by scissors on Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:51 pm
by JoelMyersScrotalSack on Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:53 pm
by 432J on Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:14 pm
scissors wrote:I don't understand how MDA can just let Jamison rot in the bench like that.
by JLaker17 on Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:47 pm
by Ariza3 on Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:49 pm
by Rooscooter on Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:54 pm
by JLaker17 on Thu Dec 27, 2012 10:04 pm
Rooscooter wrote:The decision to bench Jamison and play Morris more is puzzling. A guy that can do a few things well vs a guy that can do none well....
Jamison can play defense as well as Kobe and Pau on most possessions.... Not to say that they can't play defense but the minutes and demand on Kobe to score are necessitating he take a breather somewhere... maybe a scorer off the bench could limit his minutes a little..... naw...that won't work...... what was I thinking?
. But unfortunately MDA doesn't want to expand his rotations beyond what is it 8?by JLaker17 on Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:43 pm
by GoldHammish on Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:45 pm
Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
I'm actually glad Jamison's still on the bench. It would be depressing to see a guy w/his credentials mop up garbage time. AK
Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
Not playing garbage minutes, yes. BK RT @gwenvee: @ASp0rtsAholic So your saying in Jamison's case, never playing is a sign of respect?
Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
Being tossed in for garbage time is the strongest sign of irrelevance. Ask Earl Clark. BK
by noobiew on Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:49 pm
by JLaker17 on Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:51 pm
by lakersyunowin on Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:54 pm
by karacha on Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:54 pm
by Ras Algethi on Fri Dec 28, 2012 10:59 pm
GoldHammish wrote:I thought it was weird that MDA didn't put him in with the rest of the bench, but....Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
I'm actually glad Jamison's still on the bench. It would be depressing to see a guy w/his credentials mop up garbage time. AKKamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
Not playing garbage minutes, yes. BK RT @gwenvee: @ASp0rtsAholic So your saying in Jamison's case, never playing is a sign of respect?Kamenetzky Brothers @KamBrothers
Being tossed in for garbage time is the strongest sign of irrelevance. Ask Earl Clark. BK
by Battle Tested20 on Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:09 pm
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
D'Antoni said Antawn Jamison is too good a player to play garbage time. He could return to rotation at some point, but out of it right now.
by dmaul on Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:16 pm
by JoelMyersScrotalSack on Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:31 pm
by dmaul on Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:36 pm
by 432J on Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:14 am
by FabFourLakers on Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:06 am
by Doc Brown on Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:34 am
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Lakers' Antawn Jamison unhappy about being benched
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Antawn Jamison hasn't played since Dec. 16 against the 76ers. (Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press / December 7, 2012)
By Mike Bresnahan
December 29, 2012, 8:00 a.m.
Antawn Jamison has seen just about everything in his NBA career.
“Not this,” he said Friday after sitting out a fifth consecutive game via the dreaded DNP-Coach’s Decision.
“Fifteen years,” the Lakers forward said, recapping his career. “My only thing is let me know why. I don’t think you go from starting and 30-something minutes to not in the rotation whatsoever. And not explaining to me what exactly happened, that’s the toughest thing. There’s nothing you can do but be positive and support your teammates. The only reason I came here was they said I was going to play and to win a championship.”
Jamison was signed by the Lakers in July for the veteran’s minimum of $1.4 million and a one-year contract.
He seemed to find his game shortly after Mike Brown was replaced by Coach Mike D’Antoni. Jamison had 33 points against Denver on Nov. 30 and then averaged 12.3 over the next four games.
His playing time and production dwindled steadily from there, bringing him to where he is now — next to rookie Robert Sacre at the end of the Lakers’ bench.
Earlier in the day, D’Antoni said Jamison would “probably” get back into the rotation.
“Everybody gets another chance and stuff,” he said. “We’re playing nine guys and I’m really liking Metta [World Peace]. We don’t want to lose Antawn because he does what he does. We’ll see. Antawn’s ready to roll if we need him.”
It was assumed his stats would drop after he averaged 17.2 points last season for Cleveland. It wasn’t assumed he would sit on the bench for entire games.
“There’s a competitor in me that wants to compete and I know I can help the team,” Jamison said. “Whenever I get answers, I guess I’ll feel more better about the situation but nothing has been told to me why nothing has happened or that I did anything wrong.
“DNPs for the first time in my career. I have not had a conversation with [D’Antoni] about anything about the situation.”
Jamison is averaging 7.2 points for the Lakers in 25 games, five of which he started.
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