LAKERS NOTEBOOK: PROFIT, GREEN KEPT, BUT BLOUNT WAIVED.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 - The Lakers will start the regular season with Laron Profit Bronta Laron Profit (born August 5 1977 in Charleston, South Carolina) is a professional basketball player in the NBA. Following a college career at the University of Maryland, College Park, he was a second round draft pick of the Orlando Magic in the 1999 NBA Draft. and rookie Devin Green Devin Green (born October 25, 1982) is a professional basketball player. He was undrafted out of Hampton University, and was signed by the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent, appearing in 27 games in the 2005-2006 season. on the roster and teenage center Andrew Bynum Andrew Bynum (born October 27 1987, in Plainsboro, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Bynum is listed as 7'0" and 285 lbs and plays center. in uniform, as opposed to a sport coat, on the bench. On a busy day, the Lakers also waived veteran big man Corie Blount Corie Kasoun Blount (born January 4, 1969 in Monrovia, California) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'9" power forward/center, Blount starred at the University of Cincinnati during the early 1990s, where he helped his team reach the Final Four in 1992 , who struggled to recover from a foot injury suffered early in training camp, and exercised the fourth-year option in Brian Cook's contract in advance of Wednesday night's opener at Denver. ``We know that we've got some players that are performing well,'' 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 Monday, ``and this team seems have a chemistry that we like, so we're going to give them an opportunity to prove that.'' Profit will be on the 12-man active roster while Green will be inactive. Forward Luke Walton Luke Theodore Walton (born March 28 1980 in San Diego, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His position is small forward. , who suffered a torn hamstring in the Lakers' first exhibition game, and rookie guard Von Wafer also will be inactive. The Lakers made no decision about whether to send any of their first- or second-year players to the NBA Development League The NBA Development League, or D-League, is the National Basketball Association's officially sponsored and operated developmental basketball organization. Known until summer 2005 as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL , but almost certainly will make some use out of the league. The D-League season begins Nov. 18. The NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= did away with the injured list of years past with its new collective bargaining agreement The contractual agreement between an employer and a Labor Union that governs wages, hours, and working conditions for employees and which can be enforced against both the employer and the union for failure to comply with its terms. and replaced it with an inactive list. Players can move from the inactive list to the active roster on a game-by-game basis. The decision to keep Profit and Green came as a surprise,considering Jackson gave assurances Thursday that Blount would be on the roster come Monday even if he was not recovered from a sprained ligament on the bottom of his left foot. Blount, an 11-year veteran who did not play last season after undergoing knee and ankle surgeries, practiced sparingly in October and sat out all eight exhibition games. But Blount had experience playing in the triangle offense for Jackson. Without Blount, the Lakers will enter the season with a frontcourt rotation of Kwame Brown, Chris Mihm, Slava Medvedenko, Cook and Bynum, who turned 18 only last week. Lamar Odom also will play some at power forward. Cook got the news he had been awaiting for nearly a month when the Lakers decided to exercise his option for the 2006-07 season. It was confirmation for the 24-year-old forward that his career is on track and the work he put in this summer paid off. ``It definitely gave me a boost of confidence to know that the people that drafted me still want me,'' said Cook, who will make $1.8 million next season. ``I'm just trying to improve every year . . . and try to make myself better day by day.'' --Clock's ticking: Although Jackson said he wanted to see Aaron McKie play a 28-minute role this season, the veteran guard likely won't approach that number Wednesday. McKie averaged only 12.6 minutes in the exhibition season and still is searching in the triangle offense. ``I'm not going to guarantee anything for Aaron right off the bat,'' Jackson said. ``We'll see how it goes and hopefully he'll find his way along in the game.'' --Out of sight: How out of touch was Jackson during his season away from coaching? He said Monday that he didn't even watch the Lakers' 89-78 opening night victory against Denver, one of the few highlights in an otherwise depressing season. Ross Siler, (818) 713-3610 ross.siler(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: BRIAN COOK Forward will be with Lakers through 2006-07 season after team exercised his option Monday. |
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