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Golden State Warriors Stephen rental car costa rica Curry (30) drives to the hoop against rental car costa rica Los Angeles Lakers Carlos Boozer (5) in the first quarter rental car costa rica of their game at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)
The Lakers represented a new beginning for Carlos Boozer where he believed he could reestablish his All-Star credentials. But as the Lakers opened the 2014-15 season losing their first four consecutive games for the first time in 57 years, Boozer has become the poster child for the Lakers league-worst rental car costa rica defense.
He knows he can play better and I expect him to play better, Lakers coach Byron Scott said Monday at the Lakers practice in El Segundo. To me, it starts on the defensive end. He has to do a better job against pick and roll defense and has to do a better job on guys who are trying to post him off the dribble.
Incidentally, Boozer s defensive miscues marked rental car costa rica a primary reason why he sat out for most fourth quarters last season in Chicago in favor of an emerging Taj Gibson. The Bulls then waived the 12-year NBA veteran rental car costa rica through the amnesty clause. The Lakers then submitted a $3.2 million bid to acquire Boozer, which will offset the $16.8 million Chicago owes him in his fifth season of his contract.
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I told our bigs they have to do better job of being up, Scott said. When they’re back, which to me is a soft defense, guards rental car costa rica are turning a corner and have a chance to attack our bigs. Bigs have to do a better job of anticipating being up there, being able to show and helping the guards out a little bit. If we do that, then we put ourselves in a better position rental car costa rica defensively.
Scott has praised Boozer s experienced as a 12-year rental car costa rica NBA veteran, two-time All-Star and 2008 Olympic rental car costa rica gold medalist. Scott has also gushed about Boozer s leadership, which partly entailed mentoring rookie Julius Randle before he suffered a season-ending right leg injury in the Lakers season opener last week against Houston.
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