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BallAboveAll · Post #41 » by **BallAboveAll** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:16 am

Why isnt young playing ?

Post #42 » by **Yuri Vaultin** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:19 am

How is Ellington doing guys?

Post #43 » by **Slava** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:21 am

Yuri Vaultin wrote:How is Ellington doing guys?

He had a good stretch when he was being used as a catch and shoot guy, now that he is one of the more creative players left, he's doing too many two dribble pull ups and the result is hot or miss.

Post #44 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:22 am

Yuri Vaultin wrote:How is Ellington doing guys?

Personally I think he deserves better because he's a legitimate bench player who can score the ball, but unfortunately his teammates drag him down to their level most of the time.

He'd be a great rotation player for a playoff team.

Laker_Kid · Post #45 » by **Laker_Kid** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:22 am

i was wondering what was missing, lol nick young only played 9 minutes... i would like to think that byron is testing the team, you know, seeing if there is anyone else who can score? meh. maybe im just making excuses for him.

Post #46 » by **dockingsched** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:26 am

leeprettyp wrote:lol its hard to really evaluate these guys when we're clearly trying to lose games on purpose.

Depending on who you're referring to when you say "we're trying to lose games", it really shouldn't be too hard to evaluate players while youre tankig. Players don't try to lose games on purpose, and really coaches never do either. Coaches might go with lesser quality players in order to develop them or evaluate them for the future, but whoever is on the court is trying to win.

Tanking is a front office choice executed by stripping the team of talent, tanking isnt really a result of coaches and players intentionally trying to lose.

bws94 · Post #47 » by **bws94** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:27 am

Yuri Vaultin wrote:How is Ellington doing guys?

Well. He's shooting it well, handles look good, even running the offense and bringing up the ball, sharing with Lin.

Laker_Kid · Post #48 » by **Laker_Kid** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:28 am

dockingsched wrote:
leeprettyp wrote:lol its hard to really evaluate these guys when we're clearly trying to lose games on purpose.

Depending on who you're referring to when you say "we're trying to lose games", it really shouldn't be too hard to evaluate players while youre tankig. Players don't try to lose games on purpose, and really coaches never do either. Coaches might go with lesser quality players in order to develop them or evaluate them for the future, but whoever is on the court is trying to win.

Tanking is a front office choice executed by stripping the team of talent, tanking isnt really a result of coaches and players intentionally trying to lose.

amen.

and with the way things are, i dont mind byron experimenting at all. if anything, this would be the perfect time to test the team to see what we have. without Lin, Young, and Boozer, (edit: oh and Hill occassionally)... we seem to be really struggling scoring.

Post #49 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:34 am

Lin struggling with his shot, but at least he is getting to the line now.

MAMBAEMD · Post #50 » by **MAMBAEMD** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:37 am

TyCobb wrote:Lin struggling with his shot, but at least he is getting to the line now.

One thing he does well is drive to the basket.
He can get to the basket fairly regularly and can draw fouls.

He needs a ton of work on his shot.

Laker_Kid · Post #51 » by **Laker_Kid** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:37 am

that's one habit that JLin really needs to get rid of. God, makes me cringe all the time.

MAMBAEMD · Post #52 » by **MAMBAEMD** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:42 am

Wes didn't even touch Harden and got called for the foul

bws94 · Post #53 » by **bws94** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:53 am

lakerRD wrote:
TyCobb wrote:Lin struggling with his shot, but at least he is getting to the line now.

One thing he does well is drive to the basket.
He can get to the basket fairly regularly and can draw fouls.

He needs a ton of work on his shot.

He works on it, it's off and on, but it's just not falling tonight. I like that he attacked the rim. His handles and footwork look very shaky tonight. He's seriously has to tighten up his handles. When he's getting calls, it's smart for him to attack the basket and get his points at the line. But, he didn't shoot that well tonight from the line.

bws94 · Post #54 » by **bws94** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:56 am

Well, first quarter's hole was too big to climb out of. Harden was on, played a good offensive game but I don't see where his defense is really improved. No Dwight meant the Lakers should attack more and the PGs did so as well as Ellington. Boozer had a strong game, that's good to see. I think Swaggy should have sat, I won't fault Byron on that. Ball movement is better when he doesn't play. I like that the team tried in the 4th and played with some effort. TOs, how many? 20? Yikes.

Post #55 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:04 am

Scott keeping it real in the postgame interview.

bws94 · Post #56 » by **bws94** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:18 am

TyCobb wrote:Scott keeping it real in the postgame interview.

What's he saying? Is he PO'd?

Ckay · Post #57 » by **Ckay** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:33 am

After the game lol

EArl · Post #58 » by **EArl** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:08 am

Clarkson kind of struggled tonight. Hopefully he learns from this.

aaron_gray · Post #59 » by **aaron_gray** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 8:50 am

Did he say that Nick Young looked like he didn't want to be there?

Laker_Kid · Post #60 » by **Laker_Kid** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:09 am

aaron_gray wrote:Did he say that Nick Young looked like he didn't want to be there?

yeah lol based on his answer/body language as they watched tape in half time. wut.

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