Byron Scott enjoys his old-school reputation, but if he hopes to stick around, he has to leave that in the past and allow the Lakers' youth room to grow.
Trudging through last season was hard enough after Julius Randle went down with a broken leg. Matters were made even worse when Byron Scott decided he'd take it upon himself to win as many games as possible and do so with the veterans the Los Angeles Lakers had on the roster. Sure, the vast majority of those he leaned on are no longer Lakers, but who needs a long-term plan when you can win a game on a random Thursday evening against some forgettable foe by way of a Wesley Johnson jumper?