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Lakers: Byron Scott Finishing Season As Player-Coach, Set Example How to ‘Man Up’

For the past two seasons, Los Angeles Lakers head coach Byron Scott has preached his gospel to his players about how they need to toughen up if they were ever going to be a winning team in the NBA. He’s time and again given his overall mantra and mission statement as a head coach: Man up!

Well now Byron Scott is going to show the Lakers just exactly how you “man up” in the NBA.

The Lakers head coach will take off the suit and tie and will finish the remaining fraction of the 2015-16 NBA season as a player-coach.