Lakers Will NOT Re-Sign Smush Parker

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Lakers push Smush out the door

12:02 AM PDT on Saturday, May 5, 2007

Broderick Turner

EL SEGUNDO - The Lakers already have made one decision, and that was to let Smush Parker know he won't be back next season.

"Smush is not someone that we are going to actively seek out to come back and play with us," Phil Jackson said Friday.

Parker started 162 straight games for the Lakers before he lost his job with two games left in the regular season; he didn't play much in the playoffs. His attitude had been questioned by the staff and his teammates.

A free agent as of July 1, Parker regressed in his second year in LA. He shot worse from the field (.436) and free-throw line (.646), and his points (11.1), assists (2.8), rebounds (2.5) and steals (1.5) all were down.

http://www.pe.com/sports/basketball/breakout/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_lakers_notes_05.3e43964.html

[jacobdrj]

Anybody interested in a tall athletic lanky PG/SG with playoff experience and a bad attitude?

[NBA Junkie]

Laker fans breathe a collective sigh of relief.

[TDMVPDPOY]

his fg% ft% low stats = spurs material

[resistanze]

Wow, didn't see this one coming.

[BillsCarnage]

Wow, didn't see this one coming.

Yeah, this is quite surprising.





























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[NBA Junkie]

Who will be Phil's next whipping boy when Smush leaves?

[kingsfan]

I'm shocked :rolleyes I don't think he'll be the only one shown the door before next season starts.

[StylisticS]

Who will be Phil's next whipping boy when Smush leaves?

Yeah but he needed to be whipped.

[Obstructed_View]

In other news, sky blue.

[schadenfreude52]

Good. He sucked.

[yeahone]

well we already gt beno s no need for him

[Extra Stout]

Even Rafer Alston is better than Smush Parker.

[mffl89]

Anyone remember when he said that he expected to play all the time? I think it happened when Jackson benched him.

[jman3000]

i remember his first couple weeks as a laker he averaged about 20 points and laker fans were saying he was going to be the next great laker.

:lol

[Purple & Gold]

i remember his first couple weeks as a laker he averaged about 20 points and laker fans were saying he was going to be the next great laker.

:lol
Not this Laker fan. You get what you pay for. He could be a solid backup PG though.

[Kori Ellis]

i remember his first couple weeks as a laker he averaged about 20 points and laker fans were saying he was going to be the next great laker.

:lol

Yeah, I called him a scrub and people when nuts on me :lol

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26567&page=1&pp=26&highlight=smush+scrub

[ponky]

it was only a matter of time but this is still good news now that it's official

[Purple & Gold]

Yeah, I called him a scrub and people when nuts on me :lol

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26567&page=1&pp=26&highlight=smush+scrub
Good call. He has the tools to be a good PG, but he's lacking the IQ to make it happen. I'm sure some team will pick him up.

[LakeShow]

Like P&G said, Smush could be a very good backup point guard for some team. He can play when motivated. He's just an idiot! Phil lost him during the Jason Kidd talk. He knew he was the odd man out. Instead of being a professional about it and show Phil why he belongs in a Laker Uniform, he rebelled. He copped a serious attitude with the team and Phil. It was inevitable.

[OldDirtMcGirt]

Have fun in the Euroleague Smush! At least Farmar has some promise, Smush is awful.

[jmard5]

Who will be Phil's next whipping boy when Smush leaves?

Radmanovic.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

Wow Laker's let their second best guard go. lol

[bdictjames]

Farmar looks sloppy, I think Vujacic has better talent.

[Obstructed_View]

Yeah, I called him a scrub and people when nuts on me :lol

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26567&page=1&pp=26&highlight=smush+scrub
From a playing standpoint, he proved you wrong (I said he was a scrub, too). It's his fifty cent head and his bad attitude that are the reasons he's out.

[Tigole Bitties]

Looks like Jordan "Don't Call Me an Ewok" Farmar got a promotion

[JamStone]

Yeah, I called him a scrub and people when nuts on me :lol

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26567&page=1&pp=26&highlight=smush+scrub


Actually, Kori, you also said he was a fringe NBA player at best. Not too shabby to last as long as he did while being only a fringe NBA player at best.

I think he'd be a good match in Denver. He can start at point and allow Iverson to continue to play the 2-guard on offense but still defend the point guards as Smush take on the bigger, more athletic 2-guards on defense.

[Supergirl]

What do Spurs fans think? Is Smush someone who would respond to Pop's discipline? Cause we could use an upgrade at back up PG next year...

[Obstructed_View]

Oh fuck that. He's the last thing the Spurs should want.

[ShackO]

He won't be missed............... Kid proved himself to be an idiot in the end..........

[AFBlue]

Hopefully the Lakers follow suit with Luke Walton....he's a kid that could be effective on this Spurs team.

[nkdlunch]

Smush >>>> Beno

[ShackO]

Hopefully the Lakers follow suit with Luke Walton....he's a kid that could be effective on this Spurs team.

Rumor is he is on the way out also................

[timvp]

Actually, Kori, you also said he was a fringe NBA player at best. Not too shabby to last as long as he did while being only a fringe NBA player at best.

I think he'd be a good match in Denver. He can start at point and allow Iverson to continue to play the 2-guard on offense but still defend the point guards as Smush take on the bigger, more athletic 2-guards on defense.

There's no way in hell Smush lands a starting job next season. He has a better chance of not making a team at all than being brought in as a starter.

[ChumpDumper]

Point guards with size will always be attractive, but it may be that Bob Hill put Smush into a permanent adversarial relationship with coaches. No need to pursue him though. There are a couple of big point guards in the draft including 6'9" Sun Yue, whom I demand we draft if he's still on the board at #58. 6'5" Tony Bland has rounded into a pretty dependable point guard in the D-League over the past two seasons as well.

[Kori Ellis]

Actually, Kori, you also said he was a fringe NBA player at best. Not too shabby to last as long as he did while being only a fringe NBA player at best.

I think he'd be a good match in Denver. He can start at point and allow Iverson to continue to play the 2-guard on offense but still defend the point guards as Smush take on the bigger, more athletic 2-guards on defense.

I still think he's a fringe player:lol Just because a team is desperate and uses him doesn't mean he's good enough to be a regular rotation player in the NBA.

[JamStone]

Wow, when that "fringe" player essentially played two seasons as a starting point guard for a playoff team.

[Cry Havoc]

Even Rafer Alston is better than Smush Parker.

Don't be hatin' on Skip. :nope