2014-15 Official Lakers Season Thread, Vol: We Love Each Other

How Many Wins This Season?

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His lifestyle will affect his passion and commitment? What lifestyle? :lol: you know him personally or what

I am just saying. There are substantial examples of this. Lamar, Kobe, Bynum, J.Gordon, C.Johnson, etc. Guys get that contract, they not the same.
 
Um, give him the 2nd year option, and fire him after a year if you want, no diff than giving Scott a new 2 year deal, which certainly won't get extended either.

Mike wanted 1 option year picked up. One.

We downgraded at coach, again, over a single year.


Stupid, stupid foresight. Trying to create stability, a unified front, look like a team trying to build something, hassle the coach over 1 single year. :smh:

I mean they could have given him the option but they didn't...and he quit.

It's your personal opinion that we down graded.

We haven't seen what Scott will do with these players.

You want to talk about what he did with the cavs and nets...

I could point out so much that mike did wrong with the lakers and suns.

All I'm saying before we kill Scott, let's see what he brings to the table with this franchise.

But in a way wouldn't it be bad if he does well? That messes up your plan for the top 5 pick.

(Which we won't get anyway)

Byron been fired by 3 teams already, but you think he can do something with THIS team? :lol:

I know he's failing, you know he's failing, Mitch knows he's failing, Byron knows he's failing. He's not a good coach, period. Stop defending him cuz he works for the Lakers now.

And it doesn't matter about my plan for keeping our pick, if Mitch doesn't want to keep it, we won't. And you'll still support him, like many other fans in here blindly backing every mistake they make.

At this point, all we can hope for is complete failure to give us good luck. Otherwise, we'll win 30-32 games and give the Suns the 8th pick in the draft, let Nash's corpse drop and do this again next summer before we finally get out from Kobe's contract.

And people will still back Mitch the whole way. :lol:
 
I mean they could have given him the option but they didn't...and he quit.

It's your personal opinion that we down graded.

We haven't seen what Scott will do with these players.

You want to talk about what he did with the cavs and nets...

I could point out so much that mike did wrong with the lakers and suns.

All I'm saying before we kill Scott, let's see what he brings to the table with this franchise.

But in a way wouldn't it be bad if he does well? That messes up your plan for the top 5 pick.

(Which we won't get anyway)

I agree. We should be positive. Scott being on Time Warner got to actually talk, discuss and analyze team LA. The same with Kurt Rambis. We can only hope for the best and be bullish on them! While past performances don‘t guarantee future success, I am definitely excited for a RESTART.

Too bad we can‘t have a big get together for this LOL. Cruise at someones crib, watch LA and draft our fantasy teams hahaha.

One thing is for sure, the whole world will be watching MAMBA. haha
 
Might I add, you never know what the season holds. Guys on other teams can have season ending injuries and LA might sneak in a few games. I still haven‘t read anything about Nash. Hope he can come in, stroke those 3s and those tech FTs. haha

Interviewing a reported 3 times, goes to show you this team is for real. The fans, Kobe, and mgmt wants this. So we will see.

Now, Mihm, G. Foster, Madsen, Pau and those tall Woody Harrilson front court dudes provide some luck. I guess that falls on Sacre now. haha
 
Byron been fired by 3 teams already, but you think he can do something with THIS team? :lol:

I know he's failing, you know he's failing, Mitch knows he's failing, Byron knows he's failing. He's not a good coach, period. Stop defending him cuz he works for the Lakers now.

And it doesn't matter about my plan for keeping our pick, if Mitch doesn't want to keep it, we won't. And you'll still support him, like many other fans in here blindly backing every mistake they make.

At this point, all we can hope for is complete failure to give us good luck. Otherwise, we'll win 30-32 games and give the Suns the 8th pick in the draft, let Nash's corpse drop and do this again next summer before we finally get out from Kobe's contract.

And people will still back Mitch the whole way. :lol:

Personal opinion...sounds like crying over spilled milk.

D'antoni won nothing of importance, at least Scott made it to the finals. D'antoni didn't get his way. He took his ball and went home. This is what's we have. The complaining isn't going to change the fact that Scott is our coach.

As far as Mitch goes...he is doing what he can. Yeah stuff wasn't perfect but nothing is. I want somebody to hand you the keys to the lakers and let's see if every move you make is perfect.

We haven't seen this team do anything yet. Yeah I know we aren't winning a chip next year. Just get over the fact that Mitch is not doing. What the spurs did and maybe it will end up that way soon.
 
Eh. I've given you the map why Mike never made a Finals. People choose to ignore it, that's on them.

And we don't need to wait anymore on Mitch. The pattern is clear as day since CP3 deal, he's been screwing up ever since. Trying to make up for it or something. Not hard to see all the mistakes.
 
its hard to compare coaching. its a dynamic thing. no need to look at the past is what we all trynna do. difft players, difft league, difft context, difft game,.difft situation. come on now.
 
that is why, most coaching hires dont translate to expected success. u cant just expect a popovich, Phil to.revive any team. i mean look at Mike D, for those older,.look at larry brown. come on fam.....

thats why, the knock on phil and the likes will always be there. same with Doc. yall should know.

i mean, u guys talk about Scotts past, look at frank vogel, frank lawrence, etc. its never on one tangible.

my opinion on Mike D is that he failed to adapt, failed to change, and he kept using his stubborn philosophies over n over. it does not work that way!!!!!

this is what separates good n bad coaches. real ones and sham ones.

vogel and spols and brooks are gonna be under scrutiny. you feel me?
 
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Tell ya what, IF Nick opts out, then I won't be as hard on the deal. Still not good, but less bad at least.

I do not understand why they didnt give him a two year deal or a 3 year deal third being a team option.

Nobody was tryna sign that ***** anyways
 
The Lakers are going win at least 40 games this season

Your being too kind

We will win about 34 games tops if kobe stay healthy and doesnt murder nick young

Need adam to help us like the league hels the cavs get them number one picks

Is it true they tryna make carlos boozer the starting small forward?
 
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It's potentially bad because they just re-signed a 29 year old one dimensional player to a four year contract.

It's potentially good because he does one thing sort of well and his contract won't kill the Lakers, especially if the cap rises as much as some people predict. And he's a fan favorite.

To be fair, he just turned 29 last month, the Lakers contract will be from age 29 to 32, didn't jerry west always say a player's prime is from age 28 to 32?

Xavier, swaggy, Wes, Lin, clarkson, randle can potentially be really fun to watch

I like b scott but hopefully he doesn't slow the game down
Don't know about West's prime quote, but to me most player's primes will go from 24 to 29 (27 being a player's peak).
 
Boozer at SF ? lol

Cant wait to see him lock up bron, melo , durant , kawhi , PG

:smh:
 
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Byron Scott the right man for Kobe, Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers took their good old time, but they indeed finally settled on a coach as they started contract negotiations Friday with Byron Scott, according to ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard.

The first question that comes to mind is: What took so long?

It has been nearly three months since Mike D'Antoni resigned April 30, accepting a buyout worth approximately half of the $4 million he was due to be paid next season.

League sources told me on the night that D’Antoni left that the Lakers would cast a wide net for their coaching search, and the sense was that if you could think of a coach who could feasibly step in to fill the role, the Lakers were probably mulling him over too.

The search never ended up being that widespread.

L.A. talked to only six candidates that we know of: Scott, Lionel Hollins, Alvin Gentry, Kurt Rambis, Mike Dunleavy and George Karl.

All of them you could talk yourself into and talk yourself out of. Sure, Hollins had championship pedigree as a player with those Portland teams in the '70s, but if he was really that good, would Memphis have cut him loose? Yes, Gentry has been a long-respected assistant, but other than that one run with Phoenix to the 2010 Western Conference finals, what had he done as the head guy? Dunleavy and Rambis both have Lakers ties, but the former has been out of coaching for years and the latter had 100 more losses than wins in his time in Minnesota. Karl is considered an offensive genius, but then again, the same could be said about D’Antoni.

While the Lakers weighed the pluses and minuses of the group, they purposely kept their coaching chair open.

It was no secret that if they ended up pulling off a coup and landing LeBron James or Carmelo Anthony or both, they wanted to entice the superstars to come by letting them have a say in who would coach them.

All the while, however, they kept Scott in the loop, bringing him back for a second interview June 10 prior to free agency and then again for a third talk July 16 after the Anthony/James dream had died and L.A. instead filled up its roster with the likes of Jeremy Lin, Carlos Boozer and Ed Davis.

Which brings us to the second question that needs to be asked: Why Byron?

It wasn’t just about his ties to the Showtime era, but that surely helped. It wasn’t just that he was around the team all last season as an analyst for the Lakers’ television station, Time Warner Cable SportsNet, and had an intimate knowledge of what went down, but that helped too.

The Lakers franchise also wanted to establish a clear defensive identity after being atrocious on that end of the court last season, and Scott’s credentials include a strong defensive-minded reputation.

But really, the Scott hire comes down to one man: Kobe Bryant. L.A. invested close to $50 million in Bryant over the next two seasons when he’ll be 36 and a 19-year veteran and 37 and a 20-year veteran.

Despite all that’s gone wrong in Laker Land since Phil Jackson retired in 2011, Bryant still remains as a box office draw and a future first-ballot Hall of Famer.

Whichever coach the Lakers decided on would have to mesh well personalitywise with Bryant first and foremost and, beyond that, play a system that would help Bryant continue to be productive even as Father Time is taking his toll.

It was no accident that Bryant publicly endorsed Scott for the job during his youth basketball camp in Santa Barbara, California, earlier this month.

"He was my rookie mentor when I first came into the league," Bryant said. "So I had to do things like get his doughnuts and run errands for him and things like that. We've had a tremendously close relationship throughout the years. So, obviously I know him extremely well. He knows me extremely well. I've always been a fan of his."

The Lakers have always operated with championships on the mind, but with a title pretty much out of the picture in the short term, they simply want to get back to having their team and everything that surrounds it be an accurate reflection of all the winning the franchise has already accomplished.

And out of all the realistic candidates for the job, Scott was the right man to start the journey from shambles back to Showtime.
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I don't understand some of you. Screaming at the top of your lungs for the franchise to tank. To let the bottom fall out. Just yappin n complaining. They do this in some ways NOW you guys wanna ***** about not hiring a different/"better" coach?!! :lol:

Downright hilarious. Complaining just to complain. Make up your damn minds!


Real ****

You need to stop with that Nick Young bad contract crap. It's not. It just isn't. You just hate him and didn't wanna see him here point blank period.
But the actual 4 year contract isn't bad at all. It keeps us flexible thru the 4 years. And it's a concession to the fans and he serves his purpose on the floor.
Who said Boozer was gonna hinder Randle's development?! Like how you KNOW that's gonna happen. Truth be told you don't. Randle is 19. Chill. He will hit the wall like ALL rookies.

But my only thing is you can't pick and choose how you want this thing to go. You can't wish to suck. Then complain for hiring a sucky coach.

I just hate how there is so much assumption right now on a whole bunch of things that can't even be calculated.
Whatever tho.

We need to just make a Phil Jackson cyborg to coach us so everyone can shut the hell up :smh:

Real ****


His lifestyle will affect his passion and commitment? What lifestyle? :lol: you know him personally or what


I done seen it all
 
Lin/Clarkson/Nash
Kobe/X
Young/Wes
Randle/Boozer/Kelly
Hill/Davis/Sacre

Am i missing someone else?

If this squad find a way to remain relatively healthy.. i can see them winning 38+ games

...i wish they do something for Nash's corpse :smh:
 
By the way cant believe they actually kept almost everyone from last year lol

I thiught they would lose both kelly and henry
 
Um, give him the 2nd year option, and fire him after a year if you want, no diff than giving Scott a new 2 year deal, which certainly won't get extended either.

Mike wanted 1 option year picked up. One.

We downgraded at coach, again, over a single year.


Stupid, stupid foresight. Trying to create stability, a unified front, look like a team trying to build something, hassle the coach over 1 single year. :smh:
You want to talk about what he did with the cavs and nets...

I could point out so much that mike did wrong with the lakers and suns.
Not without CP's excuses & justifications, you couldn't. His loyalty to MDA, I've already tested it, and it's STRONG, bruh.
 
Eh. I've given you the map (my opinion) why Mike never made a Finals. People choose to ignore it (have different opinions), that's on them.
Fixed.

And we don't need to wait anymore on Mitch. The pattern is clear as day since CP3 deal, he's been screwing up ever since. Trying to make up for it or something. Not hard to see all the mistakes.
TOO true. :smh: :\
 
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