Lakers: D'antoni talking defense

[Michael Jordan.]

Mike D’Antoni Says Lakers’ Chemistry Will be Better This Season

Could the loss of Dwight Howard, an All-Star and one of (and probably the) best centers in the NBA, actually make the Lakers better? That’s Head Coach Mike D’Antoni’s theory. Per the LA Times: “Addition by subtraction? The Lakers can only hope, despite their very public courting of Howard that started a mere eight weeks ago and crashed and burned barely a week later. ‘We’ve definitely improved our shooting and I think the chemistry will be better just because the uncertainty has gone away,’ D’Antoni said. ‘A lot of people will know their roles better and what’s going on on the floor better. Dealing with free agency day to day, we won’t have those problems.’ The Lakers added Nick Young, Jordan Farmar, Wesley Johnson and veteran center Chris Kaman. ‘We’re real excited about some of the possibilities and trying to develop some guys that will turn into good players,’ D’Antoni said. ‘It’ll be good for them, good for the Lakers. It’s always exciting to have young guys like that who are willing to learn, willing to work hard.’ … Yet D’Antoni thinks the Lakers can improve upon last season’s 45-37 record … if they stay healthy. ‘I don’t see why not,” he said. ‘I think we can be better because I don’t think we reached our potential last year. Our lack of defense came mostly from lack of energy from guys that didn’t feel right in their place on the team. Defense is energy, concentration and the desire to do it. If something is sapping that energy — distractions, injuries, not feeling good about the team — then you’re not going to put your heart and soul into it and it comes out on the defensive end. They just didn’t feel each other.’”



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[DMC]

lol now let's hear Kobe's take on ball movement.

[elmanutres]

no wonder the guy sucks on defense

[Clipper Nation]

Basically "it's all Bible Kemp's fault we sucked defensively" (as if his teams didn't always suck ass on defense)....

Lakers got as much mileage as they could out of the CP3 veto excuse the past couple years, now they've moved on to The Rejection as their next excuse for everything

[DMC]

Did they key Howard's car and poison his lawn, then leave flowers and a CD of love songs in his mailbox?

[Rogue]

Don't see how it helps with the team's chemistry or defense when Nick Young and Kaman are the most significant additions to their squad this summer.

[Rogue]

Did they key Howard's car and poison his lawn, then leave flowers and a CD of love songs in his mailbox?

Sup DMC, have you read the ending of my story yet? I'm currently planning on writing a sequal led "Return to Dallas", in which I'm intending to introduce a few more ST members, such as Nick Ford and his brother, and that guy named Heath whose family name I can't remember at this moment.