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Can Russell Westbrook, Lakers bounce back together?

  Russell Westbrook said he’s ready to “do whatever is asked of me” after a disappointing season for him and the Lakers. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – After an uncertain offseason, Russell Westbrook arrived at the Lakers’ practice facility Monday sounding pragmatic. “Whether they want me here or not, it doesn’t really matter,” Westbrook said. “My job is to be a professional and show up to work as I’ve always done.” After a turbulent 2021-22 season coexisting with Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis and playing under coach Frank Vogel, Westbrook was honest about what his second season in a Lakers uniform might look like with a new head coach (Darvin Ham) and more court time with James and Davis. “I don’t have that answer right now,” Westbrook said. “But I know it’s about competing. If we compete, the rest of it will take care of itself.” And after sitting in crunch time occasionally last season, Westbrook sounded more accepting of the possibility of a lesser role both to start and end games in the 2022-23 campaign. “I’ll do what’s best for the team,” Westbrook said, “and do whatever is asked of me.” What will the Lakers ask of Westbrook? Ham revealed he has “several options” on who to start in the backcourt, including Westbrook, Dennis Schröder, Patrick Beverley, Kendrick Nunn and Austin Reaves. “The guys that are going to get the minutes are the guys that are going out there to get stops,” Ham said. “He’s told me personally he’s going to commit to that side of the ball.” The Lakers have tempered expectations for this season after finishing 11th in the Western Conference last season at 33-49. They saw players miss a combined 246 games due to injuries or illnesses, most notably James (26 games) and Davis (42). Westbrook also shot poorly from deep (29.8%), was lax with his ball protection (3.8 turnovers per game) and finished 386th out of 605 players in individual defensive rating. After Westbrook exercised his $47 million player option, the Lakers reportedly gauged the market for him in various trade packages. “For any player on your team, you always have to be evaluating the roster,” said Rob Pelinka, L.A.’s VP of basketball operations. “If we have to continue to upgrade our roster throughout the season, we will.” LeBron James reflects on his NBA journey and discusses his mindset heading into his 20th season. But the Lakers also believe the former Kia NBA MVP and all-time leader in triple-doubles will have a bounce-back season. Westbrook showed flashes of his past excellence last season with his durability (78 games), triple-doubles (10) and team-leading numbers in rebounds (7.4) and assists (7.1) per game. It also helps that the Lakers will have James and Davis fully healthy for the start of training camp. “We look forward to being a part of the journey with him this year,” James said. “It will be a great year for him, and we’re going to be right there with him.” The Lakers believe that Westbrook, James and Davis will have more than 21 games together this season. The team retained none of its veteran free agents in favor of signing a handful of young players (Lonnie Walker IV, Troy Brown Jr., Thomas Bryant, Damian Jones and Juan Toscano-Anderson). The Lakers also bolstered their backcourt by bringing Schröder back and acquiring a defensive menace in Beverley. “We got to sit down and talk about what works and what doesn’t work,” Davis said. “Hopefully all the things that didn’t work, we can figure it out.” Lastly, the Lakers hired a head coach they believe can make Westbrook feel more empowered and accountable. Ham has gained respect in NBA circles for the qualities he has shown during a nine-year  playing career as well as three assistant coaching gigs, including Milwaukee’s recent championship run. “Russell Westbrook is a great part of our team,” Pelinka said. “He’s a person of high character, work ethic and one of the greatest ever to play the game. I think Coach Ham will bring another level out of him.” * * * Mark Medina is a senior writer/analyst for NBA.com. You can e-mail him here, find his archive here and follow him on Twitter. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NBA, its clubs or Turner Broadcasting. Read the full article

SCATTERED MEMORIES 

Hannah Arendt said, it is almost impossible to tell your own story. You can only tell it through the others who are close to you.

Time gets trickier as it grows in your head. Memories and plans get mixed up as nightly dreams tackle reality. After more than 40 creations with so many wonderful people with daring ideas and stunning talents, it is hard to separate feelings and memories from future plans. The past knocks on the door of what is still to come and on that crosspoint, we look back and forward with our specialanniversary project Scattered Memories with a large cast. 

CHOREOGRAPHY Wim Vandekeybus ARTISTIC ASSISTANT Margherita Scalise MOVEMENT ADVICE German Jauregui Allue PERFORMERS Alexandros Anastasiadis, Laura Aris Álvarez, Borna Babić, Maureen Bator, Tim Bogaerts, Damien Chapelle, Pieter Desmet, Saïd Gharbi, Rob Hayden, Germán Jauregui Allue, Luke Jessop, Kit King, Maria Kolegova, Anna Karenina Lambrechts, Anabel Lopez, Tanja Marin Friðjónsdóttir, Lieve Meeussen, Yassin Mrabtifi, Magdalena Oettl, Eddie Oroyan, Aymara Samira Parola, Wim Vandekeybus, Mufutau Yusuf COSTUMES Isabelle Lhoas COSTUME ASSISTANT Susanne Fischer LIGHT DESIGN Benjamin Verbrugge SOUND DESIGN Schröder STAGE Thomas Glorieux PRODUCTION Ultima Vez

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Possessed by Metahaven and Rob Schroeder

Possessed de Metahaven, Rob Schröder, Daniël van der Velden, Vinca Kruk (2018)

Metahaven & Rob Schröder, Possessed

POSSESSED, a new film by Metahaven & Rob Schröder, premieres at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018 as part of the Hivos Tiger Competition

The Lakers have 5 problems way bigger than Russell Westbrook and Frank Vogel

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The Lakers’ failure is way deeper than Russell Westbrook and Frank Vogel.

The Los Angeles Lakers entered the season as the betting favorites to win the Western Conference. The only team with better odds to win the 2022 NBA championship was the Brooklyn Nets. Such strong preseason belief required a huge leap of faith given how the previous year ended — LA finished with the No. 7 seed in the West and was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Phoenix Suns — but clearly the memory of the Lakers claiming the 2020 NBA championship inside the bubble was still fresh in people’s minds.

There were two main reasons to believe in the Lakers coming into the season. The biggest was the presence of LeBron James, who had led his team to the NBA Finals in nine of the previous 11 years. The second reason was injuries to many of the Lakers’ conference rivals. The Clippers were likely to be without Kawhi Leonard for the entire season, the Nuggets had the same problem with Jamal Murray, and the Warriors would have to integrate Klay Thompson mid-season after he missed the last two years.

With the season now officially past the halfway point, we can say for sure the Lakers are serious underachievers. LA is currently one game under .500. If the season ended today, the Lakers would be the No. 8 seed in the West and would need to punch their ticket to the playoffs via the play-in tournament.

Two people have received most of the blame for the Lakers’ struggles: head coach Frank Vogel and point guard Russell Westbrook. Vogel’s job is reportedly on the line just two seasons after helping guide the team to a championship. Westbrook was the Lakers’ biggest offseason acquisition, and he was benched down the stretch in LA’s recent loss to the lowly Indiana Pacers.

Westbrook and Vogel are natural scapegoats for the Lakers’ struggles, but they certainly do not deserve all the blame for LA coming up so short of expectations. Here are five reasons the Lakers have underachieved this season that are way deeper than Westbrook and Vogel.

1. Rob Pelinka didn’t pull the trigger on a Kyle Lowry trade last season

The Lakers’ problems this season can be traced back to last season’s trade deadline. LA was desperately in need of another shot creator as James and Anthony Davis battled injuries, and there was one big name on the market: Kyle Lowry.

The Raptors and Lakers reportedly had the framework of a deal in place. There was only one problem: the Lakers refused to include young guard Talen Horton-Tucker in the deal. From The Athletic:

Multiple sources told The Athletic that the Lakers and Raptors discussed a trade that would have sent both members of Los Angeles’ starting backcourt, Dennis Schröder and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and likely some draft compensation to Toronto for Lowry. Throughout Thursday morning, sources said, the sticking point was the inclusion of Talen Horton-Tucker.

Horton-Tucker is certainly a talented young piece, but he was also 20 years old at the time. It was hard to see him on James and Davis’ timeline. Lowry would have given the Lakers a tough defender and capable three-point shooter who could fit around their two best players. The Lakers also could have re-signed Lowry as a free agent, which would have prevented some of their future mistakes.

2. Ownership went cheap on Alex Caruso

Alex Caruso was one the Lakers’ great success stories for their 2020 championship run. The Lakers picked up Caruso as an undrafted free agent, groomed him on their G League team, and he eventually became so impactful he was starting games in the NBA Finals. Caruso never scored much, but his ferocious perimeter defense helped make the Lakers elite on that end.

Caruso was a free agent after LA were eliminated in the 2021 playoffs. The Lakers could have kept him, but the cost of re-signing him would have been significantly more than his contract because the Lakers were already so far over the salary cap and into the luxury tax.

The Lakers lowballed Caruso with their initial contract offer of three years, $21 million. When the Chicago Bulls offered just under $40 million over four years, Caruso went to the Lakers and asked them to match. The Lakers refused, citing their luxury tax concerns. Via Silver Screen and Roll:

After building out their roster in the offseason, they took on $44 million in luxury tax, the fifth-highest tax bill in the league. Adding Caruso would have driven that number higher. According to salary cap expert Danny Leroux, if Caruso had agreed to the Lakers offer, the franchise would have owed an additional $17.5 million in luxury tax, a fact the Lakers hoped would resonate with Caruso.

Even though those tax dollars wouldn’t land in his bank account, it did represent a total financial commitment greater than what the Bulls paid and, in the Lakers’ mind, aligned their actual investment with his market value.

The Lakers let Caruso walk, and instead decided to re-sign Horton-Tucker to a three-year contract worth $32 million. He’s mostly been a disappointment so far in his first year of the deal. Of course, they could and should have kept both players (assuming THT wasn’t dealt for Lowry last season).

The Lakers lost a key piece to a championship team for nothing but money. Caruso has since helped turn the Bulls into one of the league’s biggest surprises. He would have been a huge help to the Lakers this season and beyond.

3. The Lakers flubbed their minimum signings

The Lakers were strapped for cap space after trading for Westbrook, and essentially needed to fill out the rest of their roster with minimum or near minimum signings. After using the taxpayer midlevel exception to sign Kendrick Nunn to a deal worth just over $10 million total for two years, the Lakers added the following players: Trevor Ariza, Rajon Rondo, Wayne Ellington, Dwight Howard, Kent Bazemore, Malik Monk, and Carmelo Anthony. Avery Bradley and DeAndre Jordan were also signed.

Nunn hasn’t played a game this year as he recovers from a knee injury. Rondo has been traded. Ariza has barely played as he’s battled injury. Bazemore and Jordan haven’t been effective. Monk, Anthony, and Howard were solid signings, but the Lakers needed to add more real contributors.

Look at what the rival Golden State Warriors did with their minimum contracts, signing Nemanja Bjelica, Otto Porter Jr., and Andre Iguodala to minimum deals. Each have been valuable pieces this year who most importantly fit well around their stars. The Lakers needed to nail these moves on the fringes and they came up short.

4. The Lakers forgot their identity

When the Lakers won the championship inside the bubble, they were a defense-first team. LA finished with the league’s No. 3 defense during the regular season. The defense continued to be dominant in the playoffs on their title run.

The Lakers defense has been straight up bad this season, currently ranking No. 20 in the NBA. There are multiple reasons for why the defense has dropped, but a big one is the Westbrook trade. While Westbrook’s consistently cold shooting gets much of the blame for why his season has gone sideways, his defense has also been poor, which is a trend throughout the recent years of his career. He currently ranks in the 32nd percentile of defensive efficiency according to EPM. While the stat is not a be-all, end-all for evaluating defense, it is a good tool, and in this case it matches the eye test.

The Lakers famously had another trade option they could have went with instead of Westbrook: Kings guard Buddy Hield. While Hield’s outside sharpshooting would have been a great fit with James and Davis on offense, he’s also a pretty brutal defender. EPM has Hield ranked in the 14th percentile defensively.

In making the Westbrook trade, the Lakers also lost impact perimeter defenders with length and skill in Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Kyle Kuzma. Add the loss of Caruso into the mix, and that’s three important defenders gone. It’s possible that trading a similar package for Hield instead of Westbrook wouldn’t have helped as much as some believe because the defense would likely still struggle.

5. Anthony Davis hasn’t been reliable

The biggest individual reason for the Lakers’ downturn this season isn’t Westbrook or Vogel. It’s Anthony Davis’ inability to stay healthy and maintain his status as one of the best players in the world.

When the Lakers won the title inside the bubble, Davis was playing at an incredibly high level. He was dominant defensively and red hot as a perimeter shooter. He was also healthy. None of that has happened this season: Davis has missed significant time with an MCL injury, his shooting fell off, and he wasn’t great enough defensively to save the Lakers after so many key personnel losses on the perimeter.

The shooting numbers from NBA.com are ugly.

Davis is shooting 17.9 percent on three-pointers on 56 attempts.

Davis is shooting 38.8 percent from midrange on 139 attempts.

Davis was supposed to be the Lakers’ foundational piece who could carry the franchise while James aged out of his prime. Instead, James is 37 years old, and still playing at a near MVP level. Davis hasn’t been able to keep up his end of the bargain to this point. Whatever hope the Lakers have of turning around this season rests on AD playing like a superstar again.

Westbrook’s defense and cold shooting have certainly contributed to the Lakers’ struggles, but the team has not been worse with him on the floor this season. Vogel will probably get fired because there needs to be some consequences for such a poor season, but he’s a good coach who is leading a flawed roster. The Lakers have to look in the mirror to see all the ways this thing really went wrong. With James still playing like a top six or seven player in the world, everyone else around him — starting with ownership and Pelinka — has let him down.

mthvn: POSSESSED, a new film by Metahaven & Rob Schröder,... http://ift.tt/2DdWb3m

Los Lakers adquieren a Dennis Schröder  EL NUEVO DIARIO, EEUU. -Los Angeles Lakers adquirieron al base Dennis Schröder del Oklahoma City Thunder a cambio de Danny Green y los derechos de draft de Jaden McDaniels, según anunció este jueves el vicepresidente de operaciones de baloncesto y gerente general Rob Pelinka.

Laurel Halo - Hyphae

Album: Possessed (Soundtrack To The Film By Metahaven & Rob Schröder) (2020)

[Ambient, Experimental]

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Giovedì 14 marzo l'Apollo Club apre le sue porte alla musica di Laurel Halo

Laurel Halo è una producer e musicista elettronica nata a Ann Arbor (Michigan). Influenzata dalle radici Midwest, la sua musica parla un nuovo linguaggio da club, esplorato attraverso ritmi astratti, atmosfere caotiche ed elementi jazz. Nel corso di un’intervista rilasciata a The Wire l’artista afferma che “la techno è una forza meditativa in grado di gestire le tenebre e rimuovere i problemi; al loro posto emerge uno spazio mentale non minaccioso, trasceso e di una certa carica sessuale”. Processo fisico e deriva temporale sono motivi ricorrenti nella discografia della Halo, come nei suoi primi due dischi ‘Quarantine’ e ‘Chance of Rain’. Nel giugno 2017 Halo ha pubblicato il suo terzo album, Dust, lavoro che ha ricevuto l’apprezzamento di numerose testate di settore. Nel 2018 Halo è stata coinvolta per la scrittura della colonna sonora per il film documentario “Possessed” dello studio di design olandese Metahaven e Rob Schröder. Nello stesso anno, a luglio, ha pubblicato un mini-album per la Latency Recordings intitolato Raw Silk Uncut Wood, ispirandosi al suo contributo al film. Halo ha inoltre collaborato con il musicista di Bristol Hodge per l’EP Tru / Opal / The Light Within You, pubblicato il 30 novembre 2018 da Livity Sound Recordings. Il 14 Marzo in occasione dell’uscita del suo Dj Kicks di marzo farà tappa all’Apollo di Milano.

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Rob Cavestany performing live at #dynamo #eindhoven #netherlands #deathangel #ragherrie #audioloveoffical #bestmusicshots #trashmetal #guitarface #guitarist #metalshots #andreschröder #instametal #live #livemusicphotography Photo by Andre Schröder Please credit when repost (bij Dynamo)

2. Media Receptie Studies

CONTEXT VAN ONDERZOEK

Dit onderzoek wordt gedaan voor mijn afstudeerfilm; een korte fictiefilm van ongeveer 20 minuten. Geschreven vanuit eigen perspectief en ervaringen baan ik mij een weg door een wereld overrompeld door technologie. Een wereld waar we steeds meer afhankelijk lijken te worden van een digitaal, tweede leven online. Ik kies ervoor om een beeldessay te maken, waarin vrijwel geen dialoog voorkomt. Hierdoor wil ik een verhaal vertellen waar de kijker de betekenis van de film grotendeels uit de beelden moet halen. Eigenlijk speel ik op deze manier in op de gedachtegang van de kijker waar hij of zij een eigen interpretatie heeft bij wat voorgeschoteld wordt. Hoe wordt een bepaald werk ontvangen door een kijker? En in hoeverre staat deze interpretatie haaks aan wat de maker eigenlijk bedoelt met zijn werk? Met deze vragen in mijn hoofd duik ik dan ook in de receptie van kunst en media in het breedste begrip, maar waar uiteindelijk wel de nadruk gelegd gaat worden bij de ‘wat meer modernere vormen van kunst’, namelijk film.

HOOFDVRAAG

Wat is het verschil (of de verandering in de loop der jaren) van de manier waarop de kijker betekenis aan beeld geeft?

Iedereen heeft zijn eigen interpretatie bij beeld. Hoe een beeld ontvangen wordt bij diverse soorten publiek is afhankelijk van verschillende factoren. Om dit beter te kunnen begrijpen duik ik allereerst in de literatuur, waar media receptie (en alles wat daarbij komt kijken) uitgelegd wordt, met als doel het beter te kunnen begrijpen van eigen gemaakt beeld. Op deze manier wil ik niet alleen een beter beeld krijgen bij wat media receptie in het breedste begrip inhoudt, maar ook hoe ik het uiteindelijk toe kan passen om wellicht een bredere doelgroep aan te spreken met mijn eigen film. Tijdens het lezen van het boek ‘Media Reception Studies, van Janet Staiger, professor op het gebied van communicatiestudies bij film en televisie, leerde ik al snel dat er sociaal-wetenschappelijke, linguïstische en culturen factoren verbonden zijn aan de receptie in media  en  hoe deze factoren in de loop van de jaren zijn veranderd met hoe de kijker betekenis aan beeld geeft. In dit essay dat ik uiteindelijk wil maken, bespreek ik drie verschillende benaderingen tot het begrijpen van receptie in de media. Op de eerste plaats bespreek ik hoe ze van elkaar verschillen, maar het doel van dit verslag is om aan te tonen hoe dicht ze eigenlijk bij elkaar staan in het geheel. Met de vergelijkingen die volgen, wordt het hopelijk duidelijk dat met al deze verschillen er een onderliggende overeenkomst is. Door middel van de volgende deelvragen hoop ik tot een antwoord te komen: Wat is een publiek? Wat is receptie? Wat is het belang om publieke receptie te begrijpen?

Staiger, J (2005) Media reception studies  page 17- 61 Social Scientific Theories

Staiger, J (2005) Media reception studies page 61 - 95 Linguistic and Cultural Studies Theories

Staiger, J(2005) Media reception studies 95 - 115 Fans and fan Behaviors

Jenssen. K.B A handbook of media and communication research Second edition, qualitative and quantitative methodologies

Athique, A(2001) Transnational Audiences, media reception on a global scale

Wat is de relatie tussen media en het beschouwende publiek?

Na aanleiding van het boek Media Reception Studies wil ik me verder verdiepen in de beschouwer van de media. De volgende artikelen sluiten daar goed bij aan.

Livingstone, S. (1998) Relationships between media and audiences: Prospect for future audience reception studies. In Liebes, T., and Curran, J. (Eds.), Media, Ritual and Identity: Essays in Honor of Elihu Kats. London: Routledge

https://www.academia.edu/29137720/Relationships_between_media_and_audiences_prospects_for_audience_reception_studies_Book_section

Making sence of audience discourses Towards a multidimensional model of mass media reception (2001), Kim Christian Schröder

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/136754940000300205

Five tradition in search of the Audience (1990) Klaus Bruhn Jensen, Karl Erik Rosengren

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0267323190005002005

Naast het onderzoek doen in de literatuur en artikelen wil ik me ook richten tot film. Met de kennis die ik opdoe tijdens het lezen, bestuderen en analyseren van literaire teksten hoop ik uiteindelijk met een andere blik te kijken naar beeld. Ik zal me daar dan ook voornamelijk richten op films die beeldend, zonder een overdosis aan dialoog een verhaal proberen te vertellen. De analyses die ik dan schrijf, probeer ik dan in sociaal-wetenschappelijke, taalkundige en culturele context te plaatsen. Een vormonderzoek op basis van theoretische benaderingen in de receptie van media.

De volgende films sluiten aan bij mijn project (zowel verhaaltechnisch als vormgeving):

- Possessed(2018) - Rob Schröder & Metahaven

- Black Swan(2010) - Darren Aronofsky

- Lost in Translation(2003) - Sofia Coppola

- Mommy(2014) - Xavier Dolan

- The Zone(1999) - Ben van Lieshout

- Winkelhart/Night at the mall(2001) - Ben van Lieshout

- Ida(2013) - Pawel Pawlikowski

PLANNING

- In week 49 heb ik 20 uur besteed aan het lezen en analyseren van het boek Media Reception Studies.

- In week 50 wil ik 10 uur besteden aan het vooronderzoek, opkomende uit het lezen van het boek de week ervoor. Daarnaast hoort nog het opstellen van een onderzoeksvoorstel.

- In week 50 wil ik ook 10 uur besteden aan het opzetten van een onderzoeksverslag.

- In week 51 wil ik 20 uur besteden aan het formuleren van antwoorden op de deelvragen in geschreven tekst (essay).

- In week 52 wil ik 10 uur besteden aan het kijken van 3 films.

- In week 52 wil ik ook 10 uur besteden aan het lezen en analyseren van Athique, A(2001) Transnational Audiences, media reception on a global scale

- In week 1 wil ik 10 uur besteden aan het formuleren/uitwerken van tekst in het onderzoeksverslag.

- In week 2 wil ik 10 uur besteden aan het kijken van 3 films.

- In week 2 wil ik ook 10 uur besteden aan het analyseren van de bekeken films (in tekst)

- In week 3 wil ik 20 uur besteden aan al het geanalyseerde werk te verwerken in het onderzoeksverslag

- In week 4 wil ik 20 uur besteden aan het kijken van de laatste 3 films en verder gaan met waar ik in week 3 geëindigd ben.

Possessed - Laurel Halo (2020)

“Laurel Halo presents an album’s worth of score provided for the 2018 experimental documentary Possessed by Dutch design collective Metahaven, produced in collaboration with Rob Schröder and Dutch Mountain Films. Her first foray into writing music for the screen, the album provides a rich variety of sounds, from aqueous, subterranean drones, to plaintive folk pieces for violin and cello, to uncanny pseudoclassical piano mutations. It’s fitting for Laurel Halo to move into the score world. ...”

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YouTube: Laurel Halo at Semibreve Festival 2020 (Live) 21:52, Possessed (Original Score) 1 / 12