Lakers Coach weary about Brown Replacing Sidelined Bynum

Lakers’ Kwame Brown will likely be stepping in for an injured Andrew Bynum for the next few games as a starter - a move that coach Phil Jackson stated was “better for Kwame’s sake, but not better for us as a team,” according to an article published Monday, Jan. 14 at the Press-Enterprise official Web site.

Brown was 38 percent on free-throws and scored only three points in twenty-six minutes of play in the Lakers latest game Sunday against the Memphis Grizzlies. It was that same game in which Lakers star Andrew Bynum injured his knee, leaving him sidelined for about eight weeks, according to reports.

Jackson said that Brown - who has been averaging about 3.8 points per game and is still recovering from an injured left knee and ankle - needs to put less emphasis on scoring and more focus on “letting the game come to him,” according to the Press-Enterprise.

“He’s trying to do something to stay on the floor,” Jackson said in the article. “If you want to stay on the floor, if you want to play minutes, you can’t state your case by trying to score too much. Fortunately, he may hit a hot spell; he may get lucky.”

Lakers fans are sure hoping so, especially when Brown will likely go in with the starting lineup this Thursday when the team faces off against the Phoenix Suns. Don’t miss a second of the NBA action and be sure to snag a pair of Lakers tickets right here at Stubhub.com

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