Roster cut: Brandon Heath, down to 17.

Post #1 » by **dockingsched** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:28 pm

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/081020br ... aived.html

The Los Angeles Lakers have requested waivers on guard Brandon Heath, it was announced today.

Heath, a 6-3 guard out of San Diego State spent last season playing in France for Entente Orleans 45 where he averaged 12.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 25 games. In five preseason games with the Lakers, Heath averaged 1.4 points in 8.6 minutes.

The Lakers preseason roster now stands at 17.

Post #2 » by **kno** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:37 pm

Why the hell did we cut Pre-Face surgery Kanye West?!?!?

hermes · Post #3 » by **hermes** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:39 pm

ah rats i had Heath getting cut last

Verbal · Post #4 » by **Verbal** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:05 pm

Kno wrote:Why the hell did we cut Pre-Face surgery Kanye West?!?!?

More like Sean John.

Verbal · Post #5 » by **Verbal** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:06 pm

Pac must be back.

TonyMontana · Post #6 » by **TonyMontana** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:12 pm

I knew he wouldnt workout.
Phil never liked him or his attitude.

Post #7 » by **Danny Darko** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:17 pm

I had him first... hated his play like no scrub roster cut ever maybe. Two or three more... any guesses? Crawford, Karl, seem like no brainer the way Karl's played. The third... Giles or Mbenga... hmmmm tough to say without knowing if Giles is really a problem child or he just needed some maturing. I'm gonna guess DJ stays because it's harder to replace 7ft guys, but I'd almost rather Keep Giles.

Verbal · Post #8 » by **Verbal** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:47 pm

DJ probably has the edge b/c he's got "triangle experience"... lol.

You know how Phil loves them rookies.

hahahaahha.

microfib4thewin · Post #9 » by **microfib4thewin** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:02 pm

Has he made even a good play from the preseason?

LA-LA-Land · Post #10 » by **LA-LA-Land** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:44 pm

microfib4thewin wrote:Has he made even a good play from the preseason?

no. a thousand times, no.

Luxury · Post #11 » by **Luxury** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:11 am

Any logic would point to keeping Giles. The last spot can go to who ever warms up the bench better. My say would be Karl, not for his (crappy game so far) but for his likability.

Kobay · Post #12 » by **Kobay** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:01 am

sun yue would get cut today if he wasn't tall, he definitely needs to learn the fundamentals.

Heath showed nothing good.

Giles needs to get more upper body muscle and he would be great.

karl was good last season but he is sucking hard right now.

Powell is a keeper.

Joey C hasn't done bad at all, we would keep him

Mbenga is our only back up center that plays defense and a crowd fav.

Mihm is too slow on defense, I really don't want to see him in when the game matters.

so ultimately, its giles and coby and PJ will prolly keep sun yue as a project.

Post #13 » by **Slava** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:01 am

Never liked that guy and his performances didn't help either. They could get rid of Karl and Yue too. Time to take out the trash. :lol:

Keep Mbenga!

Post #14 » by **crazyeights** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:30 am

Crawford looks steady out there, but I don't remember him doing anything. Whereas the other scrubs have at least looked bad. :lol:

Leonidas · Post #15 » by **Leonidas** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:01 am

Crawford hasn't gotten enough burn for me to say.. Powell stays, Gile is in the same boat with Crawford. Coby what happend? You are the next to be cut on Laker Survior Island..

But Heath it was only a matter of time.. He just sucked from the get go.

DEEP3CL · Post #16 » by **DEEP3CL** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:12 am

My money is on Giles to be next.

Chubby Chaser · Post #17 » by **Chubby Chaser** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:18 am

I think CJ Giles could turn into a real talent in the league. I think Carl should be the next cut. But probably will be the last since he made the team last year. (He looks just awful right now. He doesn't even look like he'll make a NBADL team) Powell is a keep for sure. His mid range shot looks absolute money. I say we just keep Mbenga and Powell and call it a day. He has by far surpassed any expectations I've had for him. And by the way. Mihm is looking good. He's finally healthy. He's lean and in shape. It looks like he's got his touch back on his turnaround shot. He's boxing out and establishing early position down-low on offense. And he's blocking shots. He had a few blocks yesterday against Toronto. He had one J Oneal also if I remember right. It's good to see him getting going again. He'll be a great 2nd or 3rd backup center. Giles is a good talent, and if I had to keep one out of the Crawford, heath, Giles, Karl, combo then it'd be Giles. But we already have a plethora of SF's. Let's just go with more bigs and get this ball rolling already. 8-)