15 min, 9 points, 3 3s 7 rebounds. He hit a key 3 late in the 4th when Mavs were threatening. Solid game.
I sort of expected that after seeing him in limited minutes last year. He can be a very good floor spacer for us and he "plays big" too when we need him to. Something that really jumps at you right away when looking at the box score is that he attempted 7 threes already and hit 4 of them. That is nice, really nice.
That's what the greatest FO's do (i mean the Clippers one because we all know Rob is not fit for the job and he doesn't understand salary cap, numbers and all that).
I wonder if Ballmer ever wonders WTH. I’m paying big bucks and the Lakers got the brother for almost free. I’ve got a lot of money but come on.....
What was the consensus here on the altercation? Saw some Laker fans say Cousins was just salty because we cut him. But that’s not what I saw at all. I saw Kieff push the Rockets player in a way that seemed excessive. Boogie then defends his teammate by shoving Kieff, honestly not even with as much force as Kieff used on his push. Kieff retaliates, and then Boogie essentially just walks away without engaging Kieff as Kieff continues to try to instigate. If Boogie was on our team and did that, we’d be celebrating how he was able to play the role of “enforcer” by defending his teammates while being mature enough to walk away. Love Kieff, but he looked a little goofy there. Frankly I don’t think either player did anything that deserved a fine though.
Boogie was sticking up for his teammate and then went to sit down. Don't know what was said between the 2 during the altercation, but Kief's reaction on TV definitely seemed excessive.
Someone said Boogie's teammate flopped, when he instinctively nailed Markieff right back. People always say defenders knocked backwards are flops and half the time or more personally I see the physical reality of a defender getting bulldozed backward. That aside, Kieff cheap shotted the guy, Cousins saw it right in front of him 2 feet away and gave Kieff a taste of his own medicine. No idea why Kieff doesn't understand that. No idea what was said between them of course, and as well I thought Cousins played really chippy. Reckless clobber on LeBron's head going for the ball. But as OX said during GT ..... Cousins is typically like that on the floor.
Kieff should have just gone and got in his face. The shove was stupid and it cost the team foul shots and Kieff money. Oh well, sometime this stuff seems to be done just to so the player and team get to or continue to have the rep not to be messed around with. Different then guys like Artest and the ilk who you just never knew how much in control they really were
