Pelican Debrief » Los Angeles Lakers http://pelicandebrief.com A New Orleans Pelicans Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 15 May 2013 18:22:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Los Angeles Lakers Interested In Trading Pau Gasol For Ryan Anderson http://pelicandebrief.com/2012/12/17/los-angeles-lakers-interested-in-trading-pau-gasol-for-ryan-anderson/ http://pelicandebrief.com/2012/12/17/los-angeles-lakers-interested-in-trading-pau-gasol-for-ryan-anderson/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:00:11 +0000 Christian Blanks http://swarmandsting.com/?p=3274 The Los Angeles Lakers have been said to be shopping around Pau Gasol as of late. Gasol just is not seeming to fit in Mike D’Antoni’s system and is not producing like he once was. Gasol is 32 years old and is declining, fast. With that being said Gasol is still a good big man [...]

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]]> The Los Angeles Lakers have been said to be shopping around Pau Gasol as of late. Gasol just is not seeming to fit in Mike D’Antoni’s system and is not producing like he once was. Gasol is 32 years old and is declining, fast. With that being said Gasol is still a good big man and can still put up numbers, just not like he use to. Gasol has played in 17 games this season and is averaging 12.5 points and 8.8 rebounds.

The Lakers have been rumored of sending out trades for Gasol all across the league, but a top priority for them would be to acquire Hornets forward Ryan Anderson.

I agree with the Lakers, trading for Ryan Anderson would be great, for the Lakers. Too bad for them though, Ryan Anderson is pretty much un-touchable, especially when the offer on the table is Pau Gasol. Anderson is almost 10 years younger than Gasol and is currently the Hornets leading scorer. Anderson is also leading the NBA in 3-pointers made. I give the Lakers credit for trying though, acquiring Ryan Anderson and reuniting him with Dwight Howard would be ideal. It would open the paint of more for Dwight and Anderson would get a ton of open 3′s as he did in Orlando.

But Ryan Anderson is now a New Orleans Hornets and I expect that to stay that way for a while, unless the Hornets can get LeBron James or something, but we all know that isn’t going to happen.

February 13, 2011; Orlando FL, USA; Orlando Magic power forward Ryan Anderson (33) and Los Angeles Lakers power forward Pau Gasol (16) go after the rebound during the second half at Amway Center. Orlando Magic defeated Los Angeles Lakers 89-75. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

]]> http://pelicandebrief.com/2012/12/17/los-angeles-lakers-interested-in-trading-pau-gasol-for-ryan-anderson/feed/ 0 Kobe Bryant & Los Angeles Lakers Too Much For New Orleans Hornets, Lakers Win 103-87 http://pelicandebrief.com/2012/12/06/kobe-bryant-los-angeles-lakers-too-much-for-new-orleans-hornets-lakers-win-103-87/ http://pelicandebrief.com/2012/12/06/kobe-bryant-los-angeles-lakers-too-much-for-new-orleans-hornets-lakers-win-103-87/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:03:29 +0000 Christian Blanks http://swarmandsting.com/?p=3233 Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 29 points in their win over the Hornets Wednesday night. Going into the game Kobe only needed 13 points to become the 5th and youngest player to score 30,000 career points. Kobe reached that mark in the 2nd quarter on a simple jump shot, he finished the 1st half [...]

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]]> Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 29 points in their win over the Hornets Wednesday night. Going into the game Kobe only needed 13 points to become the 5th and youngest player to score 30,000 career points. Kobe reached that mark in the 2nd quarter on a simple jump shot, he finished the 1st half with 17 points.

Despite the Hornets being without Anthony Davis for the 9th straight game, the were hanging in their with the Lakers through halftime. The Hornets were leading 48-47 at the break, but the 3rd quarter and rest of the 2nd half was all LA. The Lakers went on a 13-0 run to start the 3rd quarter and never looked back. The Hornets made a few runs after being down by 20 and at one point cut the lead to 8, but the Lakers just went on another 3 point tear to take the lead right back up.

Dec 5, 2012; New Orleans, LA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant (24) shoots over New Orleans Hornets shooting guard Xavier Henry (4) during the second half of a game at the New Orleans Arena. The Lakers defeated the Hornets 103-87. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

The Hornets early season struggles have been blamed by their lack of defense. It seems to just breakdown in the later parts of games. The Lakers outscored the Hornets 56-29 in the 2nd half.

“I just didn’t think our defense was there, especially that first five or six minutes of the third quarter. Our defense was really poor, and we can’t afford those lapses.”

- Hornets Head Coach Monty Williams

Ryan Anderson played well for the Hornets, scoring 31 points and grabbing 9 rebounds. Grevis Vasquez also contributed well with 16 points and 9 assist.

Los Angeles Lakers
STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF +/- PTS
Antawn Jamison, PF 26 6-12 3-6 0-0 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 3 +15 15
Metta World Peace, SF 35 4-12 3-7 0-0 3 6 9 1 2 0 2 4 +18 11
Dwight Howard, C 33 7-11 0-0 4-8 0 8 8 3 0 5 3 1 +12 18
Chris Duhon, PG 33 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 4 5 10 0 0 0 2 +9 3
Kobe Bryant, SG 34 10-17 1-4 8-9 1 5 6 4 3 0 1 1 +15 29
BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF +/- PTS
Earl Clark, SF 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 -7 0
Devin Ebanks, SF 11 0-2 0-1 3-4 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 +5 3
Jordan Hill, C 17 4-6 0-0 1-1 2 6 8 1 0 1 1 3 +7 9
Robert Sacre, C 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0
Darius Morris, PG 15 2-5 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 +7 6
Jodie Meeks, SG 25 3-11 3-6 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 0 1 0 +1 9
Pau Gasol, PF DNP KNEE INJURY
TOTALS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
37-80 13-28 16-22 9 37 46 24 11 8 9 16 103
46.3% 46.4% 72.7%
Fast break points:   17
Points in the paint:   40
Total Team Turnovers (Points off turnovers):   9 (9)
+/- denotes team’s net points while the player is on the court.

New Orleans Hornets
STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF +/- PTS
Ryan Anderson, PF 35 12-21 5-8 2-2 5 4 9 1 0 1 0 3 -4 31
Al-Farouq Aminu, SF 34 3-6 0-0 0-3 3 7 10 2 0 0 1 2 -13 6
Robin Lopez, C 26 7-9 0-0 1-2 2 2 4 1 0 5 1 5 -7 15
Greivis Vasquez, PG 37 7-19 1-5 1-2 0 5 5 9 0 0 4 0 -9 16
Roger Mason Jr., SG 24 1-6 0-3 1-1 0 3 3 1 0 1 2 3 -7 3
BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF +/- PTS
Jason Smith, PF 17 1-6 0-1 0-0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 4 -12 2
Lance Thomas, SF 13 2-2 0-0 1-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 -8 5
Darius Miller, SF 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0
Brian Roberts, PG 11 0-6 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 -7 0
Austin Rivers, SG 21 0-5 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 -8 1
Xavier Henry, SG 19 2-5 1-1 3-5 1 5 6 3 1 0 1 2 -7 8
Anthony Davis, PF DNP LEFT ANKLE
TOTALS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
35-85 7-19 10-18 12 34 46 22 2 7 12 20 87
41.2% 36.8% 55.6%
Fast break points:   11
Points in the paint:   46
Total Team Turnovers (Points off turnovers):   12 (19)
+/- denotes team’s net points while the player is on the court.

 

 

 

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