Hollywood Blvd. News – Los Angeles Lakers Edition
- Updated: January 3, 2015
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We like to start our day searching the web and reading articles about our beloved LA sports teams. It’s easy to get lost in the depth of the inter web, but luckily for you we have compiled a list of the most interesting and pertinent news stories for your morning reading pleasure. For this edition, let’s dive into the news surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers.
ESPN.com reports on the Byron Scott/Kobe Bryant experiment:
“Byron Scott’s plan for Kobe Bryant this season is more of an ever-changing experiment than a set-in-stone policy.
After resting Bryant for three of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ games last week, Scott wanted to see how Bryant would perform with the added rest and playing about 32 minutes per game, down about five minutes from what he averaged the first month of the season.
Bryant responded with 10 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists in his first game back Sunday, then with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists Tuesday.
“So far, the experiment is working,” Scott said. “We’re just going to keep at it and see how it turns out.”
Bryant sat out his second straight practice Thursday but is expected to start Friday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies.
“Kobe came in and got some shots up and got some treatment,” Scott said after Thursday’s practice. “He said he feels great, so we’re going to stick to the plan. Tomorrow he’s going to come in and get some more shots up, and we’ll go through shootaround and go from there.”
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Nick Frias of CaliSports News discusses the future of Kobe Bryant:
“Is this the Kobe Bryant (aka Black Mamba) that we’ll see from now on? Sitting at the end of the bench dressed in street clothes, while his body recuperates from previous back to backs. We saw it happen while Kobe sat three straight games against, Golden State, the Chicago Bulls, and the Dallas Mavericks.
Coach Byron Scott is very keen on the idea of having Kobe Bryant rest more and cutting down his minutes after back to backs, or when he feels Kobe Bryant needs to miss a game or two, he’ll make that decision. From latimes.com:
“I would like for you to sit out a couple of games,’ I had to always go back to, ‘You know how much I love you, you know how much I care for you, you know I’ve always got your best interests at heart,’” the Lakers coach said, Then I had to hit him with, ‘I think you need to sit down a couple of games.”
We’ve seen from the previous three games that Coach Scott will not hesitate to make that choice for Kobe Bryant. This is a very new feeling to Laker fans. The whole sit and rest thing isn’t what we envisioned. LakerNation knew that the day would come where Kobe was going to eventually drift off into the sunset, but never acknowledged it was so close by and now the proof is in the pudding.”
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