Kobe Bryant Demands Teammates To Play Better Defense After — LA Lakers News

After the Julius Randle debacle last season, it is not surprising that most of the Lakers’ players, coaches, staff, and fans held their collective breaths for all those 60 seconds before blowing out a sigh of relief after seeing Russell being able to stand up and move. “That’s pretty much what I’ve been going through”.

Anthony Bennett’s National Basketball Association career hasn’t gotten off to the best start.

On the bright side, Greg Stiemsma averaged 90 points per 36 minutes in the series.

Previously, the Rockets were led by All-Star C Yao Ming (28 points, 10 rebounds) and F Ron Artest aka Metta World Peace (21 points, 7 assists) in a 100-92 victory. He has a good-looking perimeter game, and he can play in the paint with force. Meanwhile, Battier (6 points, 4 fouls) had no answers for Bryant when he finally told the camera “he can’t guard me”, as the Lakers won 111-98 in spectacular fashion. “He can be really disruptive on the defensive end because of his length”.

Toronto lost Amir Johnson and Tyler Hansbrough as free agents this summer, but they went out and added a cast of new bigs to add to the rotation.

It’s no secret that Casey is in the final guaranteed year of the three-year extension  that he signed back in May of 2014. “It’s not a one-year thing here”. Bismack Biyombo was the seventh overall pick in the 2011 National Basketball Association draft and has yet to come into his own.

The last two games, Julius Randle has looked like he will become that the premier player.

It was – and this is not hyperbole at all – the most anticipated baseball game in town in more than 20 years and having Donaldson get conked on the head, Bautista grabbing his hamstring and Price looking more ordinary than he had since he got to Toronto sure took the steam out of the day. The Raptors return home to host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.

Williams, who’ll turn 29 on October 27, said he strives to be a glue player on the young roster, providing stability whenever called upon. He’s got a lot of intriguing physical tools, but now it’s time to show that he belongs. Throw it down, big fella! Valanciunas has proven that he possesses a quality low-post skill set and he operates at a very efficient rate, shooting 57% from the field last season.

“I wanted to get back out there, but [Lakers trainer] Gary Vitti and the rest of the staff said they didn’t think it would be a great idea”.

The additions of Carroll and Joseph should help the Raptors improve defensively, and they have the pieces to make things interesting in the east.