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Lakers to sign Jim Jackson?
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
--- Quote from: Dat Nigga Ted aka The 10th Nazgûl on March 05, 2006, 12:48:23 PM ---He's played with many teams so he could adjust, but the triangle is prety complicated, :-\ But I was all for him signing with the Lakers.
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He knows the triangle... :raisetheroof:
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
--- Quote from: Antonio on March 05, 2006, 04:44:03 PM ---Jim Jackson to take minutes off Brown? ???
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LOL. It's okay, he obviously has no idea what he's talking about...Brown is our best defensive body for a big. Why would the signing of Jim Jackson take away minutes from that?...LMAO. Make sense...PeACe
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
--- Quote from: 7 on March 05, 2006, 05:13:58 PM ---Brown should get 10 minutes at best (on a team that wants to make noise) ... the Bobcats can give him 25 minutes if he's lucky.. but not the Lakers.
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You have NO idea what you're talking about. Either that, or you haven't seen the Lakers play. Brown is one of our only players who can guard the elite bigs in the league. His physicaly ability is VERY useful on the defensive end, though he hasn't broke out into an elite player himself yet...If Brown only played 10 minutes a game, it would REALLY hurt our front-court defense drastically...PeACe
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
--- Quote from: Antonio on March 05, 2006, 05:45:18 PM ---
--- Quote from: 7 on March 05, 2006, 05:13:58 PM ---Brown should get 10 minutes at best (on a team that wants to make noise) ... the Bobcats can give him 25 minutes if he's lucky.. but not the Lakers.
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Man he's basically (still?) a role player, exactly like Brian Cook. Cook is our offensive PF, and Brown is our defensive one. None of them is starting material (yet?). The problem of our starting 5 is that we have both Mihm and Brown who are totally defensive minded. We lack an offensive minded PF who could get the ball inside (Cook has great offensive awarness, but he's basically a SG, when we attack). If we could replace Mihm with... i don't know.. Frye.. Frye-Brown, now that's a good mix i'd like to see. Frye is not ready yet to start for us, but damn that mix could be very good.
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Actually, Mihm is more of an offensive player...Cook is not the best defender, but Brown has done great so far defending the 4 and 5. Mihm CAN play defense, but he's more offensive-minded and very foul prone. Cook plays like a SG, but man, that don't mean a thing. Look at players like Nowitzki, Kirilenko, Gasol, etc...They like to play the SG typa' game, but they're still bigs...It's the same story for Cook, I've seen him post up some players a few times, he just prefers to shoot...Now, Turiaf, he's pretty balanced. He can provide offense AND defense. I think he should be getting more minutes, probably about 15 a game...I'd like Frye, but he's not ready for our system, he'd still be making a grip of errors...We can win with what we have, just SIGN Jim Jackson!...PeACe
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
Signed 8)
Jim Jackson Signed, Medvedenko Released
By Mike Bresnahan, Times Staff Writer
March 6, 2006
With an eye to the immediate future, the Lakers said goodbye to part of their past, signing free-agent swingman Jim Jackson and waiving injured forward Slava Medvedenko.
Jackson, 35, will be asked to add a veteran presence and outside touch to a team that has shot inconsistently throughout the season but is fighting for a playoff spot.
On his 12th team in 14 seasons, Jackson played in 27 games this season before being released by the Phoenix Suns last week, averaging 3.7 points and 2.4 rebounds in 15.6 minutes. He has not played since Jan. 4 but was practicing with the Suns until he was waived. His minutes were reduced this season when Phoenix added Eddie House and James Jones.
Jackson, the fourth overall pick in the 1992 draft, averaged 8.8 points and 3.9 rebounds last season for a Phoenix team that won a league-best 62 games and lost to San Antonio in the Western Conference finals.
Jackson, 6 feet 6 and 220 pounds, will be paid about $500,000, his contract contingent on passing a physical today in Los Angeles. It is not expected to be a problem.
Medvedenko, who will be 27 next month, played only two games this season and underwent season-ending surgery in January for a herniated disk in his back.
Signed as a free agent in August 2000, Medvedenko played on two Laker championship teams. He was re-signed to a two-year, $6-million deal before the 2004-05 season but played only 23 games after that because of injuries and ineffectiveness.
For his career, Medvedenko has averaged 5.4 points and 2.9 rebounds in 249 games.
Hell yea!!!...Good choice with the waiving of Medvedenko as well, seeing as he's becoming injury prone and was out for the season anyways...This should really help...PeACe
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