A Martinez Interviews Lakers' Head Coach Byron (very long)

[ChokeFasncists]

http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2 ... s-new-rol/

Around 2000 you became coach of the New Jersey Nets. You took them to back-to-back finals. You didn’t win, but still, you got them to be Eastern Conference champs. Now a few years later in 2004 Phil Jackson left the Lakers, you also didn’t have a job at that time. Why didn’t that Laker-Byron Scott relationship happen then?

I don’t know. I really don’t know. I think timing is always everything. It just didn’t happen for whatever reason. I think I ended up going to New Orleans and taking that job. I don’t regret that one bit because I had this young guy named Chris Paul that I got to know real well, and a couple other guys, Tyson Chandler and David West. But it probably wasn’t just the right time. I mean that’s how I really look at it. It just wasn’t the right time for me to be here in Los Angeles, and I still needed some more experience and I still needed to learn some more things about the coaching. I don’t think I’ll ever learn everything there is to learn about coaching, because if I do, then it’s time to retire. So, it just took me on a different journey, but again, I don’t regret that move at all.

So how are players different now than when you played with Magic and Kareem?

Back in those days, everybody was all about the team, at least the team that I played for. You know, it was no hidden agendas. A lot of these players today, No. 1: They’ve been given a silver spoon with this AAU stuff, so by the time they get to the professional level, if you have a coach like myself, who is pretty demanding, and he jumps on them, they can’t handle that, you know, because they’re not used to coaches yelling at them or screaming, or whatever, or correcting them. Whereas back in our day, it was more of, coach said, ‘Do this,’ we did it. Now you say, ‘Guys I want you to do this,’ it’s more of, ‘Why?’ You know [laughs]. ‘Why should I do that coach?’ So, it’s just a different mentality than it was in the 1970s and 1980s. I’m not saying it’s good or bad, it’s just a totally different mentality.

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Thanks,
-Kilroy

[ChokeFasncists]

Oops, I thought as long as it's only a portion of the article it's OK. Oh well. Thanks!

BTW, the two other snippets I quoted were about the fact that Scott was informed of the Lakers' off season moves before his hiring and that Kobe will have his PT limited.

[snaquille oatmeal]

wasn't A Martinez a two-bit actor on LA Law?

[Sofa King]

wasn't A Martinez a two-bit actor on LA Law?

I thought he was a baseball player

[KobeBryant24]

wasn't A Martinez a two-bit actor on LA Law?

Ur gif will never ever be the same for me lol

[KobeBryant24]

I hope Kobe listens and plays towards Byrons direction for the team.

[snaquille oatmeal]

wasn't A Martinez a two-bit actor on LA Law?

I thought he was a baseball player

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Martinez

[Michael Lucky]

Scott has four of his five starters penciled in with Nash, Kobe, Boozer, and Hill. I should start taking bets on who goes down first considering all four are very injury prone.

[Slava]

I hope he's not planning on starting Nash. Only way Nash survives is if he plays 15 mins or so at max as a back up against less athletic second units.

[Michael Lucky]

just read it in an article on yahoo, can't find it anymore but apparently he had stated that for now he has four of the five starters figured out in Nash, Kobe, Boozer, and Hill. He was also leaning on Wesley Johnson to start at the three.

[ChokeFasncists]

You talking about this:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/lakers-sta ... 53654.html

?

Nothing to worry about, if Nash is up to task, he should be starting. If he isn't, Lin will play a lot anyways.

The problems are continuity and too much work for Nash, might not be a very good idea in that sense.

Also:

Nothing is set in stone with training camp and preseason still giving plenty of room for this to change,

And the original source:

http://www.dailynews.com/sports/2014090 ... challenges

Scott will spend training camp figuring out his starting lineup, which he says will currently feature Nash, Bryant, Carlos Boozer and Jordan Hill.

The main issue IMO should be Nash's health going forward.

[leeprettyp]

We're SERIOUSLY gonna start Steve Nash this season. Come on B.Scott please tell me you're kidding?????

[DEEP3CL]

Just because Nash may start doesn't mean he'll finish or play big minutes. Hell in fact Scott doing this gives him a preview to see how Nash handles things. If he isn't up to snuff then J.Lin will see most of the minutes.


And on a side note it's better to showcase Steve early, make teams think he's patch together well enough to go some minutes then erase his ass off the roster way before the deadline.

[Michael Lucky]

well apparently he doesn't have never pain anymore. But then again, we won't know for sure until he actually plays five on five.

[Sofa King]

We're SERIOUSLY gonna start Steve Nash this season. Come on B.Scott please tell me you're kidding?????

He's catering to Nash's ego giving him a chance. That's my take on it. If Nash didn't have a chance to start this season, that would crush his mojo. So it's good for Scott to say that at the very least.

But when training camp starts, all bets are off.