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NBA Rumors: Lakers Not Necessarily Regretting the Kobe Bryant & Byron Scott Mini-Era
The NBA is more interesting when the big franchises do well, which is why the Los Angeles Lakers suddenly looking like a good team, and maybe more importantly a having-fun one, has been a great sight to see, even for non-Lakers fans.
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NBA Rumors: Los Angeles Lakers Feeling Good About Themselves For the First Time in Years
Will the Los Angeles Lakers will make the playoffs this season? Probably not. Is Luke Walton the new best head coach in the NBA? Too soon to tell. Is D’Angelo Russell going to be a superstar point guard? Maybe. One thing is certain: The Lakers look like they like playing with each other.
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Los Angeles Lakers Season Preview: Rising From the Ashes Worshiping One Player
Ding dong, the witch is retired, to paraphrase a song from a famous movie. Kobe Bryant is gone, off in retirement, and the Los Angeles Lakers are finally free to rebuild and start improving, with Luke Walton overseeing the project from the sidelines, and the young core of D’Angelo Russell, Jordan Clarkson, Brandon Ingram and Julius Randle will try to put the most illustrious NBA franchise back where it’s used to being.
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Los Angeles Lakers: The No Kobe Bryant Experiment
Was Kobe Bryant holding the Los Angeles Lakers back in recent years? We’re going to find out in 2016-2017, as the franchise moves away from the shadow of one man, trying to build something new with Luke Walton making his debut as head coach, trying to succeed with D’Angelo Russell, Jordan Clarkson, Brandon Ingram and others, all treading in new territory.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Look Happy When Kobe Bryant Isn’t Playing
The NBA is a more interesting place when the Los Angeles Lakers are a good team. The closer Kobe Bryant is to retirement and the closer Byron Scott is to getting fired the sunnier it gets over the golden half of the Staples center, with D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle and Jordan Clarkson finding more and more reasons to smile recently.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Might Keep Byron Scott if he Suddenly Makes the Young Players Better
It’s hard to believe there’s any doubt about the Los Angeles Lakers needing to get rid of Byron Scott the moment they want to start winning, but there are rumors suggesting that a good finish from the Lakers, meaning that the young players like D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. show any kind of progress.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers, Byron Scott Have no Clue on How to Develop Players
The Los Angeles Lakers remain winless as they get beaten by the Denver Nuggets 120-109, but worse – they stick to Kobe Bryant and Lou Williams with the game on the line, while Jordan Clarkson could use more room to operate, and probably more minutes next to D’Angelo Russell.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Need to Hope Kobe Bryant Doesn’t Ruin it for D’Angelo Russell & Jordan Clarkson
The Los Angeles Lakers will try to be different and especially better than last season. They’d also like to start developing something. A Jordan Clarkson-D’Angelo Russell backcourt, with Julius Randle finally playing his rookie season. Kobe Bryant taking a step back is a big key in all this planning.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Kobe Bryant With One Final Battle of Ego and Accepting his Flaws
If this is the final season for Kobe Bryant with the Los Angeles Lakers and in the NBA, it’ll best be spent by tutoring players like Jordan Clarkson and D’Angelo Russell, the hopeful backcourt tandem of the future for the franchise.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Hoping Steve Nash Working Out Jordan Clarkson & D’Angelo Russell Helps
The Los Angeles Lakers are hoping this season is the beginning of not just something new, but something great. Guards D’Angelo Russell and Jordan Clarkson are big parts of those hopes, and working out with Steve Nash, recently retired, is an attempt to get them ready for what’s coming next.