n this file photo, the Lakers’ Kendall Marshall makes an errant pass behind his head as Nuggets’ Kenneth Faried defends him under the basket at the Staple Center in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze file)
Plenty of concerns swirl around Kendall Marshall surrounding his development and his Lakers’ future. But with the Lakers holding a team option on him and likely to keep him at least through training camp, Marshall can view the Lakers’ offseason with some detachment. Unlike most of his Lakers teammates, most of the proceedings will significantly affect his standing with the Lakers.
“It’s entertaining. It’s comedy to me to be honest with you,” Marshall said. “You see all the stuff that teams go through for players.”
That included the Lakers having a meeting last Thursday with New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony at the team’s practice facility in El Segundo. Shortly before the 2 1/2 hour meeting began, Marshall facetiously tweeted that the Lakers refused to let him in the pitch meeting that included executives Jim and Jeanie Buss, general manager Mitch Kupchak, former Lakers forward James Forward and executives with Time Warner Cable SportsNet and AEG.
“I knocked on the door and they said, ‘Go away,'” Marshall said. “I don’t know what’s going on out there.”
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