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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:01 pm    Post subject: TWOLVES -at- LAKERS - 10-28-15 - Thoughts and :-(( Ratings

Opening Night… The Lakers usher in the new season with a roster overhaul and a lot of young faces. Like any opening night, there are a lot of story lines: The legend, Kobe. The next chapter of potential stars, Randle, Clarkson, Russell. The new faces and their roles on the team. The chemistry among them all.

All of that came to play in the first game. They showed flashes of strong bench play, digging them out of an early hole and pushing them to a big first-half lead.

In the second half, that chemistry fell apart offensively. Defensively, they were picked apart by the Minnesota guards and made no adjustments.

“We stopped attacking. They kept attacking,” Scott said.

“We can’t get complacent when we are up 15 to 18 points,” said Julius Randle, who put together a strong 15 and 11 game (and should have been used more). “We got to finish games. Really put our foot on their throat at that point.”

The Lakers turned up the defensive intensity in the final minute and reeled the TWolves in. With 4 seconds left down 1, they set up a play out of a timeout for Lou Williams. He attacked to his right with speed off a screen and missed a great look short floater just a few feet from the hoop. The Lakers fell 112-111.

“That’s a shot that Lou regularly hits in practice,” Scott said. The Lakers were outscored 24-16 in the fourth quarter. They had scored 35 points in the third but gave up 37 to the TWolves.

Despite that, Kobe was optimistic afterward. “Very encouraged,” Kobe said. After a strong first half, Kobe went just 2-11 in the second half.


Kobe -- -- Opening Night. What’s it mean for Kobe? He officially tallies his 20th season in the NBA and the purple and gold. No player has ever played that long with a single team. Two decades in the same jersey is simply amazing. “I’ve always dreamed of being with one organization and being with this organization as a kid,” Kobe said. “I’ve been in this jersey more than half my life, and that’s crazy.” With this game, he moved up past Wilt as No. 4 all time in minutes played after just a 3 minutes. The career numbers are epic. He had a good first half, but went a poor 2-11 in the second half. A very three-heavy game from him, shooting 13 times from behind the arc and only coming up with 9 points (actually 14 times and 12 points since he got fouled on another one). “Probably a little too man,” Scott said. Defensively, he matched up with Wiggins who was a non-factor. Both Wiggins and Prince were checking Kobe on D. “I kind of got to work back into rhythm a little bit,” Kobe said afterward. He and the team. The Stats: He scored 24 points on 8-24 shooting (3-13 from three, 5-5 from the line) to go with 4 boards, 1 assist, steals and 1 foul in 29 minutes. He was a -6. The Action: He missed a long three on his first shot. He sank a wing face-up jumper over Wiggins out of the midpost. Same spot but he missed next time down. He crossed over Prince badly, but missed the jumper. He missed another wing jumper. He missed a baseline jumper on a switch. He took the ball in the middle of the paint, faked one way, went the other, double-clutched, hung and banked as he fell away. He crossed over twice and hit the 18-footer. He swished a long three with 3 seconds on the clock. He iso’d against Prince and hit a tough elbow turnaround over the good D. He was fouled on a three with no call. He made a tech. He sank a wing three, scraping a defender off him around a screen. He had 15 points on 6-13 shooting (2-6 from three). Second Half: He missed a corner three and wanted the foul. He sank an And-1 jumper from the top off the key, he made the FT. He rattled down a wing three off the high handoff from Hibbert. No legs on a three in early offense, Russell got it back, found him again and Kobe missed the three from the sideline. He airballed a wing three. Back in and he missed another long three. He iso’d and missed a turnaround. He blew past Wiggins baseline but missed the easy layup. He iso’d in the post and bricked. He drew three FTs down 9, he made all three. We got it back after a steal in the backcourt and he missed a wide open three.

Clarkson -- -- The Lakers guard defense left a lot to be desired. Between Clarkson, Russell, Huertas and Williams, they couldn’t get a stop as the Lakers two-man D was extremely soft. Rubio went off for 28 points as the Lakers never changed up the D on him. “That’s how we were playing him,” Clarkson said. “We wanted to force him into shooting that jumpshot.” They gave up a number of wide open jumpers as the TWolves were content to take what was given to them and the Lakers guards weren’t able to stay in their jerseys off the screens with our bigs staying back. The Lakers also struggled to keep Martin off the line (Clarkson, Russell and Williams all took turns on him). This is where we really need Clarkson’s game to grow…on D. He finally came up with a stop on the TWolves final possession with about 8 seconds left, making a good challenge. With his athleticism, he just needs to be a student of the game on this end. Offensively, he did his usual work from the midrange and getting to the rim. If the shoulder injury is still there, it didn’t seem to affect things, thankfully. We didn’t orchestrate the offense very well in the fourth. It felt like a lot of baton passing from one player to the next. “We’ve got to put our foot down and bring that killer instinct,” Clarkson said. The Stats: He scored 14 points on 5-12 shooting (0-2 from three, 4-6 from the line) to go with 4 boards, 3 assists, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls in 30 minutes. The Action: He curled off the handoff from Randle and scored the layup. He probed off the wing screen with Randle and hit the floater. He missed the floater from the wing. He attacked down the lane and hooked a pass over to Lou in the corner for the open three (nearly deflected). He attacked strong and drew FTs at the rim, he made one. He attacked in transition, exploded to his left around the defender and scored the layup. He missed a three with the shotclock low. He drew FTs creating from the perimeter, he made both. He was blocked out of bounds trying to finish in a crowd. He was called for a charge trying to attack on a 2-for-1 that wasn’t there. He had 9 points on 3-6 shooting and 3 assists. Second Half: He probed in early offense and found Hibbert for FTs. He missed an open corner three. Hibbert couldn’t handle a pass in transition from Clarkson. Cheap call on an And-1 on Martin and he sat for Lou at the 5 minute mark. He gave up a straight-line drive to Rubio for a layup. He probed off a screen and hit the elbow jumper on the other end. Then gave up another jumper to Rubio. He sank a pull-up 18-footer working off the high screen. He airballed a pull-up from the wing working off the screen next time down. Aggressive attack with a minute left and he drew FTs down 5, he made just one.

Randle -- -- What’s opening night mean for Julius? A year ago was a gut shot to Randle, the team and every Laker fan. He’s picked himself up, worked hard and is taking the do-over on his rookie year. He was 1 year old when KG played his first opening night. Going up him and KAT, Randle finished the night with a double-double. I wish he was more integrated into the offense in the fourth quarter. It was guard heavy action. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened had the Lakers not called a timeout when Randle was attacking in transition in the final 8 seconds. He missed on that, but the whistle had blown a couple steps prior so players usually ease off on the play. Just wish we had used him more, however, in that final quarter. He had one score after calling his own number off a defensive board and pushing it up. We needed more of him getting the TWolves on their heels. “We just lost our edge, gave them confidence,” Randle said. “They started hitting shots and it made it hard for us to get stops, and we didn’t finish the game.” Offensively, he still doesn’t trust finishing with the right. That’s a work in progress that will help him a lot. I liked seeing Randle not backing down from KG. Kid has that alpha blood in him. Defensively, I’d like to see him really get after it on those screens, but the refs were whistling a ton of touch fouls. The third time Randle has thrown an inbounds off a player’s back to himself. I wasn’t sure he was going to pull that out in the regular season, but he went for it in the first game right off of KG. The Stats: He scored 15 points on 5-13 shooting (5-6 from the line) to go with 11 boards, 2 assists, 1 turnover and 2 fouls in 30 minutes. He was a +2. The Action: He missed a wing pull-up jumper in semi-transition. He missed a layup after blowing past KG. He posted up and drew FTs on iso, he made both. He blew past his man on a drive to his right, but couldn’t finish the layup with his right (Hibbert cleaned it up). He shed his man ducking in weak to strong under the hoop, Hibbert found him and Randle powered in the dunk (more please). He was blocked by the help D when he tried to finish with his left instead of the off hand (run that two-man game on the other side of the court going to his strong hand sometime). He gave up an offensive board and score. He attacked down the lane on iso but couldn’t finish, Hibbert drew FTs on the follow (Randle not backing down to KG’s yapping and KG drew a tech). He threw another inbounds pass off KG’s backside and brought it up court. Second Half: He missed a short jumphook, got it back and scored the And-1 reverse, he made the FT. He was called for throwing a shoulder into KG as the TWolves were getting into their offense set (they reviewed it to see if it was a flagrant…KG initiated more of that than Randle). He pulled down the defensive board, pushed it up, then exploded past a defender for the layup. He created from the top of the FT line on KAT and scored an And-1 on an up-and-under, he made the FT. Quick attack from the wing off the kickout from Russell, he missed but Hibbert again to the line off the Randle drive. He crashed the glass, pulled down the Kobe miss and drew FTs on the putback attempt, he made one. He attacked right and tried to finish with the left and missed (looked like he was hit on the arm). He fumbled the ball out of bounds under the hoop. He grabbed a missed FT, pushed it up, iso’d on KAT, spun to send KAT to the floor and he scored the layup.

Russell -- -- Russell’s opening night debut brings a lot of question marks for people. He said he needs to mature quickly. We’re throwing him into the fire with the hopes of just that. Scott altered his role to play/think more like a traditional SG. That should take some load off Russell as he gets his feet wet. He had very few touches in the first half as a result, however. When Clarkson had to sit with some foul issues in the third, Russell then took over full time as the PG for the rest of that quarter. Offensively, he hit a couple of jumpers and missed a couple of threes (one of his three misses was a 70-foot heave). The Lakers scored 35 points in that third quarter with him orchestrating things a bit more. In the fourth quarter, we lost that flow. Russell stayed on the bench in favor of Lou down the stretch. Defensively, he was in on the Rubio D along with Clarkson and company. They got torched and never changed things up in their schemes (we gave up 37 points in that third). Overall, a very quiet game. KAT ended up with a double-double in his debut. Asked what they want him to focus on when he’s out there, Russell said, “Honestly, I don’t know. It’s just something you’ve got to develop with experience, with game experience.” The Stats: He scored 4 points on 2-7 shooting (0-3 from three) to go with 3 boards, 2 assists, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls in 26 minutes. He was a -9. The Action: He missed a short one after pulling down an offensive board. He worked the two-man game and dumped it to the rolling Bass for the layup. He tried to thread a no-looker to a man under the hoop and it was picked off. He sank a wing 21-footer off the high screen, his first NBA hoop. He had 2 points on 1-2 shooting and 1 assist. Second Half: He missed a sideline three trying to step back and find the line. He threw a pass out of bounds when Roy didn’t expect it (Roy apologized, it was there for a layup if he pays attention). He crossed over, drew contact on a layup and couldn’t finish. He gave up an And-1 jumper to Rubio trying to recover and getting contact. He got crossed over and gave up the layup. He swished the pull-up 18-footer off the high screen. He hit Nick off the floppy for a three. He missed a wing three on iso. He threw a pass away after splitting a double and drawing a crowd. He missed a 70-footer at the buzzer.

Hibbert -- -- Opening night for Roy in Hollywood. The change of scenery should be good for him, and he showed some of his strengths in first official game in the purple and gold. He crashed the glass well off some Randle drives to get points on the putback attempts, finishing with 5 offensive boards. That often turned into FTs where he was 10-10. He struggled to finish the easy ones around the rim, but good job with the energy there. Wish we could have done a better job funneling guards to him. Offensively, aside from crashing the glass I love seeing him find Randle. Those two need to make that a consistent part of their game. No open jumpers for Hibbert in this game. The Stats: He scored 12 points on 1-4 shooting (10-10 from the line) to go with 10 boards (5 offensive), 4 assists, 2 blocks, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls in 28 minutes. He was a -8. The Action: Nice close out to get a piece of a jumper. He missed a jumphook on iso out of the triangle. He grabbed an offensive board, but traveled trying to create in the low post. He cleaned up Randle’s dribble penetration with a putback. He hit Randle coming weak-to-strong for a power move and slam. He roofed his man in the post and took the ball away from him (never even jumped, was just on his toes). He drew FTs trying to clean up the Randle dribble penetration, he made both. He was called for an off-ball foul on an inbounds. He had 6 boards, 2 assists and 2 blocks in the half. Second Half: He missed a jumphook on iso. He drew FTs crashing the glass on the Kobe missed three, he made both. He drew FTs attacking in transition off the Clarkson probe, he made both. Nice switch on Rubio to flush him out of the lane and we drew a 3-second call. He drew more FTs off the Randle drive, he made both. He drew FTs cutting off ball in the paint, he made both. He grabbed a Kobe miss but couldn’t finish at the front of the rim.

Williams -- -- “When I let it go, I thought it was a bucket,” Williams said. “It’s a routine shot for me.” Yep. He had a great look attacking to his right off the inbounds with 4 seconds left. He back-rimmed the short floater at the buzzer for the win. That was there for him. I’m glad we went to him vs. defaulting to Kobe who was pretty stone cold in the second half. Lou had made a big three with 31 seconds left to get the Lakers closer (he had missed a wide open three with 2 minutes left that was a huge one). He and Nick combined for 35 points on 11-22 shooting. I think you take that every game. Defensively, he didn’t provide much resistance like the rest of our guards. That’s where the real problem is for this team right now. They’ve been getting lit up. The Stats: He scored 21 points on 6-14 shooting (2-7 from three, 7-7 from the line) to go with 3 boards, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 turnover and 3 fouls in 27 minutes. He was a +3. The Action: He attacked in transition, sought contact on the perimeter and drew FTs, he made both. He missed a sideline jumper on the inbounds pass. He spotted up and drained the open corner three on the Clarkson kickout. Nice defensive board boxing out a big under the hoop. He attacked to his right off the high screen and got the layup to drop (it nearly crawled out). He pulled up at the elbow, gathered himself and sank the 17-footer. He changed directions on a screen to blow past his man and score a layup. He missed a three at the top of the arc working off the high screen. He heard a whistle and threw it up from the top of the key to earn FTs, he made both. He had 13 points on 4-6 shooting and was a +16. Second Half: He made a tech FT. He drew FTs nearly getting picked on the perimeter, he made both. He was picked going up for a three in the corner, points the other way. He missed a drive. He sank a fading jumper on the probe. He missed a wing three in early offense working off the screen. He missed a sideline three. He missed a wide open corner three that could have made a 6-point trip down court with 2 minutes left. He drained a huge 3 to cut it to one with 31 seconds left. He missed a great look at a runner at the buzzer for the win.

Bass -- -- If Bass were a second-year player instead of a vet, he would not have been playing the backup C spot. Scott wants to play Kelly because he had a good preseason, but instead of sitting Bass for getting outplayed at PF, he’s going to run him at the C spot, where I thought he was also outplayed by Black in the preseason. I’d much rather see Black out their working with Huertas offensively and showing a little more presence on D at the center position. The TWolves probably should have taken more advantage of attacking the rim when Bass was in there. So we got away with it more than we probably should have. The Stats: He scored 2 points on 1-4 shooting to go with 6 boards, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls in 17 minutes. He was a +2. The Action: He missed an open baseline jumper. He attacked the paint off the two-man game with Russell and scored the layup. Second Half: He got blocked on a layup he should have finished. He missed an awkward jumper in the paint. He pushed out a rebound and threw it out of bounds, uggh. He was called for an illegal screen.

Young -- -- Both he and Kelly want to put last year behind them. Decent game from Nick in that regard in his opening night. In the second half, he did force a couple of shots, but I also saw him reset the offense once and the ball found its way back to him for a three. He’s got to keep that mindset. There’s no reason to force the issue with this bench with isolation plays off the dribble. Nick and Lou had the TWolves on their heels in the first half, and this started while Clarkson was still the PG, which is a good sign. During that first half, he was a +17. The second half, he was a -12. The Stats: He scored 14 points on 5-8 shooting (4-7 from three) to go with 2 boards and 3 fouls in 19 minutes. He was a +5. The Action: He missed a three on a kickout from Randle. He pushed out the board, pulled up and hit the 18-footer. He took the inbounds with 2 seconds left, pushed it up and hit a pumping halfcourt heave at the buzzer. He let a man fly by, measured and drained the wing three. He had 8 points on 3-4 shooting. Second Half: He sank a wing three off the floppy. Nice job not forcing a shot on iso when it wasn’t there, we then worked it around again and found him for a wide open three on the wing a few seconds later and he knocked it down. He missed a three on an iso chuck (don’t force it). He missed a corner three.

Huertas -- -- For Huertas, opening night is the culmination of a long journey to the NBA. He finally got to register his first game in the top level of hoops. He helped carry over the energy that the bench started in the first quarter into the second and build an early Laker lead. He needs to be the ball dominant player when Nick and Lou are out there. That will make them better. Things got a little clunky offensively when we started staggering our subs. Some of these lineups hadn’t see light of day. Defensively, he played with energy, but it was of little impact. I’d like more of the pass deflections and disruptions we’ve seen. He got this debut game out of his system. Hopefully, he’ll make a quick adjustment to this level. Our two rookie PGs combined for 6 points, 5 assists and 4 turnovers. Pretty lackluster start, but they’ll get better. The Stats: He scored 2 points on 1-2 shooting (0-1 from three) to go with 1 board, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 turnover and 2 fouls in 13 minutes. He was a -3. The Action: He grabbed an offensive board and reset the offense (nearly a great pass to Nick off that board, too). After resetting the offense on that, he hit Nick again, this time for the three. He was called for a moving screen as he handed off the ball. He missed a long set shot three badly having to throw it up against the shotclock. Second Half: He gave up three FTs to Martin in transition, uggh. He attacked from the wing, froze the D on a ball fake and scored the layup.

Kelly -- -- For Kelly, opening night is about trying to put that bad season behind him. He played the PF tonight not the SF like last year. Scott seems to be wisely avoiding that at all costs (not so wisely with the Bass at C rotation). A weak game scoring-wise, not like what we’ve seen in the preseason. He did, however, fill up the stats with some of the little things we need from him. His rebounding has been much better this year and he showed that tonight with some good battles on the board. Still, not much of an impact overall. “In a lot of ways, we handed it over to them ourselves,” Kelly said of their effort tonight. “But also a lot of good things to grow on. A lot of positives.” The Stats: He scored 3 points on 1-5 shooting (0-2 from three, 1-1 from the line) to go with 6 boards, 3 assists, 1 block, 1 turnover and 4 fouls in 21 minutes. He was a +2. The Action: He missed a wide open three straight away. He passed off instead of trying to dunk in the paint and charged (probably would have been two FTs had he shot). He attacked from the wing and scored the And-1 layup, he made the FT. Second Half: Flat pull-up jumper from the elbow (should have taken the open three when he first got it). He swung it quickly from Russell to Nick for the wing three. Good battle in a crowd to pull down the defensive board. He airballed a drive trying to create on iso. He got tapped on an open three. He fouled on the perimeter to give up FTs. Nice D flushing the guard through the baseline and then getting a piece of the shot to get a stop.

Scott -- -- The Lakers wore Flip T-Shirts pregame in memory of Flip Saunders, who was beloved by many, especially those on the opposing roster who knew him well. An emotional opening night for the T-Wolves. He was the Timberwolves all-time winningest coach… The Lakers trailed 11-6 after 5 minutes when the timeout came. The two-man game with Clarkson/Randle working, but the iso game was inefficient to start… Russell picked up two fouls and sat after 6 minutes for Lou… The Lakers trailed 14-10 when Kobe sat for Nick at the 5-minute mark… Both Towns and Russell quiet in their first stints… An 8-0 Laker run to take a 1-point lead… Kelly in for Randle, Bass in for Hibbert… The Laker run extended to 12-0… The bench just exploded behind Lou and Nick… The Lakers took a 31-22 lead after the first quarter (16 points in the paint)… He started a Bass, Kelly, Young, Williams, Huertas lineup… They pushed out to a 41-28 lead when Kobe and D’Angelo came back for Young and Williams… A 13-point lead when the timeout came midway through the quarter… Randle in for Kelly… Hibbert in for Bass, Lakers up 14… Offense looking confused on several sets. Huertas sat for Clarkson up 11… Poor close to the half by the Lakers as they had a 16-point lead trimmed down to 9 in the final minute… The Lakers led 60-51 at the half. The Lakers shot 48% (21-44, 5-14 3PT, 13-14 FT). The TWolves shot 44% (19-43, 4-13 3PT, 9-11 FT)… A little bit choppy on both ends by the Lakers but they edged the lead up to 12 when the timeout came midway through the quarter… Clarkson picked up another foul and sat for Lou after 7 minutes… Kobe out shortly later for Young, Lakers up 14… He brought in Kelly and Bass for Hibbert and Randle, Lakers up 13 with 3:37 left… Scott called a timeout a minute later up by 9… TWolves going to the line like crazy on touch fouls… The Lakers led 95-88 heading into the fourth. They need to keep the TWolves off the foul line… He started a Bass, Kelly, Young, Williams, Huertas lineup… The lead was trimmed to 2 and Scott brought back in Hibbert, Kobe and Clarkson… The guard defense just terrible… The Lakers trailed 101-99 when the timeout came midway through the quarter… Randle in… Just 6 points in the quarter so far for the Lakers with just over 3 minutes left. A lot of guard chucking down the stretch… Hibbert out for Kelly with 2:42 left down 6… Down 1 with 4 seconds left, timeout. The Lakers got the ball to Lou attack to the right off a screen (Kobe on the left side of the court). He got a great look at the game winner, but missed… The Lakers shot a weak 9-35 from three, but a great 32-35 from the line…. Martin and Rubio combined for 51 points…
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:05 pm    Post subject:

First. Thanks DB
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:12 pm    Post subject:

Thanks DB
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:20 pm    Post subject:

Thanks so much as always for the writeup DB. It's a shame you have to deal with writing up the messed up (bleep) that happened in tonight's game thanks to Scott.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:27 pm    Post subject:

Enjoyed the write up (as much as one can after a loss)

Bass doesn't belong at the 5 spot. I hope Scott brings Black in as backup there instead. Put Bass in at the backup 4 spot. Not impressed with Kelly.

Also, needs to play Russell and Randle, more, they're really not too far off. they just need to get acclimated to the game. Russell and Huertas, those two should be bringing up the ball, Scott should forget this Williams pg stuff.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 11:52 pm    Post subject:

Goldenwest wrote:
Enjoyed the write up (as much as one can after a loss)

Bass doesn't belong at the 5 spot. I hope Scott brings Black in as backup there instead. Put Bass in at the backup 4 spot. Not impressed with Kelly.

Also, needs to play Russell and Randle, more, they're really not too far off. they just need to get acclimated to the game. Russell and Huertas, those two should be bringing up the ball, Scott should forget this Williams pg stuff.


Kelly was much better than bass. Should have been kelly and black.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:07 am    Post subject:

Nice work as usual DB.

I thought Russell was a little overwhelmed by the moment, but still did ok. Needs to get more aggressive and tone down the needless flash. Liked what I saw from Kelly in terms of rebounding effort. Hibbert looked good. He and Randle go for 27 and 21...that will get it done.

Waaaaay too much ISO ball. Kobe needs to set a different tone.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:12 am    Post subject:

Thanks DB.

Asked what they want him to focus on when he’s out there, Russell said, “Honestly, I don’t know. It’s just something you’ve got to develop with experience, with game experience.”

Does that statement bother anyone else or am I reading too much into it? How can Russell not know what they want him to focus on? Is the coaching staff not communicating?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:14 am    Post subject:

SweetP wrote:
Thanks DB.

Asked what they want him to focus on when he’s out there, Russell said, “Honestly, I don’t know. It’s just something you’ve got to develop with experience, with game experience.”

Does that statement bother anyone else or am I reading too much into it? How can Russell not know what they want him to focus on? Is the coaching staff not communicating?


Head is probably just spinning after OD'ing on coaching platitudes.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:15 am    Post subject:

Very disappointed in Kobe's game tonight. 24 shots in 29 minutes is silly.
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SweetP wrote:
Thanks DB.

Asked what they want him to focus on when he’s out there, Russell said, “Honestly, I don’t know. It’s just something you’ve got to develop with experience, with game experience.”

Does that statement bother anyone else or am I reading too much into it? How can Russell not know what they want him to focus on? Is the coaching staff not communicating?


I made a whole thread on the subject.

And yes, that is terrible to hear because that is HUGE red flags that could get real ugly for this team sooner than later.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:33 am    Post subject:

Trying very hard to look on the bright side, but we were 9-35 from 3-pt range. We should normally shoot better than that, and a few of those misses were wide open looks that just wouldn't go down...if just ONE had gone in...
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Enjoyed the write up (as much as one can after a loss)

Bass doesn't belong at the 5 spot. I hope Scott brings Black in as backup there instead. Put Bass in at the backup 4 spot. Not impressed with Kelly.

Also, needs to play Russell and Randle, more, they're really not too far off. they just need to get acclimated to the game. Russell and Huertas, those two should be bringing up the ball, Scott should forget this Williams pg stuff.


Kelly was much better than bass. Should have been kelly and black.


Pretty much. Bass should be an insurance guy in case of injury just like Metta. He doesn't belong in the rotation.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 12:55 am    Post subject:

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Asked what they want him to focus on when he’s out there, Russell said, “Honestly, I don’t know. It’s just something you’ve got to develop with experience, with game experience.”

Does that statement bother anyone else or am I reading too much into it? How can Russell not know what they want him to focus on? Is the coaching staff not communicating?


BScott tried to quickly sweep it under the rug ("we talked..." yadda yadda) but DLo has said before that he doesn't entirely know what his role is. Him basically reiterating that is a concern for sure. Le sigh.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:05 am    Post subject:

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SweetP wrote:
Thanks DB.

Asked what they want him to focus on when he’s out there, Russell said, “Honestly, I don’t know. It’s just something you’ve got to develop with experience, with game experience.”

Does that statement bother anyone else or am I reading too much into it? How can Russell not know what they want him to focus on? Is the coaching staff not communicating?


BScott tried to quickly sweep it under the rug ("we talked..." yadda yadda) but DLo has said before that he doesn't entirely know what his role is. Him basically reiterating that is a concern for sure. Le sigh.

Thanks DB.
DLO said it himself, he needs to focus his energies on playing tough D because his playmaking skills come naturally to him.

With him, school is now in session.
First Lesson: Ricky Rubio - need to stay up on him to contest his shots more closely
Second Lesson: Rajon Rondo - similar player that doesn't shoot as well as Rubio did last night but is far more shifty and utilizes back cuts

The dramatic lost of intensity on D, if it continues for a couple more games, could prompt that MWP will be on the active roster and either Black or Bass will be inactive.

If Bass is not effectively shooting his shots from the elbow or helping the team increase the pace of the game - why is he there

Thanks for the great writeup - as always, DB!!!


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:08 am    Post subject:

Thanks DB. Promising start though should have won it really.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 2:38 am    Post subject:

Excellent DB it was great reading!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 3:50 am    Post subject:

Thanks DB!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 4:24 am    Post subject:

Thanks DB.

Fortunately, I only caught the first half.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:34 am    Post subject:

I really lay this loss on Scott. After having not seen it the entire preseason, he put the ball exclusively in Clarkson's hands while playing Russell off the ball when starting together. Immediately you could see how confused Russell looked out there. Then to compound it, Huertas comes in, Russell out there with him and Russell shifts to primary ball-handler, leaving Huertas playing out of position. It's no wonder the offense lost it's flow. Kobe also heat-checked the offense down the tubes in the second half. No adjustments on D when Rubio was torching us and then you had Martin getting garbage calls all night and getting to the free throw line. All in all, blowing a very winnable game. Scott needs to play these guys to their strengths. Why the experimentation started in game 1 of the regular season, I have no idea. Bass as backup center? Good grief.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:53 am    Post subject:

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Very disappointed in Kobe's game tonight. 24 shots in 29 minutes is silly.


Someone has to call him out on that...
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:56 am    Post subject:

Thanks DB for an excellent write up on a frustrating game.

What's most frustrating to me is that we could all see this coming, it's so painfully obvious to everyone, that Byron's fixation for this season is trotting out Bass as a 5, the same kind of fixation that had him trotting out Kelly as a 3 last season. No matter how awful we look and how many leads we lose he'll find someone else to blame for the loss. Lakers totally had this game. They were cruising along with a 12-15 point margin before the inevitable.

If we're going to give away a lead, I'd rather it be because we're developing a young player like Nance at 4, not providing the most redundant non-core PF we have with playing time at 5 simply because he and the coach go way back.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 6:35 am    Post subject:

Thanks for the recap DB.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 7:10 am    Post subject:

Black>>>>>>>>>>>>>Bass
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 7:17 am    Post subject:

Here are my thoughts. I realize there will be some redundancy, but its needed. Byron Scott is an awful coach, if not just for this unit, then overall. The GOOD: Hibbert's stroke from the free throw line looks good, especially for a big man. He got in there and mixed it up and got some of those opportunities. Lou is just a plain and simple scorer, he can manufacture points. He is not a point, note to Byron Scott. Jordan Clarkson is really coming along fine and is going to be a all-star one day soon. Randle is always in attack mode, but he gets in a hurry. As Wooden say, do it fast but don't get it in a hurry. The BAD: There is plenty. Scott, Scott and Scott. Randle has to fix that jumpshot. Bass, like many before him has put on Laker uniform and forgotten how to play. Kelly, he wears the right number, his game is Luke-ess. Kobe, very disappointing. The complaining is really annoying! He let the shots come to him in the first quarter, though he missed most of them. He forced nearly every shot he took in the second half. Just head down, looking for no one else, ill-advised garbage. In addition he set a bad example for the youngsters and showed very little leadership out there. Come on Kobe, you're better than that. Oh yea, and did I mention Scott, he's horrible!
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