The latest Los Angeles Lakers roster offers an interesting amalgam of established veterans and young talent. Balancing the rotation, however, is no simple task.
Starting the 2015-16 season with no wins and three losses, the writing is already on the wall. If this team doesn’t plug the defensive sieves, they’ll be heading toward another historically bad record.
The problem isn’t only a shortage of two-way players, or even a lack of young talent. Instead, it’s a combination of factors and it starts at the top, with a Lakers head coach who is already pointing fingers rather than offering solutions.
“We sucked, simple as that,” Byron Scott offered per Lakers.com video, after his team was steamrolled by the Sacramento Kings Friday night. “Transition defense was terrible, the guys didn’t get back, lack of communication. I’ve never seen 80 points in the paint.”
As Forum Blue and Gold’s Darius Soriano noted:
As the old saying goes, a team is often the reflection of their coach. Do not mistake this to mean I am calling ...
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Building a Better Rotation for the Los Angeles Lakers
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