“Fifteen years,” the Lakers forward said, recapping his career. “My only thing is let me know why. I don’t think you go from starting and 30-something minutes to not in the rotation whatsoever. And not explaining to me what exactly happened, that’s the toughest thing. There’s nothing you can do but be positive and support your teammates. The only reason I came here was they said I was going to play and to win a championship.”
There is no hiding the frustration in Jamison's words, and to be honest it seems like he has a fair point.
Jamison is a more accomplished scorer than Jodie Meeks, Darius Morris or Devin Ebanks, yet each of those players have received considerably more playing time than Jamison lately.
Morris has even managed to creep his way into the Lakers' starting lineup since Steve Nash made his return from injury, while Jamison has been relegated to the spot on the bench opposite rookie Robert Sacre.
So far coach Mike D'Antoni has been mostly quiet about Jamison, but it's easy to find a theory based on D'Antoni's brief assessment of the situation after the Lakers' blowout victory over Portland where Jamison was the only Laker not to register a single minute of playing time.
“Everybody gets another chance and stuff,” D'Antoni told the LA Times. “We’re playing nine guys and I’m really liking Metta [World Peace]. We don’t want to lose Antawn because he does what he does. We’ll see. Antawn’s ready to roll if we need him.”
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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
