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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Should be Starting Over Steve Nash
If Byron Scott doesn’t change his initial thought and impressions of the Los Angeles Lakers through training camp, the team’s best point guard, Jeremy Lin, is once again going to find himself playing the role of a backup while Steve Nash, who hasn’t been exactly any good or healthy for quite some time, will remain the starter.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Can Make the Most of Kobe Bryant Resting
Joining the Los Angeles Lakers and teaming up with Kobe Bryant means Jeremy Lin isn’t free from the curse of the ball-hogging shooting guard. Maybe things will be different on a new team, but the intended rest Bryant will get from time to time, meaning missing games, should help Lin be a bit more dominant on his new team.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin & Kobe Bryant Have Very Different Motivations
Every player, almost every new season, has something to prove. But that something? It differs from subject to subject, and maybe the two most important players this season for the Los Angeles Lakers, Jeremy Lin and Kobe Bryant, have a different set of goals going into the 2014-2015 NBA season.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Might be Able to Have Fun Again
On an individual level, Jeremy Lin finding a new team means something of a fresh start to his career. Not just actually playing in the right position, role and minutes for the Los Angeles Lakers, but looking like someone who is having fun on the court again, which usually means Lin at his best. His video on Instagram which includes a posterizing dunk on his mother is in line with that attitude.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Can Make Whatever This is Work
Who are the 2014-2015 Los Angeles Lakers? It’s too soon to even call this a work in progress. This will obviously revolve around Kobe Bryant, but Jeremy Lin can be a vital piece of their possible success, although it does mean that Byron Scott gives him a shot at sometimes leading this team.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Byron Scott Got the Job for the Wrong Reasons
The Los Angeles Lakers are always about winning championships, nothing else. But their team isn’t good enough to even dream about going that far, and hiring Byron Scott is further proof that this team isn’t aiming very high yet again.
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Kobe Bryant Decides What Happens, Not Byron Scott
The Los Angeles Lakers have been busy this offseason. They may have gotten Julius Randle in the draft or added Jeremy Lin and Carlos Boozer through free agency and trades. They even hired a new coach, something of a Laker legend, in Byron Scott. And yet one name remains – Kobe Bryant. Even if he doesn’t want to, his presence will be standing in the way of this franchise getting healthy and better.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Byron Scott is Their New Head Coach
It took the Los Angeles Lakers a very long time to figure out who will be their next head coach, so after filling their roster with draft picks, trades and free agent signings, they ended up signing Byron Scott, a big part of the Showtime Lakers during the 1980’s, to try and steer the ship back in the right direction.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Byron Scott REALLY Wants Them to Hire Him
He has been out of a job for over a year and he hasn’t taken a team to the playoffs in five years. That isn’t stopping Byron Scott from lobbying hard to get the Los Angeles Lakers head coaching job, who are keeping their cards close to the chest regarding the next man on the sidelines to be taking orders from Kobe Bryant.
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Los Angeles Lakers Fire Mike D’Antoni – Who Comes Next?
Almost two full years as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers were enough for Mike D’Antoni amid the ongoing speculation of his job security, which now means that as the team heads into a massive rebuild, a new head coach, with names like Byron Scott, Kevin Ollie, George Karl, Lionel Hollins, John Calipari and possibly even Ettore Messina as likely candidates.