IMO they should bring Nash off the bench. He can still be in during the 4th quarter and close games out, but that way he'll play a bigger role when he's in and will largely help the inep ude of their bench. He and Jamison should be enough to make their 2nd unit respectable.
So Kobe will be a spot up shooter. Same problem. Kobe needs the ball in his hands. It's his game. And that's the way Kobe got his rings. Nash has none being the main guy so the choice is obvious.
Nash is not the PG the Lakers need but we knew it.
Bring him off the bench to run the second unit could help.
The biggest problem will be if he's not more healthy than Bynum
When your Centers are 4/20 FT you are in trouble
Kobe's been in $-collecting mode his entire career. I don't think he's ever taken a penny less than the absolute max the CBA allowed.
Edit: at least recently. I don't know if he got maxed out early in his career.
If their backup PGs were anything better than a rotting pile of crap I might agree. Blake really is bad enough to drag down the whole starting lineup, though. For now, the Lakers will just have to play their starters 36+ min each to mitigate the damage caused by their own bench.
he's far better, only problem is that last year's bynum wasn't the real bynum and yet they sucked big time anyway..
http://www.latimes.com/sports/basket...,5316293.story
"It is frustrating a little bit because I feel like we're thinking too much instead of playing," Nash said of adjusting to a new offense after spending the last eight seasons with the Phoenix Suns. "At the same time, we don't have the confidence just to play. We're not totally confident in where we're going. But we've grown a lot. We've come a long way with it and we'll get better with it."Nash isn't having fun anymore.
- Four of their starters are 32 or older.
- Kobe is too difficult of a personality to coach for anyone not name Phil Jackson, Pat Riley or Greg Popovic.
- Metta World Peace is an idiot. Just substract 5 possessions for the Lakers every night for all the terrible shots he takes.
It doesnt matter what "offense" they run. Three of the starters will always look to Kobe on every possession while MWP will do something dumb.
he will once he finds out just how much money he stole to the lakers..
The "Nash having fun" quote is being taken completely out of context.
He was comparing team under Terry Porter (worst coach in Suns history) and Shaq WHEN THEY WERE LOSING versus D'Antoni years.
Should've replaced Mike Brown with someone that can coach offense, while Nash is still mobile.
Best defense against Steve Nash is taking the ball out of his hands and chaining him in a slow-pace half-court offense. He looked positively Steve Blake-esque out there. Enjoy Lakers fans.
Steve Blake Nash tbh...a great player being held back by Potato Head and his toppings of chives, sour cream, butter, salt, pepper.
'sup Stacy? You watch the game? Prolly not because Kobe shot 11/14 n had zero FTs which means he was playin as da 3rd option. You tryna say he shouldnt shoot at all?
you can surround dwight howard with trash and that team will still win one or two rounds in the playoffs. orlando has been doing it for years. nash, on the other hand, is done. i don't know why lakerfan was creaming in his pants after getting nash. dude will be 39 years old at the time of the playoffs. watching him try to guard chris paul or westbrook will be hilarious. but again, lucky the lakers have DPOY candidate dwight howard. gasol is no slouch on shot blocking either. lakers just need to find an iden y and just stick with it.
regardless I don't think Nash would play any better even if kobe took less shots. Guess we'll never know.
I saw 3 or 4 pnr with Nash that game. I am not saying that Nash needs to dominate the ball every possession but if you are not going to at least play to his strengths a little bit then why have him out there?
The Lakers still have time to fix their problems but time is ticking on them to fire Mike Brown.
who can replace brown tho? the team need somebody good wit ego management
tbh, you can't even pin the bad D on Nash this time around... 90 pts in 3 quarters... You have to start thinking if that old team is going to have problems in back-to-back nights
injuries/health already an issue
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