fourth, CP3 was pretty aware they didn’t. “He only played the last 5 minutes … Jeremy Lin had the ball most of the time,” Paul said.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:34 pm    Post subject:

Welcome back DB!

Proud of Clarkaon and Black tonight. Clarkson with a great bounce back game and Black his constant hustle and energy despite playing center and playing against bigger and taller guys.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:51 pm    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 11:18 pm    Post subject: As a Laker's fan...

I don't wanna see scott next season....
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:51 am    Post subject:

Thanks, DB! We missed you! A lot!

It is strange to hear all these talks about Rondo when we have such a great talent at hand in Clarkson.

Clarkson, Black, Davis and Lin. But who is the leader there? I think again, Clarkson is showing a promise.


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Ultimately, the Lakers couldn’t get stops as the Clippers picked on Kelly and also worked the ball to Redick for key points (those two each finished with 27 points).

Something is missing there. Pretty sure Kelly did not have 27.
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thank you db & welcome back!
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:57 am    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:28 am    Post subject:

Thanks DB.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:27 am    Post subject:

s_habe wrote:
Thanks, DB! We missed you! A lot!

It is strange to hear all these talks about Rondo when we have such a great talent at hand in Clarkson.

Clarkson, Black, Davis and Lin. But who is the leader there? I think again, Clarkson is showing a promise.


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Ultimately, the Lakers couldn’t get stops as the Clippers picked on Kelly and also worked the ball to Redick for key points (those two each finished with 27 points).

Something is missing there. Pretty sure Kelly did not have 27.


Thanks. Fixed it. Left out mentioning Blake.

Rondo would be a terrible decision. I'm not putting a lot of weight into those rumors.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:56 am    Post subject:

Welcome back DB, and thanks as always!





To me, this is how the Lin Clarkson backcourt should function, if Lakers were actually interested in winning games, and player development was not higher priority:


(Lin and Black, or Lin and Ed Davis, attacking out of pnr, with Lin as point guard, and Clarkson as SG who Lin can kick the ball to if defense loads up on him, then Clarkson can slash to basket, and finish right up and over many defenses, much, much better than Lin, both because of his longer arms and much better hops). IIRC, that is what Lin and Clarkson looked like the OKC game where they were first paired together in starting lineup, and both players looked good and put up very good individual stat lines ( http://popcornmachine.net/bs?date=20150324&game=LALOKC )

Clarkson being groomed for some sort of point guard role, while seems like Lin won’t be on team next year, so it is understandable why ball is in Clarkson’s hands so much, but there are glimpses here and there of what the Lin Clarkson backcourt could have looked like if both players were allowed to function in their best roles.

And that is even before Lin and Clarkson were ever allowed to push the ball very aggressively in transition, say with Lin free to get defensive rebound himself and push immediately (not wait for teammate to pass him ball), and Clarkson get out in the open court where he can hit his top sustained speed and has the athleticism and hops to finish off of slick pass from Lin.

Just like the Lin Davis pnr which clicked from start of training camp / pre-season, Lakers seem to run as fast as possible away from what looks like it could have actually worked quite well for them ( http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/lakers/post/_/id/40215/davis-lin-pick-and-roll-effective-already & http://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2014/10/23/7049577/jeremy-lin-ed-davis-la-lakers-pick-and-roll )





Not meant to be from what seems to be Lakers front office’s vision of how they will rebuild the team, but you can see a bit how well they might have worked together, especially if Clarkson improves his on ball defense (and three point shot) over time.


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:34 am    Post subject:

This game showed that Clarkson has what it takes. Can't wait to see him with Kobe and Randle next year. Along with our draft pick and maybe a good FA or two.

Scott's rather tactless comment about foxholes shows that the Lakers know some players are proving why they should be here next season and others are not.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 10:57 am    Post subject:

SweetP wrote:
This game showed that Clarkson has what it takes. Can't wait to see him with Kobe and Randle next year. Along with our draft pick and maybe a good FA or two.

Scott's rather tactless comment about foxholes shows that the Lakers know some players are proving why they should be here next season and others are not.


I agree that Clarkson has the ability to be an excellent basketball player.

But playing next to Kobe with Byron as the coach?

I guess we will have to wait and see.
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sf2099 wrote:
SweetP wrote:
This game showed that Clarkson has what it takes. Can't wait to see him with Kobe and Randle next year. Along with our draft pick and maybe a good FA or two.

Scott's rather tactless comment about foxholes shows that the Lakers know some players are proving why they should be here next season and others are not.


I agree that Clarkson has the ability to be an excellent basketball player.

But playing next to Kobe with Byron as the coach?

I guess we will have to wait and see.


I think Clarkson will play well with Kobe, they seem to have similar work ethics and approach to the game. Kobe has mentored before with players that have earned his respect. Plus the Lakers may get another good backcourt player as well to combine with Clarkson and Kobe, three pieces that can play off each other and slide to 1,2 and even 3 position (Kobe). And Scott has done quite well coaching Clarkson so far.
Extrapolating from Lin's performance on this team to assume same will happen with Clarkson is a stretch. I doubt we are going to see people claiming Clarkson needs to play with certain other players on the floor or not on the floor to maximize his play.
But yes, we Laker fans will see how Clarkson does next year with a better team around him.
And by the way, Kobe is a legend so any young player should want to play with him just to watch how he reads the game and reacts to situations on and off the floor. Show him you have what it takes and want to be the best and then pick his brain, learn some of his moves. That's what Kobe did/does with some of the great ones from the past/present.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:43 pm    Post subject:

SweetP wrote:
sf2099 wrote:
SweetP wrote:
This game showed that Clarkson has what it takes. Can't wait to see him with Kobe and Randle next year. Along with our draft pick and maybe a good FA or two.

Scott's rather tactless comment about foxholes shows that the Lakers know some players are proving why they should be here next season and others are not.


I agree that Clarkson has the ability to be an excellent basketball player.

But playing next to Kobe with Byron as the coach?

I guess we will have to wait and see.


I think Clarkson will play well with Kobe, they seem to have similar work ethics and approach to the game. Kobe has mentored before with players that have earned his respect. Plus the Lakers may get another good backcourt player as well to combine with Clarkson and Kobe, three pieces that can play off each other and slide to 1,2 and even 3 position (Kobe). And Scott has done quite well coaching Clarkson so far.
Extrapolating from Lin's performance on this team to assume same will happen with Clarkson is a stretch. I doubt we are going to see people claiming Clarkson needs to play with certain other players on the floor or not on the floor to maximize his play.
But yes, we Laker fans will see how Clarkson does next year with a better team around him.
And by the way, Kobe is a legend so any young player should want to play with him just to watch how he reads the game and reacts to situations on and off the floor. Show him you have what it takes and want to be the best and then pick his brain, learn some of his moves. That's what Kobe did/does with some of the great ones from the past/present.


I guess the bright side is that Kobe will not be chasing any records next year (I think Karl's record is too far away)
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:38 pm    Post subject:

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SweetP wrote:
sf2099 wrote:
SweetP wrote:
This game showed that Clarkson has what it takes. Can't wait to see him with Kobe and Randle next year. Along with our draft pick and maybe a good FA or two.

Scott's rather tactless comment about foxholes shows that the Lakers know some players are proving why they should be here next season and others are not.


I agree that Clarkson has the ability to be an excellent basketball player.

But playing next to Kobe with Byron as the coach?

I guess we will have to wait and see.


I think Clarkson will play well with Kobe, they seem to have similar work ethics and approach to the game. Kobe has mentored before with players that have earned his respect. Plus the Lakers may get another good backcourt player as well to combine with Clarkson and Kobe, three pieces that can play off each other and slide to 1,2 and even 3 position (Kobe). And Scott has done quite well coaching Clarkson so far.
Extrapolating from Lin's performance on this team to assume same will happen with Clarkson is a stretch. I doubt we are going to see people claiming Clarkson needs to play with certain other players on the floor or not on the floor to maximize his play.
But yes, we Laker fans will see how Clarkson does next year with a better team around him.
And by the way, Kobe is a legend so any young player should want to play with him just to watch how he reads the game and reacts to situations on and off the floor. Show him you have what it takes and want to be the best and then pick his brain, learn some of his moves. That's what Kobe did/does with some of the great ones from the past/present.


I guess the bright side is that Kobe will not be chasing any records next year (I think Karl's record is too far away)

The bright side is that Kobe will be back, hopefully healthy and playing well, with a competitive backcourt player in Clarkson, who looks to be a great asset for the team. And a healthy Randle who will be raring to play and has been outspoken about his admiration for Kobe. And hopefully a great young player or two from the draft. Laker fans should enjoy next season.
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