Time to rebuild our bench

[magic1fan]

it does make you mad when you look at our bench especially when you hear all these dummies claiming how deep we are. you have benches like maimi's shooting lights out while our's is playing like straight trash. i agree we need to fix our starting lineup though. kobe is asked to do to much,start the offense,then be the primary scorer and closer. we need a nice point guard that can take the pressure off of him. plus despite what the magic say i think they would be happy to get a gasol,and change for howard,instead of letting him walk for nothing at all...

[rhp1990]

Kobe and Fisher making Brown work on his FTs!

[Doormatt]

Kobe and Fisher making Brown work on his FTs!

Isn't he like a 90% FT shooter? I hope that wasn't recent, because we got a lot bigger problems than browns FT shooting.

[rhp1990]

its recent

[PurpleGold]

Kobe and Fisher making Brown work on his FTs!

Isn't he like a 90% FT shooter? I hope that wasn't recent, because we got a lot bigger problems than browns FT shooting.

Yeah but those numbers are a bit skewed since he barely gets to the line.

[ALL HAIL]

I'm not sure what you all expect from Steve Blake.

He's a methodical floor general who can hit a spot up three.

He's not going to come into the game and drop nine quick points for us.

His ideal role is as a starter.

Expected: to be better than Jordan Farmar. He is not even his equal.

He is better than Farmar ... in the triangle.

He just hasn't been used properly.

Blake is a role playing (floor general/shooting) STARTING PG.

That's his best role. And if he starts, he'd need a defensive/pure shooting PG to form an ideal PG platoon with veteran quarterbacking and offensive/defensive SPARK off the bench.

Blake and Fisher are a bad platoon.

Blake needs to start and Fisher is ideally suited in a reserve SG role next to an oversized PG.

[joe.linnen]

I want to keep Odom and Barnes, as much as I love Walton he has to go, Brown I have much respect for as well as Blake.

bench
SF:Barnes
PF:Odom
C:
SG:
PG:Blake(nobody will take him off our hands)

[semi-sentient]

B)Magic have already said they will not trade Howard like Denver did (stupid IMO) but they have stated he's either resigning of walking

1) I'm not sure how you can call what Denver did stupid when they actually improved?

2) The Magic are completely full of ****. They are not going to just let Howard walk for nothing. If he does walk, they can't resign anyone of significance due to Gilbert's horrible contract, and you can bet your ass he won't be opting out. If Howard lets it be known that he's going to walk, then I fully expect the Lakers to start dangling Bynum + fillers in their faces, and they are NOT going to turn that down because there won't be anything better to be had. Like Jetset stated, they are already positioning themselves with those comments.

[dballislife]

if lakers dont win its all on kupchak...zero pure shooter on team and fisher/blake combo at pg, that is all

[H00PDREAMS]

Report: Sixers Will Look To Trade Iguodala
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/six ... odala.html

[twenty4]

i like that Gary Neal guy from Spurs... we need shooters

[laduane1]

The playoffs shows that this league is getting younger. Lakers have traded away 4 straight first round draft picks and those could have been the re-building of the bench. Yes we got Pau for 2 first rounders. But it just adds up to no future of young talent on the bench as other teams get better with time as there young players become there core players.

[Leor_77]

I really thought we should have given Ebanks more playing time...It's really too bad. Anyway, I'm totally for getting a guard like Aaron Brooks - I hope we get him, but I don't think Phoenix will let him go.

Whatever we do, our lack of a quality point guard has finally came back to bite us in the ass. We have to address that issue moving forward.

[Edrees]

With the triangle gone and a new coach, the bench could all of a sudden be a good. Our bench is full of under performers. Barnes, Blake, Ebanks, caracter...this could be a pretty decent bench with one or two new additions and actually giving the younger guys some playing time.

The only players I don't like from our bench are shannon and luke

[what would jack bauer do?]

Yeah I really thought Phil would have given Ebanks some burn at the end of the season and in the playoffs. Especially with Barnes aggravating his surgically repaired knee and having it drained right as the playoffs started. It really is a shame Ebanks broke his leg in march... if he was 100% we really could have used his speed and athleticism.

And I'm dissappointed he didn't get some prime time experience against the best in the world this playoff run. It really woud've helped him know where he stands going against the best players in the world at playoff intensity. It would've guided and inspired his offseason training i think.

[LApwnd]

I still think Blake is mistake, no matter what offense we run, his D is way overrated, Terry did whatever the hell he wanted out there anytime Blake was in, I know Terry is good but dude aint that good and obviously he couldn't guard Barea either. I dont mind him not being able to defend per se but at least make your man work too on D, Blake never penetrates and we all saw the hesitation on wide open shots, that isn't going to cut it bench or starter doesn't matter.