It’s time for your daily dose of “Byron Scott talking even though there’s not much reason for him to!”.
Recently he’s been candid about the Lakers chemistry, he’s talked loads about Kobe and he’s also talked about the ‘Angry Fans’ that are berating him on Instagram. But this one will surely get Laker Nation talking I am sure.
As we know, the Lakers are garbage. There’s no chance of them making the Playoffs and you can book that. Which brings the question, should the Lakers tank once more? Well whatever the answer is, Byron Scott is just focusing on now.
With the Lakers fielding the NBA’s second-worst record, how much effort will the franchise put in retaining its top-3 protected draft pick?
“I don’t think about that whatsoever,” Lakers coach Byron Scott said. “I probably won’t until April. That’s something I can’t control.”
The Lakers are in a precarious position. They appear likely bad enough to lose a lot of games. But will they lose enough to land in the top three? Otherwise, the Lakers owe Philadelphia their first-round pick as part of the Steve Nash trade.
“It’s impossible to think about the team, try to get our young guys better, the team better and also thinking about a pick,” Scott said. “That’s six months away and you might not even get it.”
Well you won’t get it with that attitude Byron! Now I get why he’s thinking like that and I think he’s right to. It’s the front office’s job to think about the Draft. And it’s not like Scott can help this team win, so whatever he does it’s pretty much keeping up appearances now.
