Former NBA player Don MacLean shyts on Byron Scott's handling of D'Angelo Russell

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Don MacLean:

"I really wish Byron Scott would just give D'Angelo Russell the keys and say 'go for it.' I cannot understand any reason not to. You're 9-39, I mean what's gonna happen? You're going to lose again? I told you guys last time about D'Angelo Russell, having spend so much time with him during the draft. He might be the best passer I've ever seen. He's still playing tentative because he's looking over his shoulder, coming off the bench. If Byron would just say, 'Russell I don't care if you turn the ball over 15 times, you're going to play 35 minutes a game so go for it, just go for it'. And D'Angelo Russell will figure it out, he really will. He understands the game. He's smart too. That's one of the things that blew me away - his basketball IQ and how smart he is about the game. He is one of the smartest players that I’ve had."

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Byron Scott:

"Well first of all to Don, that's why you're not coaching. Let's put it that way. You don't let a guy go out there and embarrass himself or kill himself by playing 35 minutes and creating 10, 12, 15 turnovers. The only thing it can do is self-destruct him as an individual. So what I try to do is protect him from making mistakes and from getting ridiculed after a game like that. My job is to help them develop and that's what I continue to do."

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Don MacLean:

"The fact that the gist of what I said during the Clippers/Lakers game completely went over Byron's head is not completely surprising to me. I still don’t think Byron understands that they’re 9-41 and setting records for losing within the Lakers franchise. But the gist of it was, you’re 9-41, you have the second pick in the draft, you’re not going anywhere, why not just roll it out for him and let him get confident?"

"You're going to have to live with some mistakes with a rookie, especially a point guard. But to me, the more you just let him go, the more he develops. Byron saying how he needs to protect Russell because he could self-destruct... no, no, no. D'Angelo's a big boy. He's making $5 million to play basketball. He's going to be fine. If he has a 9 turnover game he's not going to be on a psychiatrist's couch the next morning. He'll come back and play the next game. He'll be fine."

"From everything I’ve read, Byron and D’Angelo never talk, there’s never any communication between them, or not a lot. D'Angelo, 50 games in doesn't look much different than in game one. So all the development and protecting Byron's talking about really hasn't done him any good. I’m not the first person to wonder out loud why he hasn’t just given the keys to D’Angelo and let him figure it out because you're going to set records for losing this year. I’m not the only one who asked that question. So I don't know why Byron's just trying to pick on me. I get it that everyone's frustrated in Lakerland. I've kind of taken the high road some times. Now we're not, we're not taking the high road anymore. Now we're going to start being honest."

"To me the proof is in the wins and losses. I remember somebody, and I forget who it was in the Laker front office when they hired him and said that he bleeds purple and gold. Well, that doesn’t help you against the Spurs or the Warriors. When you watch the Lakers play, first of all I’m watching archaic schemes, and it looks like a team that’s playing in 1998, walking it up, isos, no imagination, no creativity on the offensive end. The only thing the Lakers have is athleticism, and they walk it up every single time. And his self-touted defensive credentials has only amounted to the Lakers being 27th last in defense. Is that roster supposed to be 9-41? No. The Sixers are supposed to be 7-41 with that roster. When I watch the Lakers, am I watching a team that is playing their asses off and is playing with spirit and enthusiasm and just don’t have enough to win? No. I’m watching an undermanned team that has no clue."

"I haven’t heard one person go on record either in the media or in print saying Byron is doing a fantastic job. Just because you choose to coach, does not mean you're a good coach."
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MacLean is not some average talking head by the way, in addition to being a ex NBA'er and Clippers TV analyst, he conducts pre-draft workouts with most of the rookies in LA. He worked out Towns and Russell last year
 
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Byron Scott is a disgrace as a coach. A complete fukking disgrace.

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Bullets legend Don McLean.

Byron Scott reminds me of a black cop. Or a dikkhead from the military...no disrespect to either group
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Brooooooo me and my boys were talking about the Lakers this weekend and my cousin goes "yeah I bet Byron is like that black cop from Boyz in the Hood" :dead:

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If this guy isn't :camby: the day after the season is over.
After the loss, Scott explained why he benched the team's promising 19-year-old -- and the answer seemed a bit harsher than usual, which is saying something considering the harsh criticism Scott has given Russell all season.

"I saw the last couple minutes that he was in that he was really trying to take over the game, and that's not him yet," Scott said. "I want the ball to move a little bit. I thought it stuck with him. He tried to make the big shots and things like that. I understand that, but to me, that's not him right now."
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D'Angelo Russell benched for 'trying to take over'
 
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