Watch: Byron Scott’s motivational speech to Lakers
Posted by: Rick Brisse October 9, 2014 in Lakers, NBA
Lakers new coach Byron Scott played 11 seasons in Los Angeles and knows what it means to wear purple and gold.
During the team’s first week of practice, Scott made sure his players knew what being a Laker is all about.
Scott is the 25th head coach in franchise history and 21st in the Los Angeles era. He has said during the preseason that he wants the Lakers to play agressive defense and expects other teams to average a high numer of free throws in the preseason.
“The aggressiveness is one thing I want us to keep our mind on,” said Scott to the Los Angeles Times.
“I think for the first three or four preseason games, teams are going to average shooting 37 free throws against us — because that’s how I want us to play,” he continued. “Once we get that established, the referees around the league will know that we’re going to play a physical brand of basketball and some of those things will go away.”
Scott also wants the Lakers to only shoot between 10 to 15 three pointers.
“Our game plan is really to get to that basket,” said Scott after practice Tuesday. “I like the fact that we only shot 10 threes. If we shoot between 10 and 15, I think that’s a good mixture of getting to that basket and shooting threes.
“I don’t want us to be coming down, forcing up a bunch of threes. I really want us to attack the basket.”
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