Byron Scott is someone many perceive to be in the hot seat with the Lakers lingering in the cellar of the Western Conference and nearly the NBA.
Scott has been hit left and right for holding back on the development of the young players, with special mention to D’Angelo Russell.
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While all that could be excused, something that comes in conflict with that is the fact that he is still trying to win games with Kobe Bryant.
So adding the cases of the young and old, it hardly seems like the Lakers are in a developmental process at all.
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One has to just at the case of the winless 76ers. While they aren’t exactly a team expected to be vying for a playoff slot, their failure to win games is of course attributed to the fact that they are backstopped by players on the rise.
There are no big time names there aside from Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens Noel, so the losing is technically justified.
But such cannot be said for the Lakers. Scott claims that he is on the side of development, but how can that happen when you don’t give players like Russell or even Clarkson a chance to take control of games?
“We have a lot of young guys on this team that we feel will be very good players." Scott told CBS Sports. "But it's not going to happen in a month. It's going to take some time. It might take a year or two."
Scott does have a point that it doesn’t follow that you hold back your young guns in favor of a misfiring Bryant.
Bryant, 37, has been shooting awfully, but Scott believes that he will get his rhythm back. That reasoning could be acceptable if Bryant wasn't in his late 30s.
The fact remains that the Black Mamba is nearing the end of his career and is on the last year of his contract with the Lakers. Scott is still banking on him rather than taking a risk on the younger guys, which comes a bit off on which direction he is truly inclined to follow.
Scott says that there are things that critics and fans don’t see in practice, per ESPN, which could be a valid point. But isn't what they do in practice supposed to translate into the actual games?
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