D'Angelo Russell Discussion: Adopting A Professional Attitude

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  1. KareemtheGreat33

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    I'm glad to see you're back to rhyming,
    and continue that promise until Boron's firing.
     
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    He's literally the last one who should be running his mouth.

    His son Klay and Steph are showing off all the time. I have no issue with them. Love watching them play. Great players, but you can't Russ for having some confidence and swagger. That's one of his best traits. Russell does have the game and has backed it up. What a ridiculous comment.
     
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    So D'Angelo is at 14, 4, and 4 right now basically. I know stats don't mean much, but still it's impressive considering where he was early in the season and really before getting back into the starting five.
     
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    A little piece from Mike Bresnahan giving props to D'Angelo but nothing is said about Scott being the one who had messed up his momentum and slowed his development. No, and in fact quotes him yesterday saying this. GTFOH Boron. Welcome to the party pal. Screw that, get out of here no room on the bandwagon now, and don't you dare try to take any credit for it.

    'Man, this kid can play a little bit,' " Coach Byron Scott said Saturday.

    http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/la-sp-0313-lakers-report-20160313-story.html
     
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    22 minutes. 22 f***ING MINUTES.

    YOU ARE f***ING TRASH BYRON.
     
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    You have to think he wonders why gets to play a lot some games, finish some games, and then simply doesn't in others. He wasn't playing poorly, he wasn't playing great, I see no reason for a total 4th quarter benching. I doubt he does either.
     
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    D'Angelo never even got an opportunity to get in a rhythm. Dude played like five minutes and then sat over a quarter. Played the 3rd and didn't play at all really the rest of the way. Ridiculous.
     
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    f*** you Byron Scott. Just f*** you and your parrot, you poop monster pirate wannabe.
     
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    This. He basically sat over 12 minutes of game time straight in the first half. That is inexcusable.
     
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    I thought he was playing poorly, but all the kids were really. Their roles when Kobe plays are completely muted. I have to assume in meetings before games, Scott explains how we're going to run the offense through and for Kobe Bryant so the kids get to stand in the corner and waive pom-poms. Kobe can barely create a half-way decent look for himself these days let alone others. Teams play Kobe straight up 90% of the time and he obliges now with bricks that lead to easy shots in transition because Jordan and D'Angelo are standing in the corners waiting for a pass that'll never come. So yeah of course they lose interest and focus.

    Even when this was semi-acceptable because the kids hadn't had any exposure, it wasn't acceptable. A good coach can figure out how to stagger rotations so Kobe gets his moments while the kids get theirs and gain experience over the season. Now though? Now there's no f***ing excuse! The kids didn't just gain experience, they were WINNING GAMES. We were COMPETITIVE with good teams WITHOUT Kobe on the floor! We're BETTER without Kobe on the floor. When Kobe is around he eats possessions like an obese child eats cheese. Meanwhile our kids lose out on those possessions, fail to get into a rhythm, and inevitably lose interest and touch. Should they capitulate to what the team needs? Yeah maybe, but that's on the coach to inspire them to want to do that. That's on the coach and the organization to explain the situation in a way they can relate to so that they can perform in a way that helps the team. Instead we just tell them to go away and let Kobe chuck bad shots, play Harden-esque defense, and lose us games.

    When you treat these kids like this, it's not a surprise when they don't look the same.
     
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    Man I'm glad you wrote this. You wrote what I was thinking. We beat GS in that game because we played team basketball. When Kobe and Lou are in the game, team basketball evaporates, and Boron will not hold them accountable. Neither play a lick of D. On the other hand, our young players, who happen to be our best players, have to play while looking over their shoulder.

    Boron is doing everything wrong. Everything. He has set us up to fail from day one. Boron is basically a toxic boss who plays favorites, holds employees to inconsistent standards, and creates a toxic and dysfunctional work environment. Toxic management not only pollutes a work environment, it can bring a business to its knees. We're witnessing that right now with our beloved Lakers.
     
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    I'm not trying to rip Kobe, but the team, and D'Angelo in particular, will be better off when the Kobe tour is over.
     
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    That's not a rip, that's just fact. If we replaced Kobe with Chandler Parsons this summer we're at least a few games better on that move alone. Kobe is not a good basketball player anymore. I love the guy for what he's done, but what we're seeing now is almost inconceivably different from what we'll remember him for.
     
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    Well....this is exactly why I told yall that I HATE Lou Williams with a passion. I was hoping he would be out for the rest of the season. This is the reason that D'Angelo didn't play much yesterday....because with the emergence of Huertas (wtf?), Scott will reduce DANGELO's minutes in favor of Lou...

    At least if Scott continues to play DAR only 20ish minutes from here on out...he'll ensure that he will not be coaching next year, as we will not win many games with DAR not playing as much as he should...as our young guys were actually getting us wins and give us the best chance at winning the game.

    Anyone else notice how much better we were without Lou Williams for the week or so that he was out? Huertas is just a better fit, and Scott won't play huertas 38 minutes...he'll play him 20-25 minutes and that's why he's perfect for us. He also distributes the ball and you know everybody is going to touch it when he's in the game.
     
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    I don't think it's fair to hate on Lou for Byron's incompetence.
     
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    I think it's fair to hate on Lou for ball hogging and playing terrible defense all year long. But yes, you're right, this does ultimately fall on Boron's incompetence as a coach and forcing Lou into a role that he never shoulda had in the first place.
     
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    I tuned out the game last night. I'm done with the KFT. If Kobe is out until the Utah game, I'll be happy.
     
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    I agree. It's much easier to hate on Lou here and he deserves some criticism, but it's on Byron to play him the correct amount of time in the correct way. It's no different than Kobe. I don't hate Kobe for sucking up possessions and killing the offense as much as I hate Byron for allowing that to happen. Imagine Popovich letting Duncan iso every time he's on the court. Yeesh.
     
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    s*** was so easy when Byron had no players left to ruin our guard rotation. I'm trying to avoid talking about DA right now.
     
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