LAKERS NOTEBOOK: INJURY LIMITING RADMANOVIC.Byline: ROSS SILER Staff Writer EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and -- Whatever sales pitch the Lakers made to Vladimir Radmanovic at the start of the July free-agent negotiating period almost assuredly didn't include anything about playing 5 minutes a game. Yet that was how much action Radmanovic saw Sunday in the Lakers' victory over Memphis. The 6-foot-10 forward didn't get off the bench in the second half against one of the Western Conference's weakest teams. ``He's limited right now,'' Lakers coach Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. said. ``There's two things working against him: His injury to his hand and the fact that he has not found a comfort zone on the floor.'' Playing with a torn ligament in his shooting hand, Radmanovic is averaging 6.3 points and 16.8 minutes per game. He signed a five-year, $30.2 million contract with the Lakers in the hopes of finding a bigger role than was available to him with the Clippers. Jackson brought Radmanovic off the bench to start the second quarter Sunday as part of a unit that included Jordan Farmar Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player at starting point guard for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team. , Maurice Evans There are several people named Maurice Evans:
Radmanovic's first shot was a 3-pointer that missed the rim entirely and smacked off the backboard back·board n. 1. A board placed under or behind something to provide firmness or support. 2. A board placed beneath the body of a person with an injury to the neck or back, used especially in transporting the person in such a way . He got his only points by tipping in a Farmar miss. Jackson said it was hard to play Radmanovic in a lineup with other players learning the triangle offense  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. . ``He's real talented and we're very happy to have him,'' Jackson said. ``But we want him to have some success and it takes a game where he has some success to really start to feel his role.'' New role: At Jackson's insistence, Bryant went through only a limited practice Tuesday. He continued to work to strengthen his surgically repaired right knee. Jackson moved Bryant back to the backcourt and Odom to the wing for Sunday's game. Bryant said he expects to stay in that guard spot. ``I think it helps us out as a unit more because I've been playing in this offense for a long time,'' Bryant said, ``and I understand how to set it up, so guys will have a better feel for where their spots will be working from within the system.'' Under the knife: Center Chris Mihm Christopher (Chris) Steven Mihm (born July 16, 1979 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA. He stands 7 feet tall (213 cm) and weighs 265 pounds (120 kg). underwent surgery Tuesday in Baltimore to repair a ligament and tendon in his right ankle and realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. his heel. The projected recovery time was six to eight months, which would all but guarantee that Mihm will not play this season. ross.siler@dailynews.com (818) 713-3675 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: VLADIMIR RADMANOVIC Played just 5 minutes in Sunday's game against Memphis. |
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