Scott considering starting Kobe at PG

[Slava]

Kobe Bryant played point guard for all but the final 34 seconds of the fourth quarter in the Los Angeles Lakers' win on Tuesday over the Sacramento Kings.

Byron Scott said he's considering starting Bryant at point guard.

“I even talked to him about it,” Scott said. “I said, ‘I’m thinking about it, but I’m not there yet.’ So yeah I have thought about it.”

In addition to his 32 points, Bryant tallied six assists against the Kings.

Bryant said after the win that “nothing changes” when he plays point guard.

“Just my position on the floor changes,” he said. “That’s all.”

Looks like Ellington might be getting the start soon

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/23 ... oint-Guard

[jigga_man]

What I posted in the last game thread:

Kobe is always going to dominate the ball so I think he's the perfect backcourt teammate for Kobe. Ellington's skillset is playing off the ball, has range and a decent defender. Lin is an inconsistent defender that needs the ball in his hands while Price is a good defender but can't stretch the floor.

Makes too much sense

[ChokeFasncists]

Ellington is clearly better than Price. Price and Lin probably would work fine for the bench.

Main problem would be Kobe's health, risky move.

[KobeBryant24]

Bad idea

[Speedlot]

I always felt Kobe has the vision, but he can't pass.... Like his passes will hit people on the leg and such even though they're wide open.

[EArl]

He did this a lot when he was playing with Dwight and Gasol. The bad thing about this is that he has to take the ball up the court which will be more tiring.

[MAMBAEMD]

Not sure this is such a good idea, not only from an offensive perspective, but also defensively where he will get matched up against quicker PGs that will run him ragged

[notinbtnet]

This is how Kobe got overworked and then hurt in 2012.

[kblo247]

I always felt Kobe has the vision, but he can't pass.... Like his passes will hit people on the leg and such even though they're wide open.

He's brhind only Pippen for all time assists for non PGs ... Problem is he increases the difficulty of his passes like he does his shots for the hell of it. As long as he is not asked to defend them like when he was covering for Nash's bum ass or play over 40 mins every night. I'm fine with it as long as we let kobe play 33-35 minutes and use TV timeouts for breaks. He's a better Pg than most the damn league, case and point 5 tiles as the guy who facilitated the triangle sets primarily. He just need not get too passive. I like Wayne next to him because he fits the mold of Payton, Shaw, Blake, and Fish better

Lin and Price could work with Young, Booz, and Sacre ... Actually helps because that's one less guy who needs shots on the second unit whereas wayne did. Price can chase the PGs Lin gets burned by, lin can use his legs on O, Sacre can Sacre, Boozer just needs to do what he did last night, and Swaggy P needs to be swagnifcent as their leader.

Wayne or Nick has to start to balance the units and I prefer wayne because I don't trust lin to be the perimeter threat off the bench

[dAdo dA dEvil]

I think if this is the case, the most logical thing to do is to start Ellington with Kobe. On offense, let Ellington bring down the ball half court so that Kobe won't get too tired bringing the ball down. Then Kobe plays "Point Guard" in a half court set. On defense, Ellington defends the opponents PG while Kobe defends the SG. This makes sense but I still hope they consider Kobe playing in the post from time to time.

Kobe will pass the ball. If the rest of the team can make the shots I believe Kobe will trust them.

[Little General]

If this come to realisation then Byron Scott is officially the dumbest coach in the world...

[ChokeFasncists]

This is how Kobe got overworked and then hurt in 2012.

Magic probably wants him shut down to get the pick like Melo. Otherwise it'd be extremely tough.

[Lorenzomax7]

Ellington is clearly better than Price. Price and Lin probably would work fine for the bench.

Main problem would be Kobe's health, risky move.

Not really.. that should possibly be the worst line-up of guards. Opponent would double Lin all day and force Lin to turn it over even more. I guess it's better to let Clarkson play with Price cuz he is a better dribbler.

[Lorenzomax7]

I always felt Kobe has the vision, but he can't pass.... Like his passes will hit people on the leg and such even though they're wide open.

He's brhind only Pippen for all time assists for non PGs ... Problem is he increases the difficulty of his passes like he does his shots for the hell of it. As long as he is not asked to defend them like when he was covering for Nash's bum ass or play over 40 mins every night. I'm fine with it as long as we let kobe play 33-35 minutes and use TV timeouts for breaks. He's a better Pg than most the damn league, case and point 5 tiles as the guy who facilitated the triangle sets primarily. He just need not get too passive. I like Wayne next to him because he fits the mold of Payton, Shaw, Blake, and Fish better

Lin and Price could work with Young, Booz, and Sacre ... Actually helps because that's one less guy who needs shots on the second unit whereas wayne did. Price can chase the PGs Lin gets burned by, lin can use his legs on O, Sacre can Sacre, Boozer just needs to do what he did last night, and Swaggy P needs to be swagnifcent as their leader.

Wayne or Nick has to start to balance the units and I prefer wayne because I don't trust lin to be the perimeter threat off the bench

Price has been burned by many back-up pgs tbh.

[Dr Aki]

Not sure this is such a good idea, not only from an offensive perspective, but also defensively where he will get matched up against quicker PGs that will run him ragged

scott's not gonna let kobe defend PGs, nor are PGs going to defend kobe

[One Love]

This is starting to sound famaliar... Kobe does more... Kobe plays more... Kobe gets hurt... Lakers lose but don't lose enough... LaVine is balling in Minny...

[cashflo]

If it helps the tank then I'm in on it!

Cmon' Why would we want to start winning now? If we do it's only going to get us out of a pick and we need assets to build!

Kobe at point right makes sense.. Kobe to Swaggy ... Yeah ok Kobe ain't getting the ball back.

[semi-sentient]

What is the point of moving him to PG? Just to bring the ball down, dump it off, then set up shop in the post?

Kobe is drawing a lot more attention right now playing off the ball and having him bring it up to initiate the offense doesn't help us in any way.

If the point of this move is to have Ellington play alongside Kobe then have him bring the ball down and initiate the offense.

[Slava]

What is the point of moving him to PG? Just to bring the ball down, dump it off, then set up shop in the post?

Kobe is drawing a lot more attention right now playing off the ball and having him bring it up to initiate the offense doesn't help us in any way.

If it helps move another shooter into the starting line up, its always more welcome I guess but the onus is on Kobe to pass when he reads the double teams coming in, rather than take a shot with defenders draped over his arms.

Having to watch the Price/Wes/Hill **** storm blowing open lay ups and jumpers is just painful.

[Marionettetc]

He shouldn't be guarding pg's though, so i don't see an issue.

It is pretty sad that your best point guard on the entire team is your 36 year old shooting guard. Just a testament to Kobe's overall skillset