Retiring NBA legend Kobe Bryant has labelled Australian college sensation Ben Simmons as a player with “a tremendous amount of potential”, providing the teenager with some advice if he ends up at the Los Angeles Lakers next season.
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“I just hope he doesn’t ask for his autograph”, Scott said of Brown guarding Thunder F Kevin Durant. Guard Jordan Clarkson scored 15 as the Lakers dropped to 4-23. “Human nature can creep in but I think if your mind is in the right place and you’re realizing the bigger picture and us getting where we want to go, we’ll be able to focus”.
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He said the top five teams he played against were Sacramento in the early 2000s, Boston in 2008, Detroit in 2004 and Chicago when he entered the league in 1996 and San Antonio nearly any year. The Thunder shot 54.8 percent from the floor in the win and are averaging 106.5 points in the last eight games.ABOUT THE CLIPPERS (16-12): Road-weary Los Angeles was down 38-17 after the first quarter on Saturday and only Blake Griffin (9-of-13) and DeAndre Jordan (6-of-7) among the regulars managed strong shooting performances.
The Thunder were up 35-15 at the end of the first quarter and never looked back.
The Lakers are paying Bryant $25 million this season and somehow squeezing revenue from it while following up last season’s heinous 21-61 record with an even worse 4-22 start.
The soreness was in the same shoulder in which Bryant suffered a torn rotator cuff last season.
Byron Scott has not seen eye to eye with D’Angelo Russell and Julius Randle all season long, as the Los Angeles Lakers head coach feels that his two young players have not lived up to the expectations that he set for them when the season started.
Kobe Bryant revealed the top five players he faced in his career, and at least one came as a surprise. He said he would play Tuesday at Denver.
While Bryant might have liked to follow his father Joe Bryant’s career path in Europe, Bryant said he would still be interested in chasing a third Olympic gold medal. “Laker Nation: After losing to the Thunder by 40pts [Saturday], for the 1st time I’m at a loss for words”. They just played harder than we did. “To be able to get to the basket, elevate and finish like that for me was personally gratifying”, Bryant said. “I’ve just got to get ahead of it, just rest it and come back”.
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Thanks to Bryant, the Lakers remain one of the world’s most popular sports franchises, despite their current struggles. Durant had dinner with Bryant on Friday night and said before the game that Bryant’s 20-year National Basketball Association run, all with one team, was “the type of career you want to have when you come into this league”. However, the 20-year professional made it clear that his body would not permit him to play another season anywhere. “It’s awesome. Not too many people can say that”.
