Antawn Jamison Discussion: Cockroach

Awesome game. Providing scoring and rebounding, both of them very much needed

What would we do without Antawn with all these laker big injuries. Love this guy.

took it upon himself to step up and i like it. his work in the post off kobes airballs or easy misses to beat the buzzer were solid. his cutting was so timely it really helps with the ball movement. glad he stayed out there bc his play deserved it and clark isnt gunna pout about it like someone we know. hell be happy. jamison d wasnt bad either. had a couple saves too out of bounds and showed the effort

He gets good position around the rim for Kobe's shots. He's done it all season long and it's just a veteran move. It's solid.

And he had that one really nice block and save. That was great. People will get caught up in Metta's energy in the 4th and Dwight's energy early, but Antawn carried us in the game when Kobe went ice cold.

19 points 10 rebounds shooting 50% is very solid. He came to play yesterday. I hope we get the same energy from him tomorrow night.

He had a great game last night, I just hope for some more consistency.

I wish he played defense. then we could kick ron out of the starting 5

Thank god Jamison found his groove in this offense.

Indeed, he has been big for us for a while now, very consistent.

so this is what happens when he gets consistent minutes

Jamison get minutes, produces on a consistent basis and ends up being a factor. I'm actually not surprised. I maintained my position that he is a solid veteran role-player from the beginning.

CaCHooKa Man wrote:so this is what happens when he gets consistent minutes

to be honest though, Jamison looks like the ideal player for Nash. I haven't seen a guy this season who cuts to the hoop as good as Jamison and recieves and finishes as effectively.

Nash could have made him a regular all-star player if they would have been teamed up earlier.

^ They DID team up earlier and he was the 6th man for that team... It was 10 years ago.

Antawn is a FANTASTIC fit next to Howard and Nash offensively. Great movement, great cutter, great hands, and a great little flip shot on dives. Defensively... well...

KB24 wrote:

CaCHooKa Man wrote:so this is what happens when he gets consistent minutes

to be honest though, Jamison looks like the ideal player for Nash. I haven't seen a guy this season who cuts to the hoop as good as Jamison and recieves and finishes as effectively.

Nash could have made him a regular all-star player if they would have been teamed up earlier.

he is only player thats cuting constatly....thats why i miss barnes...he would thrive with nash too...

^ya Barnes was a good cutter

the difference though is that Barnes sucked *** at finishing at the rim, Jamison doesn't.

There's a reason why Jamison was an all-star, after all. I'm sure it's not for his defense.

works well with blake and has really found a role now that minutes and rotations are set it seems. jamison blake and meeks seem to be settling into their roles off the bench and if playing well one can finish a game. i like what dantoni has done now with jamison and the rest vs earlier when trying to figure players out. pau being gone has been a blessing in disguise but i think we still need him. hopefully whenever he comes back it wont mess earl of jamison up

He's been playing really well. Finally we're seeing the bench delivering more like we thought they would and ought to earlier in the year. Meeks is still kind of inconsistent shooting, but he's playing good D and still hitting a fairly high rate on his threes. Jamison has been doing the job we brought him here to do. Great to see.

Jamison is the best cutter on the team, easy find for Kobe and Nash. In the first half he really helped get us the lead/keep us in it. He has been a huge part of team, it is great to see players actually start playing well and coming together.

He's been playing the way I expected recently. I was ecstatic when we first got him because I thought he still had this effectiveness in him.

Lakerjones wrote:He's been playing really well. Finally we're seeing the bench delivering more like we thought they would and ought to earlier in the year. Meeks is still kind of inconsistent shooting, but he's playing good D and still hitting a fairly high rate on his threes. Jamison has been doing the job we brought him here to do. Great to see.

With Meeks it's all about the energy he brings to the court. He'll still throw up some really, truly awful three point attempts. But he makes up for it with great defensive energy and effort. He's all over the court and that's always going to help us.

Jamison is all about how many points he can put on the board for us and right now he's putting up points at a really nice clip. I heard somewhere that he's the best pick and roll finisher in the game right now and that's because he can slip screens so well and then he can finish around the rim with his funky shots.

If he's willing to give us another shot next season, I'd love him back again for the minimum.

^^^Antawn Welker