http://lakeshowlife.com/2012/06/19/lakers-should-try-to-re-sign-ramon-sessions/ A Los Angeles Lakers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:45:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://lakeshowlife.com/2012/06/19/lakers-should-try-to-re-sign-ramon-sessions/comment-page-1/#comment-7802 carlosatUCLA Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:38:01 +0000 http://lakeshowlife.com/?p=5991#comment-7802  @Chris Shellcroft He's a born 6th man. He clicked the best when he was allowed to push the ball with McBobs, Murphy and Barnes on the floor with him, and he loves doing that. I hate how Brown kept him in only when *other* playmakers were on the floor.   That was a terrible playoff performance, but he pretty much did what he did late in the season: He stopped being aggressive and he missed open 3-pointers (the latter being a regular issue with him). If they had just said, "OK, Ramon, you're going to be the primary ball-handler, just go out there and attack" we might've seen a different guy. Again, the rotations were horrible and it limited him so much offensively.    He's a really good backup point, and if we're going to keep this core (OMG, need to put up that Jimmy Buss post), then he needs to be the second-best point guard on the team.  @Chris Shellcroft He’s a born 6th man. He clicked the best when he was allowed to push the ball with McBobs, Murphy and Barnes on the floor with him, and he loves doing that. I hate how Brown kept him in only when *other* playmakers were on the floor.
 
That was a terrible playoff performance, but he pretty much did what he did late in the season: He stopped being aggressive and he missed open 3-pointers (the latter being a regular issue with him). If they had just said, “OK, Ramon, you’re going to be the primary ball-handler, just go out there and attack” we might’ve seen a different guy. Again, the rotations were horrible and it limited him so much offensively. 
 
He’s a really good backup point, and if we’re going to keep this core (OMG, need to put up that Jimmy Buss post), then he needs to be the second-best point guard on the team.

]]> http://lakeshowlife.com/2012/06/19/lakers-should-try-to-re-sign-ramon-sessions/comment-page-1/#comment-7801 Chris Shellcroft Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:08:07 +0000 http://lakeshowlife.com/?p=5991#comment-7801 Nice Carlos! Don't agree but I like getting a fresh take from the other side of the fence.   I like Sessions and I'd love to have him back...as a 6th man. His best Laker days were coming off the bench as you pointed out not too long ago. I loved his energy off the bench, the way he changed the flow of the game and how he felt so confident and comfortable playing his game. As a starter his confidence slowly dissolved.   To me, it amounts to this: We know he's not a franchise point guard...fine we don't need one of that caliber. But to give him a 4-year deal or something along those lines will have this team in the same bad contract boat once it is time to really rebuild when Bynum is the man demanding more help.    Plus, I just can't ignore his playoff performance. I get that it was his first time in the playoffs but plenty of rookies have handled that kind of pressure better than he did as a 5th year vet. Fisher was going to get us killed by OKC but at least you got the feeling he'd come up big in some way. Sessions got us killed and he did nothing to offset that. Nice Carlos! Don’t agree but I like getting a fresh take from the other side of the fence.
 
I like Sessions and I’d love to have him back…as a 6th man. His best Laker days were coming off the bench as you pointed out not too long ago. I loved his energy off the bench, the way he changed the flow of the game and how he felt so confident and comfortable playing his game. As a starter his confidence slowly dissolved.
 
To me, it amounts to this: We know he’s not a franchise point guard…fine we don’t need one of that caliber. But to give him a 4-year deal or something along those lines will have this team in the same bad contract boat once it is time to really rebuild when Bynum is the man demanding more help. 
 
Plus, I just can’t ignore his playoff performance. I get that it was his first time in the playoffs but plenty of rookies have handled that kind of pressure better than he did as a 5th year vet. Fisher was going to get us killed by OKC but at least you got the feeling he’d come up big in some way. Sessions got us killed and he did nothing to offset that.

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