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LOS ANGELES – The nearly 20 players stood side-by-side near center court. Behind them, 20 more players did the same thing.

Every player on the Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers then performed one uniform gesture. They locked arms together during the national anthem before a recent preseason game at Staples Center. Since San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started kneeling during the anthem before games during the NFL preseason, other pro, college and high school athletes have followed with their own gestures to protest social injustice.

So, the Lakers huddled in recent weeks and brainstormed how they would protest with one specific goal in mind.

“We didn’t want anybody to feel disrespected,” Lakers guard Lou Williams said. “We want to do something just to show unity and solidarity. Instead of kneeling, we just...
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Oct 20, 2016

A Scout's Take On The Lakers.

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by Lakers2015 at 11:54 AM (4,736 Views / 3 Likes)

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"They’ll be the worst team in the West and bottom-three overall with Brooklyn and Philadelphia. …

The best-case scenario for them is that Russell becomes a high-level starter, Ingram is in the Rookie of the Year mix, and they get a clear sense for how Randle fits into their long-term plans. All of those things could happen and they still might not win 25 games. … Keeping their pick again would be huge for turning this around into a playoff team again. …

From a style perspective, the Lakers should change more than any other team with Kobe retiring and Walton taking over for Scott. They’ll play fast, move the ball, take more threes, less isolation plays and a lot more opportunity for their young prospects.

… Russell is their most important player. The style shift will work if he makes it work and it will fail if he’s not quite ready. I think he’s ready for a breakout. He is an electric player when he’s playing well: he can score, shoot and set others up. He has the...
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Oct 19, 2016

Lakers Recently Worked Out Hasheem Thabeet

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The 2009 NBA Draft is one of the best in recent memory, boasting a number of All-Stars and All-NBA players including Stephen Curry, Blake Griffin, James Harden, and DeMar DeRozan. Unfortunately, it is also home to one of the biggest busts in recent draft history, second overall pick Hasheem Thabeet.

The Memphis Grizzlies drafted the 7’3 big man out of the University of Connecticut, but he never made a dent in the NBA. He played for four teams in five seasons and never came close to becoming the defensive force he was in college.

After being out of the NBA last season, Thabeet has apparently been working hard in hopes of resurrecting his NBA career. According to Alex Kennedy of Basketball Insiders, one of the teams to work out Thabeet in hopes of seeing what he can do now was the Los Angeles Lakers:

Three NBA teams – the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and Washington Wizards – recently worked out Thabeet because they wanted to see his transformation in person.

The...
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