Coach Byron Scott insists that Kobe Bryant is not the problem of the losing Los Angeles Lakers.
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After putting up just 77 points in Tuesday’s loss to the 16-0 Golden State Warriors, the Lakers have recognized the need for offensive adjustments.
“I’m not really anxious about it, honestly”, Bryant said. I mean it’s – you know, my shooting could be better.
“The frustration just kind of got to me tonight, it affected the way I played, the way I shot – blowing coverages defensively”, he said. Right now, they’re playing like the best team in National Basketball Association history-easily besting the 95-96 Bulls in point differential, points per game, and points allowed.
On the season, Bryant is shooting a career-worst 31.1 percent from the field and is 2-for-21 from 3-point range in his past four games. We are talking about the original Big 3. “I don’t see that happening with the upcoming schedule we have”, said Walton, who is filling in for injured Golden State coach Steve Kerr.
Lakers are bottom of the Western Conference Pacific Division with a record of 2-12, leaving them 13 points behind undefeated division leaders Warriors. He added, “I don’t think he should wait”.
For the “First Take” host, it is over for Bryant and it is time for him to retire. Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Lakers simply didn’t have the answer to Golden State’s onslaught. Go out, play hard every night, and try to execute the style of play that we’ve established and hopefully good things happen. In the midst of the worst season of his career, Bryant’s game-by-game performance continues to regress.
Unless you revel in their misery (which you very well might), the Lakers have been totally grim and unapproachable this season, with perhaps one exception: off-court Kobe.
When asked Kobe’s struggles, Scott said “he’s had 20 years of experience in this league”.
So far this season, Curry and company have continued where they left off last season, when they Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2015 NBA Finals to win their first championship in 40 years. I am concerned about his shooting percentage and his shots so far.
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The Lakers might be better off without him not because he is not a serviceable player, but because it would force them to come up with a game plan that does not revolve around Kobe Bryant. It is a tragedy what they have done to him. Kobe can’t get open shots. But on the Lakers, he is still treated like a superstar, and the game plan revolves around him, according to Bleacher Report.
