The Lakers lost to the Raptors 102-93, falling to 1-4 on their current road trip. This, in and of itself, is not news. After all, the team was 3-17 heading into the game. Leaving 3-18, especially after playing a team over .500 in their gym on the second night of a back to back should […]
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Lakers Lose to the Nuggets, Remain Winless
It should be noted, at the top, that few people thought the Lakers would win many games. In my season preview I wrote the following: I think this team tops out at 38 wins and that’s with everything going right. When was the last time any NBA team had everything go right? When was the […]
Lakers Seem Better Prepared for a Byron Scott Training Camp
Byron Scott would be the first one to tell you that he’s old-school. Even if no one uttered those words to you, however, you would still figure it out from the way he’s managed his teams and through an examination of his overall basketball philosophy. When it comes to training camp, this translates to conditioning. […]
Will Byron Scott’s Actions Match His Words?
When Jim Buss sat down with Eric Pincus for a wide ranging interview last month, his thoughts on everything from Kobe to analytics to the development of the team’s young players were thoroughly dissected. After all, it’s not often Buss opens up on the record and his comments get presented without an agenda or spin. In […]
Byron Scott, Lessons Learned, & Consistent Rotations
Heading into training camp, Byron Scott seems to have a better grasp as to how he wants to handle his roster than what ended up being the case last season. If you read the comments made to Bill Oram, it’s clear he has some plans on how he envisions handling certain players on the roster. […]
Byron Scott Will Need to Live Up to his Reputation
Among a large sect of Lakers’ fans, Byron Scott is not held in the highest of regards as a coach. The former Showtime shooting guard is absolutely revered as a former great player who helped the team capture three championships as Magic’s backcourt mate, but when it comes to stewarding the ship from the sideline […]
Is Byron Scott’s Lineup Change Paying Dividends?
Five games ago Byron Scott made a change to his starting lineup, moving Jeremy Lin and Carlos Boozer to the bench in favor of Ronnie Price and Ed Davis. At the time, the move did not sit well with me as the changes did not seem to be based off any real statistical evidence and […]
Kobe Bryant, Buy-in, and Byron Scott’s Success
More than any of the other candidates who could have gotten the Lakers’ head coaching job, Byron Scott will get an extended honeymoon period. While I have expressed my thoughts on more than one occasion about how much Scott’s history as a Laker should matter, the fact is that it does. It mattered to the […]
Steve Nash and Carlos Boozer to start? Sure, why not?
We are about 3 weeks from the start of training camp and, soon enough, we will have actual Lakers basketball to discuss. Until then, though, we are left speculating on who might fill out Byron Scott’s coaching staff, how the depth chart at each position might play out, and watching Nick Young randomly stop at […]
Report: Byron Scott to add Igor Kokoskov as Assistant Coach
Besides continuing to bring in free agents to fill out the roster heading into training camp, the only thing left for Byron Scott to do this off-season is to finalize his coaching staff. While Scott hinted that one of those hires may be his son, it looks like the first name to be added may end up […]