The Lakers may be 2-9 on the season, but the important thing is that they are 1-0 with Nick Young in the lineup.
Young made his season debut on Tuesday and scored 17 points in 28 minutes off the bench to help the Lakers to a 114-109 road win over the Atlanta Hawks. So what did he bring to the team that led to the victory?
Nick Young says "it's like my swag rubbed off on everybody."
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) November 19, 2014
They don’t call him Swaggy P. for nothing. And when I say “they,” I mean Young hasn’t nicknamed himself that for nothing.
Swaggy’s presence helped the Lakers shoot 54 percent as a team. Kobe Bryant went for 28, Carlos Boozer had 20, and Jeremy Lin added 15 points and 10 assists.
Lin also had a winning tweet after the game:
Great team win…welcome back @NickSwagyPYoung!! Me and @kobebryant are now combined for about 32,500 career points lol
— Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) November 19, 2014
Kobe has over 32,000 of those, but who’s counting? Kobe is now fourth on the all-time list. Next up is Michael Jordan.
