Breaking: Ryan Kelly back with the Lakers

[MJ(Mean John)]

At first I thought so too, but then I realized Randle playing as the backup 4 in his first season behind Boozer will help him learn and grow a lot about the position in the NBA. Boozer is still an effective starter in this league. His minutes were diminished last year for Gibson. Boozer is still a great rebounder. But the main reason I would put him up front is because he fits better with Jordan Hill.

Randle and Hill would clog the lane too much since both aren't yet reliable jump shooting bigs. Boozer is pretty effective in the midrange, much like Kaman was for the Lakers last season.

That's true
Let Randle play bench players

[Levity]

At first I thought so too, but then I realized Randle playing as the backup 4 in his first season behind Boozer will help him learn and grow a lot about the position in the NBA. Boozer is still an effective starter in this league. His minutes were diminished last year for Gibson. Boozer is still a great rebounder. But the main reason I would put him up front is because he fits better with Jordan Hill.

Randle and Hill would clog the lane too much since both aren't yet reliable jump shooting bigs. Boozer is pretty effective in the midrange, much like Kaman was for the Lakers last season.

agreed with boozer starting. if and when randle does start, it should be because he earned that spot in practice and on the court. the kids only 19, and even if he doesnt start, he'll still be getting valuable minutes all season. nba seasons are LONG. players get hurt. so he may end up starting by default at some points in the year.

watching randle in summer league really makes some of his flaws apparent. so learning from boozer for a year will only help him.

[tomSR.]

We definitely need to get rid of Nash and fill it up with somebody better.

is that n-word still around ??

[Meticode]

That was so ugly it was pretty.

[LAZERUSS]

Kobe will need to play at his '06 level to get this team to 30 wins this year.

[bdreason]

Kobe and the Roleplayers.

[ImKobe]

Wasn't Kelly in the top 10 of last year's NBA ROY ladder?

Averaged 8/4/2 with 0.8 bpg in 22 mpg, which is nice for a rookie

he has a nice skillset and he can shoot the ball, had some 20+ point games and even a 24 & 11 game when he was given starter's minutes, good guy to have off the bench next to Swaggy P & Randle, IMO.