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[CP1708]

[quote name="SenorRoboto2k5"]The logic (or lack of it) is what's really ridiculous. It makes it sound like he doesn't know how to handle minutes or aching players in general, not just Kobe.

"When Metta was coming, I thought I was coming out, which is what I normally do," Bryant said, "but I didn't, so I stayed."

Bryant played until the final minute, when he checked out with 24.6 seconds left.

"We didn't even talk about it," Scott said. "I just left him out there because I knew we needed him out there."

"I worry about it [after the game]," Scott said. "At the time, when we're trying to win the basketball game, you try not to worry about it. But obviously after the game you worry about it."

Shahan Ahmed ‏@shahanLA
Byron not convinced he needs to change Kobe's minutes but... "If he misses Sunday, then I'll think about it."

I'm not even about Byron, but I don't see anything wrong with these words.

Edumacate me. Explain it to me like I'm a child, folks.

Or... explain it to me like you are not just doing what everyone else is doing; explain it like you really have reasons for being concerned with those quotes, and why.

"BECAUSE HE'S AN IDIOT, THAT'S WHY! BECAUSE HE SAID HE'LL WAIT TILL SUNDAY, THAT'S WHY!! BECAUSE... REASONS!!"

[/quote]

20. Seasons.

60,000ish NBA minutes.

Numerous. Injuries.

Last. Season.

Byron KNOWS all this. HE, should already have a plan in place BEFORE, EVERY, game. EVERY. Game.

Kobe has already missed MULTIPLE games THIS year.

But "you try not to worry about it during the game" ?

What the ****?

If, IFFFFFFFFFFFFF he misses Sunday, THEM I'll worry about it?

Pretend you read ALL that, and we had zero options behind him. None. Kobe is all we got.

Ya know, no Clarkson, DLo, Nick Young, Lou, Metta, Huertas, just Kobe.

Only. Kobe.


"Coach"

You can hear what Kobe is sayin. He couldn't walk to his car the other night. He has sat out multiple games already. He's not forcing minutes, at all. He plays when he can. He shoots a lot, when he plays, no doubt, but he no longer forces or demands minutes.

"I thought Ron was comin in for me, but he didn't, so I stayed....."

This aspect, time, minutes, games, this aint on Kobe. Money, shot attempts, sure, but not PT.

 

[Lizakers]

Kobe at the high post demanding the ball and the youngsters constantly being intimidated into throwing him the ball is beyond difficult to watch and hurts the team

 

[kookcle]

Kobe's usage? That's on Kobe, and anyone who can't see that isn't paying attention and hasn't been paying attention, or don't want to see it.


Kobe's playing the amount he wants to play; believe that.

When Kobe said " I want to play all 82" , the next day he made up an excuse of a bad back and cant play. That was Byron doing his job.

He will listen to him ( Byron). He's just a dumbass coach.

Kobe should be used the way the wolves are using KG at the moment.

NO point playing him this heavy ...He's horrible on both side of the floor. Nick Young is a better defender then him at this point.

I understand trying to win to save your job but he has to realize ( pretty sure he wont ) that having Kobe on the floor wont help at all.

 

[VinMillerHearn58]

Lets be real famb, you know the Lakers FO isn't firing Byron. I think he lasts the whole season. Which is unfortunate.

 

[essential1]

Byron is a coach who if he pulled him, Kobe will listen. And won't be bitter. Hell even Phil was able to keep prime Kobe in generally strict time management. More minutes, but it was a consistent rotation when he goes in and when he comes out. Byron is not Phil.. Byron is more Tyrone Corbin, but because he was Kobe's mentor as a rookie, he still has that respect that makes him listen to Byron.


No reason why Kobe is consistently ending over 30 minutes.


Stop trotting him out for an entire quarter.


8-7-6-9 is how it should go based on minutes per quarter. Keeps him at 29 minutes. Gives him plenty of rest, increasing as the game goes on. Starts 1st, Ends half. Starts 3rd. Ends game. Also allows him to keep his legs into the 4th.

 

[senorroboto2k5]

I'm not even about Byron, but I don't see anything wrong with these words.

Edumacate me. Explain it to me like I'm a child, folks.

Or... explain it to me like you are not just doing what everyone else is doing; explain it like you really have reasons for being concerned with those quotes, and why.

"BECAUSE HE'S AN IDIOT, THAT'S WHY! BECAUSE HE SAID HE'LL WAIT TILL SUNDAY, THAT'S WHY!! BECAUSE... REASONS!!"

Because the player in question (happens to be Kobe here) just missed his third game of the year with various aches and pains. Aches and pains he complained about right after playing 36 minutes in the previous game before the one he missed.

So when Byron says he'll think about cutting down the minutes "if he misses Sunday," that sounds like a really reckless approach to handling a player that's been nursing various injuries. Plus, he's already missed games... if Byron's waiting for a sign to make adjustments, he's gotten three now . The others translate to "I know he's having issues I should worry about, I just didn't because I wanted to win this game."

It would be one thing if Byron played him a normal amount and monitored how he looked... it's another to play him the heaviest load all season and say "try not to worry about it till after the game."

The quotes just show a huge lack of awareness from the head coach of an NBA team. That's not a surprise, but he keeps reaching new levels with it.

 

[licensed to ball]

Where's gtb to give us cliff notes and make sense of everything being said in these essays

 

[moonman818]

Lets be real famb, you know the Lakers FO isn't firing Byron. I think he lasts the whole season. Which is unfortunate.

Firing him really does nothing for us though. Midas well ride the rest of the season out with him.


No Dlo hate today?

 

[jumpman cbt2]

Because the player in question (happens to be Kobe here) just missed his third game of the year with various aches and pains. Aches and pains he complained about right after playing 36 minutes in the previous game before the one he missed.

So when Byron says he'll think about cutting down the minutes "if he misses Sunday," that sounds like a really reckless approach to handling a player that's been nursing various injuries. Plus, he's already missed games... if Byron's waiting for a sign to make adjustments, he's gotten three now . The others translate to "I know he's having issues I should worry about, I just didn't because I wanted to win this game."

It would be one thing if Byron played him a normal amount and monitored how he looked... it's another to play him the heaviest load all season and say "try not to worry about it till after the game."

The quotes just show a huge lack of awareness from the head coach of an NBA team. That's not a surprise, but he keeps reaching new levels with it.

While head coaches like Scott Brooks who or Tom Thibodeau got fired despite they did the best with the available roster, Byron Scott just can do what he wants with a terrible season so far. He should be getting fired to the moon.

 

[MVP]

Byron stays until he completes the tank and gets a nice severance package from a mutual parting and we hang a picture of him arms crossed in every bathroom of Staples Center. He would have done something MDA never could.

 

[Lizakers]

With the raptors losing their starting center, I hope Mitch gets on the phone and offers up Sacre for a 2nd rounder

 

[Los Angeles]

bring the canadian home!

 

[fayetnam]

IDK

Last year Kobe believed he was only suited for 30 mpg
Byron believed Kobe could play more 32+

After Kobe's injury, Byron conceded he was wrong and should have listened to Kobe

Thats probably the same thing going on this year

 

[MVP]

With the raptors losing their starting center, I hope Mitch gets on the phone and offers up Sacre for a 2nd rounder

Nobody will give us two packets of Chick-Fil-A Polynesian sauce for that bum. 

 

[Lizakers]

Nobody will give us two packets of Chick-Fil-A Polynesian sauce for that bum. 

Lol

Well , bismack biyombo is their only center so you never know

 

[darthska]

[quote name="SenorRoboto2k5"][quote name="CP1708"]20. Seasons.

60,000ish NBA minutes.

Numerous. Injuries.

Last. Season.

Byron KNOWS all this. HE, should already have a plan in place BEFORE, EVERY, game. EVERY. Game.

Kobe has already missed MULTIPLE games THIS year.

But "you try not to worry about it during the game" ?

What the ****?

If, IFFFFFFFFFFFFF he misses Sunday, THEN I'll worry about it? [/quote]So when Byron says he'll think about cutting down the minutes "if he misses Sunday," that sounds like a really reckless approach to handling a player that's been nursing various injuries.[/quote]I can see that.

 

[darthska]

[quote name="Essential1"][quote name="CP1708"]He's not forcing minutes, at all. [H]e no longer forces or demands minutes.[/quote]Byron is a coach who if he pulled him, Kobe will listen. And won't be bitter. [H]e still has that respect that makes him listen to Byron.[/quote]I see no reason to believe this kind of talk.

 

[menacin methods]

Guys do the Lakers have a 2016 first round pick? My friend told me no and it belongs to Philly. I thought Lakers keep the pick as long as its top 3 if not that's when Philly takes it. Please advise.

 

[ill 949]

Top 3 protected. Byron Scott as insurance

 

[lovehateself]

*bscott winking at draft lottery gif

 

[Lizakers]

Porzingod.....WOW
24-14-7 blocks

And Mitch and Jim thought he would take too long to develop

 

[grandtheftbike]

Phil thought he was going to take some time as well doe

 

[nick.]

literally no one thought he'd have this much of an impact this early:

@HPbasketball: European scout to me yesterday: “Porzingis was NOT this guy overseas. None of us saw THIS coming this soon.”

 

[sea manup]

must be the water in NY 

 

[essential1]

Again. Perfect situation for him. Expecting same production from him here, or not recognizing how he'd negatively impact Randle or how Randle would impact him has to be acknowledged.

Also. What a diva.