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Juronimo:
I had never seen Farmar play until yesterday but dude is the truth, he is going to be like Nick Van Exel. He was out there making plays, I haven't seen that from the PG position since Nick. I'll say this right now, he's better than Sasha and Smush.
My thoughts on the other guys:
LO - Looked smooth out there, he didn't look like someone who just had a major tragedy and didn't play all summer.
Kwame - Started off slow but got it going later. He was abusing the Seattle scrubs.
Smush - Stroke looked good, his D looked a little better. He needs to focus all of his energy on D after getting owned by Nash in the playoffs.
Evans - Can't say, he wasn't out there long enough to form an opinion.
Vlad - Shot was off but he was doing other stuff like taking it to the hole, getting rebounds and playing decent D.
Bynum - Looked more under control than at any time last season, the awkwardness is starting to subside. People need to get the idea that he will be another Shaq or Tim Duncan out of their heads, at best he'll be a Theo Ratliff type player.
Shammond - Looked terrible and did nothing, this is only the first preseason game, we'll see. I hope we didn't waste 1.1 million with this signing.
Green - Hustled, got a couple of blocks, he looked good while out there
Luke - He and Farmar had great chemistry, he looked great on O, poor on D
Cook - Great on O, abysmal on D. Vlad is an upgrade over Cook. Cook's awful D makes him a liability.
Turiaf - I love this guy. Played with energy and showed some skill. He can be the enforcer we've needed for some time.
Pinnock - Can't say, didn't get a feel for him
Von Wafer - Cut him please.
McKie - Cut him please.
The Lakers as a team need to work on their free throw shooting, especially Lamar, Kwame and Turiaf. The way they play, they'll go to the line plenty and if they brick free throws like that during the season, we'll lose games because of it. The younger players brought an energy with them, especially with farmar and Turiaf out there at the same time. They'll be big for us off the bench this season.
Teddy Roosevelt:
Farmar will definatly prove to be the steal of the 2006 NBA Draft.
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
--- Quote from: Juronimo on October 13, 2006, 11:03:16 AM ---I had never seen Farmar play until yesterday but dude is the truth, he is going to be like Nick Van Exel. He was out there making plays, I haven't seen that from the PG position since Nick. I'll say this right now, he's better than Sasha and Smush.
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Yup...Shit's gunna get exciting again in Lakerville. 8)
--- Quote from: Juronimo on October 13, 2006, 11:03:16 AM ---Bynum - at best he'll be a Theo Ratliff type player.
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:nawty:
--- Quote from: Juronimo on October 13, 2006, 11:03:16 AM ---Shammond - Looked terrible and did nothing, this is only the first preseason game, we'll see. I hope we didn't waste 1.1 million with this signing.
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He doesn't look like he's in sync with the offense or the other players yet...We'll have to wait to get something out of him.
--- Quote from: Juronimo on October 13, 2006, 11:03:16 AM ---Green - Hustled, got a couple of blocks, he looked good while out there
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Green will be a really good role player in this league...Very fundamental, does the right things, keeps his ground, plays D. I hope when it's all said and done that he's the 15th man on our roster.
--- Quote from: Juronimo on October 13, 2006, 11:03:16 AM ---Luke - He and Farmar had great chemistry, he looked great on O, poor on D
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Yea, I noticed that too, their smart game really compliments eachother. I saw glimpses of a nice combo developing in them.
--- Quote from: Juronimo on October 13, 2006, 11:03:16 AM ---Cook - Great on O, abysmal on D. Vlad is an upgrade over Cook. Cook's awful D makes him a liability.
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Cook does need to improve his D, but it's pre-season...His O more than made up for it last night though.
--- Quote from: Juronimo on October 13, 2006, 11:03:16 AM ---Von Wafer - Cut him please.
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I agree. I thought he showed a lot of athleticism and potential last year, and Kobe really liked him, but now it's clear that he's simply not mentally ready for the NBA. way too immature on the court...He needs A LOT of time on the Lakers development team.
--- Quote from: Juronimo on October 13, 2006, 11:03:16 AM ---McKie - Cut him please.
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I really hope so...
--- Quote from: Juronimo on October 13, 2006, 11:03:16 AM ---The Lakers as a team need to work on their free throw shooting, especially Lamar, Kwame and Turiaf. The way they play, they'll go to the line plenty and if they brick free throws like that during the season, we'll lose games because of it. The younger players brought an energy with them, especially with farmar and Turiaf out there at the same time. They'll be big for us off the bench this season.
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The rim was awkwardly loose last night, but it's pre-season...Odom is a decent free-throw shooter and he'll improve (he made that a point of emphasis for this season). Turiaf and Kwame also have a nice stroke, they just need to perfect it. Our team is pretty set from the get-go this season!...PeACe
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
LAKER UPDATE:
Guard Sasha Vujacic did not play Thursday and will be out three or four days because of a strained muscle in his left foot.... Andrew Bynum sustained a slightly sprained left ankle and left in the third quarter.... The Lakers waived forward Marcus Douthit and center Mamadou N'Diaye. They now have 18 players, three more than the league
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
Rambis Comes Full Circle
By Mike Bresnahan, Times Staff Writer
October 13, 2006
The game-worn eyeglasses were hung up a long time ago. The Clark Kent references have also been retired.
Kurt Rambis looks at those days and smiles, employing a pop-culture analogy to describe his past life as a Lakers power forward.
"Wham! was still big," he said, a reference to the former George Michael--led pop-music duo that peaked in the mid-1980s.
Rambis, now 48, has long since shifted into the coaching part of his career, entering his ninth season as a Lakers assistant. He is guiding the team while Coach Phil Jackson recovers from hip-replacement surgery.
He has been in charge before, taking over in the interim for Del Harris 12 games into the strike-shortened 1998-99 season. He tied a league record at the time by winning his first nine games, but then the season began to unravel.
Eddie Jones and Elden Campbell were traded to Charlotte for Glen Rice, B.J Armstrong and J.R. Reid, a move that failed to bring the desired results. Then Dennis Rodman was signed. The Lakers were swept by San Antonio in the Western Conference semifinals.
Rambis could not shed his interim tag. Jackson was hired before the 1999-2000 season.
"The way I look at it, it was a great opportunity for me," Rambis said. "I was thrown into the fire and just about every bad thing that could happen to a coach during a season happened to me that year. It was just unfortunate I didn't get an experience to have my own team, run my own team and come back with the Lakers, but if I'm sitting in the Laker business office at that time and Kurt Rambis is your interim coach and Phil Jackson is available, it becomes a very easy decision about which coach you're going to take."
Jackson did not pick Rambis for his staff, so Rambis became a consultant for the Lakers.
"He obviously had a tremendous amount of success here with this organization, but it did kind of push me to the back side," Rambis said. "It was disappointing, but I understood it. It was probably a good break for me too, to get me away from the team. He brought me back later and has meant an awful lot to me as a coach and a mentor."
Rambis was asked to join Jackson's staff before the 2001-02 season, the result of a budding friendship. The players have reacted favorably to him.
"He has a high basketball IQ," forward Lamar Odom said. "The guy played on championship teams with Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He looks younger now, with the shaved mustache, contact lenses ... those glasses were kind of thick."
Eventually, Rambis wants another chance as a head coach.
"I definitely want to be a head coach in this league, as long as the team has realistic expectations," Rambis said. "If you go to a less-talented team and the owner and general manager are expecting you to win a championship, that's just completely unrealistic. As long as there's support from management and realistic expectations and a realistic timetable for a team to improve, it would be enjoyable to coach just about anywhere in this league."
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