Antawn Jamison plays basketball too well to be a cheerleader.
The latest news out of LA is that the Los Angeles Lakers’ 36-year-old forward believes he’s getting screwed over by new head coach Mike D’Antoni when it comes to playing time.
Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times reported that, after he kept his warmups on for the fifth straight game, Jamison hadn’t experienced anything like his recent lack of playing time in his entire career. He said:
Not this. 15 years. My only thing is let me know why. I don’t think you go from starting and 30-something minutes to not in the rotation whatsoever. And not explaining to me what exactly happened, that’s the toughest thing. There’s nothing you can do but be positive and support your teammates. The only reason I came here was they said I was going to play and to win a championship.
Los Angeles definitely isn’t holding up the first half of their end of the bargain. And to a two-time All-Star who just averaged 17.2 points per game last season—only two less than his career average of 19.2 a contest—the benching ...
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Lakers News: Antawn Jamison Should Either Play or Be Shipped out of LA
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