This is the first time Bryant took a clear backseat to the budding youngsters as opposed to trying to play the mentor and star role at the same time. Kobe Bryant fell flat after a hot start, Randle had one of his worst games of the season in virtually every regard, and really no one off of the bench did much to contribute to the effort. But Leonard, the team’s leading scorer, finished with only nine points and added seven rebounds while playing 27 minutes.
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Forward, in his first season with the Spurs is averaging 15.4 points a game on 44.5% shooting, along with 8.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists.
Soon enough, Russell and Randle will find out if they will become one of those few.
“It’s definitely one of those things that’s going to go down in my little book”, Clarkson said, “saying this is basically where I started my little journey”.
When the family eventually returned to Philadelphia in 1991, Bryant joined the Lower Merion High School basketball team, leading it to the state championships four years in a row. That would be a nice compromise, but it remains to be seen how this will be handled.
As Bryant’s careers flourished, primarily playing as Guard for the Lakers, he achieved many accolades including five NBA championships, two Olympic gold medals, and 17 NBA All-Star game appearances.
LaMarcus Aldridge leads the Spurs to their 19th win of the season over the Lakers. His face will forever be up there with the likes of Karl Malone, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Michael Jordan with Kobe now ranked third on the list of Most Points All-Time. He’s never been shy about attempting and making impossible shots. “He’s getting some more open shots as well”.
His body may be putting limitations on him but his heart and mentality haven’t changed.
The writing seems to be on the wall for Byron Scott’s tenure with the Lakers.
The Los Angelexs Lakers weren’t having much fun these days, so it was time to reflect on their past, which, actually, wasn’t very fun for them either. Try 121 Kobe. Not to mention he has 25 50+ point games, and five 60+ games. Scott is the head coach, and that’s his duty.
Kobe Bryant has not put up All-Star numbers this season, but there’s a chance the Los Angeles Lakers guard represents the Western Conference in Toronto in February anyway.
Clarkson missed Friday’s game against San Antonio because of continued soreness in his right ankle. “I think we found from a great player that he was more interested in the basketball on-the-court stuff than anything else”.
I’m a Kobe fan. Russell and Randle need to develop, and Kobe will have to take a backseat for that to happen. “He’s going to retire as one of the NBA’s greatest players”. More than that, he is giving fans some vintage highlights. Kobe shouldn’t be owned in 83 percent of Yahoo!
As such, the only way to guarantee that Kobe is limited and the development of the young core is priority is for the front office to make sure that is the case.
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The Lakers have been on a long eight-game road trip, but it’s finally coming to an end.
