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http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers...,1372826.story
Really good points, tbh. No room for drama when aiming for
talking sense tbh, cant disagree with what he said
http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers...,1372826.story
Really good points, tbh. No room for drama when aiming forBy Melissa Rohlin
September 13, 2012, 10:41 a.m.
Dwight Howard lost a lot of fans as he oscillated between NBA teams during the off-season.
Among them, count Laker great James Worthy.
"I wasn't a fan of Dwight Howard," Worthy said during a conference call Thursday morning to announce his new role as main studio analyst for Lakers games on Time Warner Cable SportsNet.
Worthy said that he likes players who put their head down and do their job. He lamented that with Howard, "there was too much conversation."
"Who said this, I don't like this coach. To me, that's nonsense," Worthy said. "Your job is to come in and play and deal with the situation that's there."
Worthy also greatly disapproved of Howard's reticence to play for the Lakers.
"I was a little bit taken back. I think I heard him say ... if the Lakers drafted him, he wouldn't take it," Worthy said. "I knew that was gibberish."
Worthy, however, made it clear that now that Howard is on the Lakers, he welcomes him to the team. He just thinks that the superstar with a larger-than-life personality needs a minor at ude adjustment.
"This is not Orlando," he said.
After all, as Worthy pointed out, the Lakers have had a long history of great centers, including George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
"It's not like he's bringing this onetime thing to the Lakers," Worthy said.
Worthy thinks that Howard will adjust. He even suggested that the center could thrive alongside superstar Kobe Bryant -- provided that he understands one small thing.
"We already have one superman in this town," he said.
As Worthy cautioned Howard, he praised Steve Nash, the Lakers other slam dunk acquisition this off-season.
"I think my favorite move of the summer was professor Steve Nash," he said. "We haven't had a point guard like that since Magic Johnson."
Worthy said that the team's success this season will hinge on whether Bryant will allow Nash to do what the Lakers brought him aboard to do.
"The key is gonna be if Kobe can defer to Steve Nash and let him run the show," Worthy said.
Worthy called Nash a second coach on the court.
"He's going to make Mike Brown's job so much easier," he said.
As for the Lakers chances of winning a championship this season?
Worthy said the team might not be there just yet.
"They look better on paper," he said. "They look really good on paper. So does a counterfeit $100 bill until you try to spend it. They have work to do."
Worthy, however, was quick to acknowledge that Bryant is hungry for his sixth championship and with both Howard and Nash, his chances greatly increase.
"They should be expected to make the Western Conference Finals, at least," he said.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers...,1372826.story
Really good points, tbh. No room for drama when aiming for
talking sense tbh, cant disagree with what he said
Worthy was a total team player
When he joined the Lakers, he had too much respect for Captain and Magic and took a backseat
It wasnt until 88 that he realized he could take the team on his shoulders
lakers new comer ed by own team's legend
Big Game James with the goods...
I guess he isn't a fan of Kobe either then.
Truth bombs.
"They look better on paper," he said. "They look really good on paper. So does a counterfeit $100 bill until you try to spend it. They have work to do."
Great quote by big game James.
Spurfans congregating and ing themselves over Worthy's words. What a sight to behold.
Everything is par for the course. Family can talk about family.
BGJ with the goods.....
dwight willl adjust, no question with vets like nash and kobe on the roster, it should be no problem, its all about rings in LA
if kobe alllows nash to be alpha...does that mean kobe once again robyn?
We're not ing over Worthy. He's saying what every non-Kobe fan thinks of the Lakers. Hand over the reigns to Nash and feed the bigs as everyone has been saying for years. The Lakers are lucky that he had a ty Olympics otherwise he would've continued bricking them into the reg season.Spurfans congregating and ing themselves over Worthy's words. What a sight to behold.
Everything is par for the course. Family can talk about family.
Venti, you think our fan base is bad? Try staying objective (heck stay online for a day) at LG or Club Lakers and see how moronic some of your own fan base is? I can't even image what Lebron ringing this season might have done to some of them this past season.
How'll he become Robin again? He's now the third or fourth option for the Lakers.
What's there to adjust. You'all never had a big guarding the paint since Shaq in 2002. Nash will pick n roll teams to death with Howard. Crazy Ron will actually get open shots for once since joining the Lakers.
Sounds like Big game mad he's being pushed further down that greatest Laker list.http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers...,1372826.story
Really good points, tbh. No room for drama when aiming for
Big game my boy but he couldn't even fit Howards jock strap in his mouth
James had a Triple Double in game 7 of the Finals vs DetroitSounds like Big game mad he's being pushed further down that greatest Laker list.
Big game my boy but he couldn't even fit Howards jock strap in his mouth
Kobie 6/24 in game 7 of the Finals
The Lakers are too old. They might make the WCF this year. After that it's obscurity.
Yes portland will beat them in 4
sons I pray Dwight blows his knee out and can never play the game of basketball at a professional level ever again. no other player in all of professional sports is more deserving of a career ending injury than that piece of .
Why BR? Inquiring minds wanna know.
thisBig Game James with the goods...
robbin' white girls of their dignity.
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