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laker4lifeman said:
Bresnahan once posted a picture of Russell practicing more after practice. He questioned where the other rookies were though. This is not a issue for me.
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Also I remember Russell putting in work the day after summer league ended.

None of that makes sense to me.
 
Meh. I'll wait in regards to Russell.

He's just a rookie after all. But at the moment. It looks like he's gonna be a bust for a #2 pick
 
I can't say I've ever seen a fanbase decide 3 games in a kid is a bust.

Truly impressive. You all should be commended. Has to be some kind of record.
 
CP1708 said:
I can't say I've ever seen a fanbase decide 3 games in a kid is a bust.

Truly impressive. You all should be commended. Has to be some kind of record.
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to be fair, knicks fans decide 3 seconds after drafting a player 
 
fayetnam said:
Russell doesn't work as hard as Randle and clarkson and that's why he sees his *** on the bench
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Unless you're spending time with all three of them, this is stupid.

Just last week, I read DAngelo was the last to stay after practice, so IDK. And spare me the passion crap. Not everyone is Kobe or Westbrook.
 
Kobe Bryant hired a film crew to follow him throughout what might be his final season
Dan Devine By Dan Devine


Kobe Bryant's visit to New York this past weekend to play against the Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks marked the beginning of what many expect to be his farewell tour — one last trip around the NBA landscape as he wraps up (perhaps somewhat ingloriously, as if there were any other option) an illustrious 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers.
The legendary shooting guard and surefire first-ballot future Hall of Famer has been somewhat cagey about whether he does intend to hang 'em up after the conclusion of the 2015-16 season. Mitch Kupchak has said Kobe will, Phil Jackson has said he doesn't think Kobe will, Byron Scott has said Kobe said he might, and Kobe has said he's not sure he wants to come back but reserves the right to change his mind, stopping only to note that if he does continue playing after the conclusion of his current contract, he plans to do so in purple and gold.


"My message has been consistent all the time. If I change my mind, I'll come back and play. If I don't, I won't," Bryant said after Sunday's loss to the Knicks, according to Brian Mahoney of The Associated Press. "I've been pretty consistent with that, so I don't know how much, what else can I say?"

Perhaps Bryant is declining to offer much more publicly because he's saving the good stuff to provide options in the editing room. Check the note nestled in the Sunday stories from CBSSports.com's Ken Berger:

Inside [the elevator], Kobe embraced Ron Harper, a championship teammate to both Bryant and his muse, Michael Jordan. The doors to the wide chasm closed — vertically, like the slateboard clapper of a movie director. And in truth, it is difficult to separate Bryant's reality from reality TV on what is presumed to be his final lap around the NBA at age 37, incomprehensively in his 20th season. Inside the elevator with him, as with virtually his every step, word and gesture, was a documentary film crew — camera rolling and boom-mic hovering above his bald head.
... and Bleacher Report's Howard Beck:

Yet Bryant will also admit to moments of reminiscence as he makes his way through the league once more, a chance to appreciate what has been, the road traveled.
"Is it a little different this time around?" Bryant said. "Yeah, yeah."
No, Bryant will not say this is it. But he did hire a film crew to track him all season, filming every move and collecting sound bites in quiet moments. No documentary is planned, Bryant told me. But don't be surprised if we see one if this truly is the end.
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Maybe Bryant's telling it like it is, and we shouldn't start clearing out space on our DVRs just yet for the sequel to "Kobe Bryant's Muse." Working titles that Eric Freeman and I came up with include "Kobe Bryant's Muse 2: Electric Musealoo," and "Kobe Bryant's Muse 2: Son of the Muse," co-starring Jamie Kennedy as Kobe Bryant Jr. in what would be a truly groundbreaking documentary.

It sure sounds, though, like someone's preparing to make a final statement on his own terms off the floor ... even if, given his own limitations and those of the Lakers' roster, he doesn't necessarily get to do it the way he'd hoped on the court. Bryant's determination to document Year 20 from his own point of view is probably worth keeping in mind as he continues to make his appointed rounds, whichever way his decision-making process turns out ... and hey, as shooting locations for a post-credits sequence go, Rio sure doesn't sound too bad.
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I'm not saying he's a bust, or lacks passion and work ethic

For me it's about seeing skills on the court

I'd like him to recognize when bosh or whiteside switch onto him, he should attack

He lack speed and athleticism and I'm concerned those are qualities that cannot be developed over time

At this point I don't see skills that a #2 pick in a deep draft should possess. He's shown us a set shot and nice passing, I expect more

Hopefully we'll see more
 
I just want to apologize to mike brown and mda for all **** i talked about them, byron has proven to be more incompetent than both of you.

And thats saying quite a lot.
 
Coming into this season i atleast thought we would be competitive and be anywhere btwn 10-8 seed. early on it isn't looking like that mostly because Kobe still isn't in NBA season form & Byron Scott. with that said i'm not gonna completely say this season is going to be a wash at all. Depending on how the next few weeks go the Lakers have a chance to still develop the youngsters & possibly set up tremendously in the draft.

Russell i knew was going to come along slowly, he's 19, playing the toughest position in basketball & is sharing his minutes with Kobe, Lou Will, clarkson, & Nick Young.... of course he's gonna be hampered. However if the Lakers do plan on building this up this year, we aren't doomed.

1) Russell is getting 24 minutes a night, it's not like he's getting no experience at all let him use the first 2-3 months to adjust to the Pace of the NBA and figure out his game.
2) we have 2 pieces on relatively good contracts that can yield back a first rounder or some promising players from teams who think they are a piece away. Hibbert is a defensive minded Center that can anchor an entire Defense, Lou will is a year off winning 6th man of the year on a playoff squad. both of these pieces hold extreme value.
3) If the Lakers continue to Lose we hold off until around the trade deadline, trade those two pieces for future assets and allow Russell, Clarke & Randle to learn from the vets the first half of the season & really get their minutes in the second half after feeling themselves out the first half of the season.
 
Let me add that ALL 3 of those bums (brown, mda, byron) were all bad hires from the beginning.
 
What makes you think D'Angelo isn't working as hard in the gym? You see these Kardashian headlines and run with it?
 
What if the Lakers gave Kobe an extension and hired an enabler/ally to coach him knowing they had a top 5 and top 3 protected pick?

Subtle geniuses Buss and Mitch

If we get 15-20 wins, keep our pick and fire Byron, this might be GM of the Year material

Russell
Randle
Clarkson
Hibbert
Tarik
Simmons
Nance

And buku cash to throw at FAs who can pick their coach
 
I think another member said it in here, don't put your hopes on keeping the pick, that is a long shot, even if we play at this rate for the whole year at best we'd be the 3rd worst team, and at that point all it takes is one team to jump us.

Brooklyn is bad and so are the Sixers, we have a better chance of this team becoming competitive than we do of holding on to the pick.
 
mosk33toe said:
I think another member said it in here, don't put your hopes on keeping the pick, that is a long shot, even if we play at this rate for the whole year at best we'd be the 3rd worst team, and at that point all it takes is one team to jump us.

Brooklyn is bad and so are the Sixers, we have a better chance of this team becoming competitive than we do of holding on to the pick.
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Nope. Competitive? Do you see what we have out there?
 
Mamba MVP said:
Nope. Competitive? Do you see what we have out there?
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Yes I do. I don't mind the doom and gloom some of you guys have, it is understandable, but I do see the potential in the team. Not to make the playoffs or anything, but not to get killed by 20 points every game.

Randle, Clarkson, Nance, Black, and Russell are key young assets that will improve.

Lou, Young, Hibbert, Kobe (Yes Kobe) will win us some games.

Artest looking good out there, he's gonna help the team too, I don't think it would be healthy 7 games in, to start thinking about keeping the pick. You don't want to breed this losing mentality, it isn't a good look.
 
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Yeah but he doesn't practice, doesn't work on his game.. Has no fire.
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Where is the translation to game action? Dunking on 6'8 people???!?!? How about making a layup on struggle *** Calderon.

We are all pushing for Russell to be great, and it is early in the season, but peoples concerns have brought up since summer league, and he isn't getting the playtime right now, it is a really bad situation for him currently.
 
The roster is flawed as constucted, the pieces don't fit plus Byron being a clown and the overall talent just not good compared to the rest of the league almost guarantees that we'll have a good shot at finishing bottom 3.
 
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