Lakers4Life wrote:My biggest gripe with one of my favorite Lakers from The Showtime era is how he treats D'Angelo Russell.
Coach Fisher with Porzingas in New York for example already has a defined role and is getting plenty of minutes to develop. And it's paying off. His potential is on full display.
Why isn't Scott following this path? Instead he's mentally fucking with Russell. Which I hope doesn't do permanent damage. Blaming Russell every chance he gets. Doesn't give him a defined role. Starts him. Then benches him. Yanks him in the 4th quarters. Not playing him enough minutes. How's a kid suppose to develop under Scotts bullshit?
KobeMVP888 wrote:Lakers4Life wrote:My biggest gripe with one of my favorite Lakers from The Showtime era is how he treats D'Angelo Russell.
Coach Fisher with Porzingas in New York for example already has a defined role and is getting plenty of minutes to develop. And it's paying off. His potential is on full display.
Why isn't Scott following this path? Instead he's mentally fucking with Russell. Which I hope doesn't do permanent damage. Blaming Russell every chance he gets. Doesn't give him a defined role. Starts him. Then benches him. Yanks him in the 4th quarters. Not playing him enough minutes. How's a kid suppose to develop under Scotts bullshit?
The difference is that D'Angelo Russell admittedly has never played the point before. It drives me crazy how he typically eats up more than half of the 24 second clock trying to figure things out and then we wind up with a bad shot. Giving him more minutes could actually be detrimental to his growth. Comparing him to Porzingus is unfair because clearly Porzingus came into the league more advanced with a known skill set and a position that fits for him. We should have drafted him. Believe me, he would have had the same experience here as he is having in NY, even with Byron as his coach. I'm not saying that Byron is the right guy for these infants. He is not. I am saying that D'Angelo Russell still has more upside than people are giving him credit for, but his learning curve is also bigger than anyone else's. Same goes for Julius Randle.
Byron is too "old school" for today's NBA-AAU. I hate to admit that, but I now believe it to be true. Others were well ahead of that curve as I chose the patience route. Byron needs to be relieved of his duties, but not now. Give these kids a fresh start next season. Hopefully they will put in a lot of hard work this summer and will have a few more real NBA players around them to boost their games. Kobe is a cartoon at this point, so despite his vast knowledge, he's not the kind of real NBA player I'm talking about. He is also too "old school." Byron is the perfect coach to have for Kobe during this charade. That is his sole purpose and that's OK by me.
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