Lakers' coach Phil Jackson started Luke Walton at small forward for the third consecutive game on Sunday night while sitting Vladimir Radmanovic.
"I have talked to Vlade," Jackson said before the Lakers faced the Timberwolves. "He'd like to assassinate me."
After starting the season's first 20 games and averaging 7.9 points and 3.4 rebounds in an average of 21.5 minutes, Radmanovic has only played in one of the team's last three games.
"Vlade is doing his job," Jackson said. "He's staying with it. ... He's part of that Pink Panther group that held up a jewelry store in Paris."
