well, Kobe does play for the Lakers...and he took 10 more shots than anyone else on the team and was terribly inefficient in a 1 point home loss....
Still has nothing to do with what I posted.
well, Kobe does play for the Lakers...and he took 10 more shots than anyone else on the team and was terribly inefficient in a 1 point home loss....
aret hey that young though? I know Randle, Russell and Clarkson are- but after that its a veteran team...i would be surprised if its a top 10 "youngest" team in the leauge to be honest.The Lakers looked about like I expected. This is likely to be what we'll see all season. They are young and raw. Sometimes they'll look spectacular like they did when they built a 16 point lead in the 2nd quarter.
Sometimes they will look spectacularly bad, like they did coughing up an 8 point lead in the 4th quarter.
aret hey that young though? I know Randle, Russell and Clarkson are- but after that its a veteran team...i would be surprised if its a top 10 "youngest" team in the leauge to be honest.
I suppose...its pretty close I guess...Bass is 30, that Huertas guy 32, Kobe of course 37, it looks like Lou Williams is going to be the #2 scorer behind Kobe in all likelihood and hes 29, Hibbert 28 of course...Metta at 35, Nick Young at 30..Considering that 7 of the 15 players on the roster are in their 1st or 2nd year and that includes 3 of the starting 5. Yes, I'd say they're pretty young.
They do have some players with some experience, but outside of Kobe and Hibbert, it's mainly the young guys that are being counted on. The majority of the experienced guys are bench players.
Russell reminded me a bit of Kobe in his rookie year. The talent is obvious, but he's pretty unpolished. The question is, will he put in the work Kobe did to live up to the talent.
I suppose...its pretty close I guess...Bass is 30, that Huertas guy 32, Kobe of course 37, it looks like Lou Williams is going to be the #2 scorer behind Kobe in all likelihood and hes 29, Hibbert 28 of course...Metta at 35, Nick Young at 30..
and then like you said- Russell at freaking 19, Randle turning 21 later in November, Clarkson at 23, Kelly at 24, Nance Jr. at 22. I mean- those are the young guys that are actually gonna play-
I would say thats pretty average for an NBA team age wise...like u said- because they are have 2 rooks in the starting lineup basically that would skew it a little younger I suppose.
if there was ever a year where you could use some lotto luck this is it.Yeah, if some of those more experienced guys were starting instead of coming off the bench, then it would be a little different. Also, Huertas may be 32, but he's still a rookie, so there's a learning curve for him as well. He needs to learn the NBA and his teammates. Also, guys like Metta and Sacre (another experienced guy) are end of the bench players who will rarely see playing time.
In the 4th quarter especially, they went from moving the ball around and trusting the offense to create the shots, to playing lots of one on one. That's what happens when you have young guys and guys who aren't used to playing together. We saw a lot of that from your Cavs last year. But you guys have Lebron so it usually worked out pretty well for you.
Hopefully, as the season goes on, they'll get that stuff figured out. No one expects them to do anything this year anyway, so they can afford to take their lumps while figuring it out.
Rubio looked like a different player last night
Yeah he did. He looked like he could actually shoot now.
He could be a 20 & 10 type of player if he can consistently make a jumpshot
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I think the young guys have to get used to the length of the NBA game. They started to get impatient towards the end. Kobe should be able to help them understand it's a marathon and not a sprint.Yeah, if some of those more experienced guys were starting instead of coming off the bench, then it would be a little different. Also, Huertas may be 32, but he's still a rookie, so there's a learning curve for him as well. He needs to learn the NBA and his teammates. Also, guys like Metta and Sacre (another experienced guy) are end of the bench players who will rarely see playing time.
In the 4th quarter especially, they went from moving the ball around and trusting the offense to create the shots, to playing lots of one on one. That's what happens when you have young guys and guys who aren't used to playing together. We saw a lot of that from your Cavs last year. But you guys have Lebron so it usually worked out pretty well for you.
Hopefully, as the season goes on, they'll get that stuff figured out. No one expects them to do anything this year anyway, so they can afford to take their lumps while figuring it out.
I'm not sure about owing anything to the Magic, but it's possible/probable. I just know that if the next draft pick is higher than 3, the Lakers lose it, we'll see what happens.
When they went all in on the Dwight/Nash deal, they lost a lot of picks. They've been able to make some moves to get some back and now have what appears to be a solid young core with Clarkson, Randle and Russell.
I'm not too concerned about the draft pick. It's pretty unlikely that the Lakers will get to keep it. Imo, it's more important that the young guys improve throughout the year and make themselves more attractive to top FA's. They are going to have a boat load of money to spend, but top FA's aren't going to a team that doesn't look like they have anyone who can actually play.
Yeah, it was strange.Rubio looked like a different player last night
I think the young guys have to get used to the length of the NBA game. They started to get impatient towards the end. Kobe should be able to help them understand it's a marathon and not a sprint.
what a disaster that Nash/Dwight scenario turned into...so many burned assets- that will be haunting the Lakers till 2018....The Lakers still owe a first rounder (top 5 protected) to Orlando from the Dwight trade. It will convey in 2018 assuming 2016's goes to Philly.
Yes, it's nice to see the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of talent on the team.First game jitters.
Time and opportunity is all they need.
It's gonna be frustrating going thru the growing pains.
But, you can see that they have talent.