Frank Vogel Details Why Lakers Star Is Coming off Bench, Gets Response

Frank Vogel has detailed why a certain Lakers star is coming off the bench and gets a response. The Lakers have been struggling in the early NBA season. It is clear that there are some issues that they need to work out in regards to the locker room. Not only that, but the defensive side of the ball has been severely lacking and it is costing the Lakers games that they should be winning. They already have two bad losses against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

But there are some people that are questioning a player that is coming off the bench. Head coach Frank Vogel has a response for those asking about this.

“Our crowd is amazing with him, and they’re keeping him out of the starting lineup [laughs] because the energy we get when he checks in, is something that I don’t want to mess with, you know?” Vogel said after one of the Lakers wins against the Miami Heat.

Frank Vogel Details Why Lakers Star Is Coming off Bench, Gets Response

“And obviously there’s the temptation to slide AD to the five, but I like where we’re getting with [Carmelo] coming off the bench. And we just got to continue, I’m not sure what it is, he’s a great player that I think our fans came close to acquiring a couple of times or wanted to bring to the L.A. Lakers. And now we have him and man, he’s playing just terrific basketball and the fans are rewarding him.”

“You want them to be in there, but if they’re not, you’ve got other guys who can get the job done. No one is feeling sorry for ourselves. We’ve got a lot of guys out, but we’ve got a lot of guys that can play too so we’re coming here to win a game tonight.”

What the Lakers are doing with Anthony Davis is obviously working and they don’t need to be switching anything up. In fact, he seems to be one of the only ones on the team that is playing to a high level. If the team around him could start using some of his energy, the Lakers would easily be one of the best teams in the league.