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PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:05 pm    Post subject: GRIZZLIES -at- LAKERS - 11/12 - Thoughts and :-)) ratings

Kwame Returns... With Gasol out and the Grizzlies playing on the second night of a road back-to-back, this is one of those games on the schedule that you have to take advantage of. No matter what your problems are.

The Lakers held the Grizzlies to 30 points in the first half, giving up only 5 points off of turnovers and running a bigger defensive lineup with Kwame as the back up center. In the second half, they gave up 18 points off turnovers, allowing the Grizzlies to score 32 points in the third. "We got ourselves into some turnover situations that got the Grizzlies back in the game," Phil said of the third quarter.

Points off of turnovers and lack of defensive anchor (for stretches) have plagued the Lakers. They addressed one of those problems tonight. One of the key stats of the game: Kwame played 17 minutes at the center position and Cook played 1 minute at center. There was a noticeable difference, no doubt. "I've been told I'm not going to get back to 100 percent," Kwame said. "I'm going to have some good days and some bad days. I'm going to have to learn to adjust and play defense without hurting my shoulder."

Lamar and Kobe were a much better one-two punch tonight. They combined for 42 points, 13 assists and 21 rebounds, spreading their aggressiveness throughout the game. They have several days off to try to fine tune their game before facing some better competition.


Kobe -- -- Much better all around game from Kobe. He still had a few issues, leading the team with 5 turnovers, but his aggressiveness was steady. He had a better combination of setting up others in the offense and working for his own opportunities. He scored 21 points on 7-17 shooting, dished 6 assists and grabbed 6 boards in 38 minutes. He missed his first jumper from the baseline, then connected on a wing jumper standing on the three line. He hit a 19-footer behind a screen. He found Luke under the hoop for a score when Smush stole an inbounds pass. He drew an And-1 with a head and shoulder fake before hitting a wing jumper, he missed the FT. He scored a layup in transition off a nice push out by Luke. He missed a three and a turnaround (Cook was wide open on that one). At the end of the half, he split the double team and hit a left-handed floater over the help D as the buzzer went off, not an easy shot. He had 10 points and 5 assists at the half. He attacked Miller off the dribble and drew a foul, making one FT. He threw a simple Tri pass away as the defender jumped into the passing lane. He worked the two-man game with Bynum, setting him up for a layup. He dribbled into a crowd and lost the ball. Great hustle to grab an offensive board, he fought to stay in bounds with it and get us another possession. He threw a between-the-legs return pass to Smush on the break for a score (glad they didn't botch that one up). He pulled back a pass, stepped back and swished a big three from straight away late in the fourth. He missed a three. He spun, fought for the ball, rose up and hit a jumper in the lane. He made a couple of late FTs.

Odom -- -- Good to see the aggressive Lamar back in the mix all game. The Lakers ran Kobe a little more at the guard spot and Lamar a bit more in the wing positions. There were minutes on the floor where only one of Lamar or Kobe were out there. They also seemed to run some set looks specifically for LO. He scored 20 points on 7-13 FGs, grabbed 16 rebounds, dished 7 assists and blocked 2 shots. Those numbers tell it all. He filled the lane on the break and scored a layup. He took a post feed, attacked and scored a layup. He got ready to attack off the dribble and drew an illegal D, he made the tech. He cut to the post, stopped abruptly, got a pass, was hit from behind and flipped in an And-1 as he fell, he made the FT. He hit a tough stepback fade from the elbow to beat the shotclock. He took a drop pass from Cook out of a timeout and dunked. He had 12 points, 7 boards and 5 assists at the half. He swished an 18-footer from the wing out of the offense. He got hit on a three attempt and made all three FTs. Miller hit a three over him in transition, Lamar sagged off shortly later and Miller luckily missed his next attempt. He swished a wing three on a kickout from Farmar. He got tapped on a stepback jumper. He rejected Stoudamire badly on a nice hustle back on D. Heads up outlet pass to a streaking Evans for the reverse jam.

Smush -- -- Some sketchy, up and down minutes at times from Smush again. He had some nice passes on the offensive end at times, but also had some poor decisions on shot selection. Defensively, we didn't get killed by guard penetration, but we still had moments of leaving guys open. Smush finished with 10 points on 4-13 shooting (1-5 from three, 1-2 FTs), 6 assists with 1 turnover and 3 steals. He missed his first jumper at the top of the key. He worked the two-man game with Bynum and set him up for a dunk. He missed a silly three early in the offense. He took a good three on a kickout and missed. He pushed out the break and fed LO for a score. Good job working the offense and he hit a wing 19-footer off the pinch post. He made like Sasha and swiped an entry pass in the backcourt, it led to a score by Luke. Great bounce pass to Kwame in the lane. He took a long jumphook from the baseline and airballed. He pulled out behind a screen and hit a jumper from the top of the key. He missed a three early in the offense. He had 4 points and 5 assists at the half. He threw a backdoor pass away, forcing it into a crowd. He swished a baseline three off a kickout. He drew a foul on an attack, but made one FT. He missed a wide open three off a kickout from Kobe. He overpassed on the perimeter with the shotclock low and Lamar had to force up a brick (probably about as good a chance as Smush making the open three the way things were going). He dribbled into a crowd, got stripped and lost the ball (some boo's from the crowd). He jumped into the passing lane, stole the ball, pushed up the break with Kobe, got it back and scored the layup. He doubled off the cutter and his man scored a layup. Just as Stu says, "Now you don't want to give up a three", Smush sags off Damon and Damon drained a three.

Bynum -- -- The Lakers got Bynum some looks early in the game, but then avoided feeding the post later. Drew did a good job on both ends in 29 minutes. He scored 11 points on 5-10 shooting, grabbed 7 boards, blocked 1 shot and contested many more. He grabbed an offensive board and missed in a crowd at the front of the rim. He got his shot rejected by Swift. Swift also posted him up and used his speed to get around him for a score. Drew and Smush ran the two-man game and Smush hit him for a dunk. He outreached his defender for an offense board and quickly put it in for an And-1, he made the FT. He took a tough, low feed from Lamar, spun and dunked. Nice contest, then he returned to the glass and tipped the defense board away from his man. He got blocked trying to go up over Swift. He had 7 points at the half. Chucky scored over Drew on a drive, next time down Drew blocked him. He faced up Swift in the post, took a dribble, drew contract, spun to the center of the lane and hit a short fade (that's impossible to defend unless you get help). Good recognition of the high-low sequence when Lamar was being fronted, but Bynum threw the pass too high for LO. He worked the two-man game with Kobe, took the return feed, stopped and didn't charge over Chucky, then hit the easy bank. He contested a shot and forced a miss. He came back in during the fourth and went several minutes without a single touch.

Walton -- -- He shot just 2-6 for 6 points, grabbed 5 boards, had 2 assists and 2 steals with 5 fouls. Miller had about half of his 21 points on Luke tonight. Luke played him a little too softly on the perimeter, until the fourth quarter when he did a better job. Luke scored a layup when Smush stole the ball in the back court and Kobe found Luke under the hoop. He pushed out the break and fed Ronny for a score after drawing the D. He stole a pass, went behind his back on the dribble and fed Kobe trailing for a layup. He sagged to the post on D and helped cause a travel with a reach. Soft close out on Miller and he gave up a three. He scored off a baseline cut and Kobe found him. He gave up another three to Miller. He missed a baseline jumper and a fade in the last few minutes.

Kwame -- -- "I've got to shake some of the cobwebs off and get some more in-game experience," Kwame said afterwards. "I felt pretty good moving, but my timing is off and making my moves wasn't crisp." He played 17 minutes as the back-up center and scored 6 points on 3-5 shooting, had 2 boards and 1 steal. He got a little irked when the Lakers were avoiding the post again. He got blocked on his first attempt when he didn't go up clean with the ball. He dunked easily when the Grizzlies doubled the post and Kwame was left open. He hit a jumphook in the middle of the lane. He got called for a travel on some nice footwork, bad call by the refs. He clanked both FTs he drew on the D end. He got called for an offensive foul, using his arm to push off while trying to post up. He got good position in transition, Farmar fed him and Kwame hit the jumphook. He didn't stuff the stat sheet, but he didn't play bad minutes considering it's been awhile since he's been in a game.

Radmanovic -- -- Poor minutes. Miller scored back to back threes on Vlad. Vlad's first attempt on a three drew nothing but backboard, wide left...just another sign that his injury is ever present. Good follow on the break to tip in a Farmar miss. Phil did the right thing and kept him on the bench, playing him only 5 minutes.

Turiaf -- -- I liked seeing him on the floor with Drew for a short stretch. I think it would help to see him on the floor with Kwame, too, since we could use the shotblocking. Ronny played just 3 minutes, but managed 4 points on 2-3 shooting, 1 board and 1 foul. In the game, he quickly got out on the break, missed near the rim, but popped back up to score his miss. He took a shoulder into the chest from Warrick and was in pain, he lost one of his chest pads on that play. He scored again in transition when Luke drew the D and fed him.

Evans -- -- Solid D on Miller, putting out a fire. Plus, Evans also brought some spark and noise on the offensive end. He scored 9 points on 4-5 shooting and tallied 2 boards in 18 minutes. He fumbled a simple pass right out of bounds, not paying attention (second time that's happened this season). He attacked on the baseline and beat the shotclock with a high arching shot, slightly behind the backboard. He threwdown a huge putback jam over Miller, getting his head a couple inches below the rim. He swished a corner three off a kickout. He busted down court, took a long pass from Lamar and threw down the reverse jam. We've got to get him to string together a few of these games.

Cook -- -- He played just over a minuted and had 1 assist when he took a high-post feed and quickly drop passed to a cutting LO for a dunk. Phil will hopefully try to work Cook in now at PF instead of C. He might be best suited with Bynum and Odom on the floor. Bynum can patrol the paint and grab boards, and Cook can help space the floor offensively for LO and Drew to go to work in the post or off the dribble.

Farmar -- -- His stat sheet looks a bit worse than his game was. He didn't score on 3 attempts and had 3 turnovers, but he did dish 3 assists, grab 2 boards and come up with a steal in 14 minutes. He missed an off-balance bank at the end of the first. He made a predictable swing pass and the defender was sitting on it for a steal. Good job getting back in transition, though, and we got a stop. He then pushed up the break, got dribble penetration, missed over Swift but Vlad tipped it in. He pushed out the break and hit Turiaf in stride, Ronny missed, but scored off his miss. He jumped into a lane and stole a pass, it looked like he would go in for a score on the other end but he got bumped off the ball with no call. He got picked from behind by his man for a turnover. With the shotclock low, he attacked off the dribble and kicked it to Lamar for a three. He hit Kwame in semi-transition and Kwame hit the jumphook.

Vujacic -- -- He came in for Luke late in the third. He helped cause a turnover at midcourt. He hit a jumper on his first attempt, then he cranked it up...missing a couple more quick jumpers and charging on another possession. He finished with 2 points in 5 minutes on 1-3 shooting.

Phil -- -- Much better rotations tonight. He only went for the Cook at C lineup for just a minute before the half. He also worked in minutes where only one of Lamar or Kobe were on the floor for some stretches. This will help both guys to impose their game with some aggression... Phil went to the Bynum, Turiaf, Luke, Kobe, Farmar lineup in the middle of the second quarter. They replaced Farmar about a minute later with Smush... With 1:24 left in the first half, he went to a Cook at C lineup... They held the Grizzlies to 30 points at the half. The Lakers led the points in the paint battle 32-8 at the half. They also had 17 assists to 4 by Memphis. The Lakers held Memphis to 5 points off turnovers at that point. They led by 19 at half... The Lakers played some turnover-prone ball in third quarter and gave up too many easy ones... We ended up giving away 23 points off of 19 turnovers. Memphis shot 38.4 percent for the game to the Lakers 45 percent. We won the points in the paint battle 46-26...
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:20 pm    Post subject:

One of the key stats of the game: Kwame played 17 minutes at the center position and Cook played 1 minute at center. There was a noticeable difference, no doubt. "I've been told I'm not going to get back to 100 percent," Kwame said. "I'm going to have some good days and some bad days. I'm going to have to learn to adjust and play defense without hurting my shoulder."

I think we are in for Kwame as a backup for a long time if he is saying he will not get back to 100 percent. I just wander why. Is it something that needs time or something that can't be healed? Does he need surgury and he/the team have elected to wait until the off season to do it? What's the deal?

I think it will be good for Bynum as he knows Kwame is not ready to start / play heavy minutes so he will not be putting too much pressure on himself to perform.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:27 pm    Post subject:

10 points and 5 rebounds at halftime for Kobe

Great work as usual

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:33 pm    Post subject:

Missed the game, but glad to know LO had a good game & that Kwame's back.

Thanks for the recap DB.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:39 pm    Post subject:

Ugly ugly ugly ugly game. Very sloppy and nothing really consistent. Lamar had a good one with 20,14,an 7. Kobe is playing terrible. Despite his 21 points he is nothing close to his real self. Healing and conditioning process.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:58 pm    Post subject:

I just realized why our offense looks so out of whack many times: we keep passing up on open shot attempts!! Passing is good but overpassing is bad. It results in confusion and we end up hurrying a shot just to beat the clock.

Smush cannot shoot when he shoots off the dribble. He needs to stop trying. Stick with the catch and shoot please.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:06 am    Post subject:

Overpassing is far better than underpassing and everyone just taking turns at Iso's or in our case one player.

The passing of open shots is as a result of the poor 3 point shooting in the last few games. Once they feel more confident in their jumpshot, they take that shot.

One thing that is very good about this team is the high assist totals. This means they are relying on each other to get shots of. As Kobe improves and the team improves their outside shooting, things should get better in the TO department IMO.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:37 am    Post subject:

nice recap db...thanks...

kwame looked ok...didn't look like he dropped a ball all night (not that i recall), although he did bobble his first attempt...

not enough touches in the post, IMO, in the 2nd half...

and nifty spin move by bynum in the 3rd quarter...
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:05 am    Post subject:

Kwame gets a clean grip on that one and he probably scores or draws a foul.

Definitely not enough post touches in the second half...especially against this team.

Regarding that move by Bynum... his go-to move seems to be the bump, spin and short jumper a couple feet from the rim. But doing it off the face up was very pretty. :thumsbup: Having that spin to a jumper like that is a (bleep) to guard with his height, and just when you try to sit on it, he will throw the up and under on you and dunk. Just wish we could get him some more clean entry passes and let him go to work a bit more.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:06 am    Post subject: Re: GRIZZLIES -at- LAKERS - 11/12 - Thoughts and :-)) ratings

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The Lakers held the Grizzlies to 30 points in the first half, giving up only 5 points off of turnovers and running a bigger defensive lineup with Kwame as the back up center. In the second half, they gave up 18 points off turnovers, allowing the Grizzlies to score 32 points in the third. "We got ourselves into some turnover situations that got the Grizzlies back in the game," Phil said of the third quarter.
Besides having a team filled with 1st/2nd year players and other new players, they are having problems sustaining for 48 minutes. What do you think Phil needs to do to have a better consistency for the full game?

As Paul Westphal stated, the Lakers have an issue at PG - Smush is having a problem consistency brining up the ball forcing Kobe to bring the ball from the backcourt. fyi: Smush stated (L.A. Times) that he couldn't find any place to play basketball and had to train by himself. Can anybody imagine being in L.A. and not find opportunities to play some serious basketball (maybe he should call up Magic or Kobe)?!?!?!
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:09 am    Post subject:

I watched Yao today. The Rockets play inside-out and the game is so different right now for Yao than it was 2 years ago or before then.

If you show confidence in your bigs, the talented one's really excel. If we can get Bynum involved consistently, the Lakers are a much better team for it. However they often fall inlove with using him as a token Center just there to hold position, instead of actually playing off him like you should a skilled bigman.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:28 am    Post subject: Re: GRIZZLIES -at- LAKERS - 11/12 - Thoughts and :-)) ratings

A Mad Chinaman wrote:
Besides having a team filled with 1st/2nd year players and other new players, they are having problems sustaining for 48 minutes. What do you think Phil needs to do to have a better consistency for the full game?

As Paul Westphal stated, the Lakers have an issue at PG - Smush is having a problem consistency brining up the ball forcing Kobe to bring the ball from the backcourt. fyi: Smush stated (L.A. Times) that he couldn't find any place to play basketball and had to train by himself. Can anybody imagine being in L.A. and not find opportunities to play some serious basketball (maybe he should call up Magic or Kobe)?!?!?!


I think it's just going to take some time and practice. We need to get on the same page. The triangle can be pretty easy to defend when a team doesn't have a comfortable grasp of it. You try to take away the passing lanes and first options, then they have to go to their counters. An experienced Tri team will chew you up on their counters. If you take something away from them, you are giving up something in return. The experienced Tri team will know what is available and execute. An inexperienced Tri team will still try to force the issue even though it is being taken away or just swing the ball around and not take advantage of the what is being given up. We are doing that far too much.

Our PG situation is what it is. We have four back up quality PGs. Farmar has starter material in him, but he's a rook. We're going to get a little better, but we will still have issues.

And, apparently, Smush and Kwame need to ask some teammates where they can get some run during the summer. Both those guys have said the same thing.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:48 am    Post subject: Re: GRIZZLIES -at- LAKERS - 11/12 - Thoughts and :-)) ratings

Your assessment makes complete sense. What is interesting is that even with an experienced lineup (Kobe/LO/Cook/Smush/Luke), there have been sloppy passes - ironically, many of these were from Kobe - that might have resulted in the players being in the wrong position.

What do you think will happen during the season:

** Smush will get motivated, with the threat of losing his status in the starting lineup, and play consistent basketball

** Smush will get declining PT with Farmar getting more (could this result in Smush's confidence going down even more?!?!)

** Smush will get replace by Farmar - seemingly a better role since he can come out firing to create a spark off the bench - with Farmar providing more confidence with the players in bringing up the ball (will this destroy his confidence?!?!). Do you agree that this is a better role for Smush
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:23 am    Post subject:

Watching these guys refrain from making the effort to get Bynum the ball more often...in favor of fall-away 15 footers and three-pointers w/ the clock running out...is ridiculous. There is something wrong w/ ignoring the center shooting 63% from the field so Smush Parker can brick another shot from outside.

It's not like I think Bynum will be bringing it every night...I know that's not going to happen. However, when he is feeling it, they need to get as much as they can out of him. Not only will it speed up his development as a player, but it'll help them actually win the game they are playing in as well. He's also more likely to continue taking his first steps towards dominance at Staples...it's a shame when they pass up on an opportunity for him.

Having him solely set picks on the perimeter for a large portion of his minutes is to misuse his abilities out there. He doesn't even need to necessarily take more attempts....it's more about touches....just dump the ball in there and let him draw the D before kicking it out...the shooters will get better shots than they do swinging the ball around the three point line. Andrew will reward cutters too. And hey, he's shown a pretty good understanding of when and where a scoring opportunity presents itself...and the ability to actually convert it. The team has to better recognize when to use him.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:31 am    Post subject: Re: GRIZZLIES -at- LAKERS - 11/12 - Thoughts and :-)) ratings

A Mad Chinaman wrote:
Your assessment makes complete sense. What is interesting is that even with an experienced lineup (Kobe/LO/Cook/Smush/Luke), there have been sloppy passes - ironically, many of these were from Kobe - that might have resulted in the players being in the wrong position.




I would wager that most of Kobe's turnovers right now aren't even coming within the offense. Probably a good chunk happen because he can't quite do the things he wants to do yet. Losing the ball off the dribble, getting caught in the air passing, dribbling into a crowd, mustard off the hotdog on the break, etc... He's still in his preseason for him (if that, since he hadn't played since July). He's almost averaging 5 TOs a game. His career average is 2.88. Once he has some more games under his belt, we probably get a couple TOs less from him per game.

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What do you think will happen during the season:

** Smush will get motivated, with the threat of losing his status in the starting lineup, and play consistent basketball

** Smush will get declining PT with Farmar getting more (could this result in Smush's confidence going down even more?!?!)

** Smush will get replace by Farmar - seemingly a better role since he can come out firing to create a spark off the bench - with Farmar providing more confidence with the players in bringing up the ball (will this destroy his confidence?!?!). Do you agree that this is a better role for Smush



Smush will probably have an up and down, inconsistent season. I couldn't tell you if he's going to lose his job or not this year. It won't be from Sasha or Shammond, and Farmar is a rook who isn't exactly seizing the job from him at the moment...maybe in a couple of months, but Farmar will have to elevate his game a bit more before Phil trusts him.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:01 am    Post subject:

sean - i completely agree...although bynum had a couple shots blocked and didn't seem to try and post his man early, they should continue going to him for as long as the opposing team sends a smaller (and aren't almost all of them smaller?) player to cover him...i had the feeling bynum wasn't as active trying to get good position in the 2nd half...out of frustration, perhaps?

but bynum+kwame=less cook at center which is definitely a GOOD THING...
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:08 am    Post subject:

Great post again DB. Basically if Kobe or Lamar have an off night... we're doomed. The rest are still so... iffy, and it pains me to say that seeing as how I like every player on the roster..
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:16 am    Post subject:

TooCool wrote:
Great post again DB. Basically if Kobe or Lamar have an off night... we're doomed. The rest are still so... iffy, and it pains me to say that seeing as how I like every player on the roster..


Quit actting like we never win a game when either Kobe or Odom had a off night we had alot of those.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:19 am    Post subject: Re: GRIZZLIES -at- LAKERS - 11/12 - Thoughts and :-)) ratings

DancingBarry wrote:
A Mad Chinaman wrote:
Your assessment makes complete sense. What is interesting is that even with an experienced lineup (Kobe/LO/Cook/Smush/Luke), there have been sloppy passes - ironically, many of these were from Kobe - that might have resulted in the players being in the wrong position.
I would wager that most of Kobe's turnovers right now aren't even coming within the offense. Probably a good chunk happen because he can't quite do the things he wants to do yet. Losing the ball off the dribble, getting caught in the air passing, dribbling into a crowd, mustard off the hotdog on the break, etc... He's still in his preseason for him (if that, since he hadn't played since July). He's almost averaging 5 TOs a game. His career average is 2.88. Once he has some more games under his belt, we probably get a couple TOs less from him per game.
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What do you think will happen during the season:
** Smush will get motivated, with the threat of losing his status in the starting lineup, and play consistent basketball
** Smush will get declining PT with Farmar getting more (could this result in Smush's confidence going down even more?!?!)
** Smush will get replace by Farmar - seemingly a better role since he can come out firing to create a spark off the bench - with Farmar providing more confidence with the players in bringing up the ball (will this destroy his confidence?!?!). Do you agree that this is a better role for Smush
Smush will probably have an up and down, inconsistent season. I couldn't tell you if he's going to lose his job or not this year. It won't be from Sasha or Shammond, and Farmar is a rook who isn't exactly seizing the job from him at the moment...maybe in a couple of months, but Farmar will have to elevate his game a bit more before Phil trusts him.
Your comments make sense. Hopefully, what will happen is that Phil/Kobe will emphasize on a fast-growing number of things that can be well-executed and hoping for the best - like what seemingly what happened with Memphis. This would limit the indecisions that sometimes occur.

Re: Smush
It appears that you feel that he will remain the starting PG with Phil adjusting the PT with the rise/fall of the performances of Smush/Jordan/McKie/Williams/Sasha.

Re: Sasha
What other things can Phil do to translate Sasha's sharpshhoter skills to the actual games? Even with all his troubles, he is not that much worse than Smush - even though he doesn't have the talent that Smush has

Re: McKie
What is his current status?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:19 am    Post subject:

Thanks DB, good read.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:47 am    Post subject:

thanks DB. it's great to have Kwame back.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:53 am    Post subject:

Thanks again DB! The Lakers are 1-0 with Kwame in the lineup

But on a sad note for me, will his shoulder hinder him from playing some 4 alongside Bynum for most of the season? Like Laker 7 said, will he need surgery? I'm glad to know he is back though


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:14 am    Post subject:

Thanks DB. Stellar as always.

I couldn't believe how many threes got jacked up instead of them going inside to Bynum. It was ridiculous, as someone above already stated. Do you think his teamates have confidence in him? Or is it just really bad judgement?

I'm glad to have Kwame back. He wasn't perfect, but he looked good. I forget how fast he moves vs Bynum. He has always ran the floor well.

Smush - well, he was more aggressive out of the gates, but then he just took a nosedive. I like Farmar, but he doesn't really have any experience in the NBA. Give him a few years... Sasha is just blowing it. He is a pest on defense but he can't seem to get out of habit of making more mistakes than contributions. Hopefully he'll get past this low season and start producing off the bench.

Overall, the game execution was better than vs. Detroit. I thought the passing looked better in the first half. I also liked the fact they were running the offense. This team will get better with time. I remember last year when they were getting used to a lot, there seemed to be more of a learning curve. They'd look good for a few games, then take a plunge into the toilet. Then they'd come together again for a while, then take another dip. I know we'll see that in this young team, and I expect it. Hopefully though, since a lot of them have played together a couple of years, things will get better quicker.

I'm so glad BB season has started! GO LAKERS!
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:29 am    Post subject:

Thanks for the recap. Glad we got the W.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:10 am    Post subject:

I liked the way Kwame played, and I understand him being a little ticked. He was working hard down there to seal his man, and they missed dumping it in quite a few times.


I have been calling for Bynum/Turiaf for a long time, it was good to see last night for a few minutes.
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