ambchang
11-07-2014, 04:42 PM
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles-lakers/post/_/id/40306/too-much-kobe-scott-strives-for-balance
At least according to him and his coach.
Lakers coach Byron Scott recognizes that his team needs to get to the point at which the scoring load isn't all on Bryant.
"I think there was a timeout last game where I pointed at Kobe and I said, 'I know how great this guy is, but you guys have got to play basketball,'" Scott said after the team's practice Thursday. "'You can't look at him every single time and try to give him the ball. You've got to take shots that are there. You can't pass up shots.'
"They can't be afraid to fail," Scott said of Bryant's teammates. "That's the biggest thing. You've just got to be able to go out there and play."
But Bryant also has to play a role in helping his teammates.
"I think he's done his share in trying to play that role and trying to get those guys an opportunity to play," Scott said, "but they've got to take advantage of it as well."
What does Bryant think he must to do get his teammates more involved?
"Well, I think use a lot of guys, [Carlos] Boozer and Jeremy Lin, to create opportunities," Bryant said, "which means running [the offense] through them a lot and moving me off the ball and getting picks off the ball, as opposed to me initiating the offense and then controlling everything from there.
"I think it has to be Jeremy and Boozer and those guys making plays, and we're setting picks off the ball. It keeps them involved."
At least according to him and his coach.
Lakers coach Byron Scott recognizes that his team needs to get to the point at which the scoring load isn't all on Bryant.
"I think there was a timeout last game where I pointed at Kobe and I said, 'I know how great this guy is, but you guys have got to play basketball,'" Scott said after the team's practice Thursday. "'You can't look at him every single time and try to give him the ball. You've got to take shots that are there. You can't pass up shots.'
"They can't be afraid to fail," Scott said of Bryant's teammates. "That's the biggest thing. You've just got to be able to go out there and play."
But Bryant also has to play a role in helping his teammates.
"I think he's done his share in trying to play that role and trying to get those guys an opportunity to play," Scott said, "but they've got to take advantage of it as well."
What does Bryant think he must to do get his teammates more involved?
"Well, I think use a lot of guys, [Carlos] Boozer and Jeremy Lin, to create opportunities," Bryant said, "which means running [the offense] through them a lot and moving me off the ball and getting picks off the ball, as opposed to me initiating the offense and then controlling everything from there.
"I think it has to be Jeremy and Boozer and those guys making plays, and we're setting picks off the ball. It keeps them involved."