LA Lakers Hire Mike D'Antoni

[Biw]

They would have been better off with Mike Brown. As sad as that is(or not, fuck da lakers).

 

[The Process God]

They would have been better off with Mike Brown. As sad as that is(or not, fuck da lakers).

Since we're still unsure whether or not the Lakers pick is lottery-protected or not, I hope that the Lakers continue to suck, miss the playoffs, and we get their lottery pick, and it fucking WINS the lottery because Grant is some magical genius who got them to not protect it because "how could the Lakers miss the playoffs?" How sweet would that be? :chuckles:

 

[MalTalm]

You know, it occurs to me their best coaching option outside of Phil Jackson would have been Stan Van Gundy, though Howard would have raised hell. By the end of the season Dwight will be begging for Stan.

On topic though, if D'antoni doesn't plan on utilizing Pau in the post, the Lakers should honestly just trade him now.

 

[Lionheart]

Just read that D'Antoni is going to alter his rotations again once Nash is back (sorry I couldn't find the link):

Starters: Nash, Meeks, Kobe, Gasol, Dwight

MWP will play PF, subbing for Gasol. When Dwight goes to the bench, Gasol comes in and plays C. This IMO will at least be interesting since Gasol will get a decent chance/number of plays ran for him. I still don't think that D'Antoni's system will translate to a championship the personnel do not match and they have a shit bench.

 

[Mdog1]

Well, I truly hope so. Just squeeze into the playoffs and then get clobbered. That would be great in my book as they fall into that list of teams that I truly hate in the NBA. I'll also enjoy all that restless mob action in Lakerville too after they are unceremoniously kicked from the playoffs by some run of the mill team. We'll have our pick exchange and they'll be discussing their 3rd coach in 2 years. It will be glorious. :chuckles:

You forgot the best part. Dwight Howard leaves the team causing the Lakers to falter even more the following year. It's truly like a story book finish to Kobe's career as a Laker. It'd be pretty cool if the Lakers met the Clipper in the first round and got swept by them. Might bring on a civil war in LA.

 

[shoes22]

Since we're still unsure whether or not the Lakers pick is lottery-protected or not, I hope that the Lakers continue to suck, miss the playoffs, and we get their lottery pick, and it fucking WINS the lottery because Grant is some magical genius who got them to not protect it because "how could the Lakers miss the playoffs?" How sweet would that be? :chuckles:

We are sure now. The pick is lottery protected. It's irrelevant to the Lakers anyway though. Here's how it works. If the pick ends up #15-30 it'll be sent to the Cavs, if the pick is #1-14 it'll go to the Suns. If the Cavs get the pick this year then the Suns get the Lakers 2014 pick. If the Suns get the pick this year then the Cavs are shit out of luck and the Lakers don't owe us anything anymore.

 

[RonG]

Shoes that is almost correct, but if we swap with the lakers, the suns get what ever pick we swap with them this year.

 

[shoes22]

Shoes that is almost correct, but if we swap with the lakers, the suns get what ever pick we swap with them this year.

I did overlook that detail. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[Mdog1]

We are sure now. The pick is lottery protected. It's irrelevant to the Lakers anyway though. Here's how it works. If the pick ends up #15-30 it'll be sent to the Cavs, if the pick is #1-14 it'll go to the Suns. If the Cavs get the pick this year then the Suns get the Lakers 2014 pick. If the Suns get the pick this year then the Cavs are shit out of luck and the Lakers don't owe us anything anymore.

I'm still not sure. I've seen multiple things (RealGM, couple of writers) saying the pick is protected, but i've also seen someone say it's unprotected through a source with the Lakers. We won't know for sure until it happens, but it likely won't matter either way because they will likely make the 8 seed.

 

[shoes22]

I'm still not sure. I've seen multiple things (RealGM, couple of writers) saying the pick is protected, but i've also seen someone say it's unprotected through a source with the Lakers. We won't know for sure until it happens, but it likely won't matter either way because they will likely make the 8 seed.

To date, the ONLY person who has said it was unprotected is Sam The Bullshit Whisperer, and he later backtracked, because that guy always reports the first thing he hears, regardless of whether it's true or not. The pick is indeed protected.
You can read about all the history regarding this and how confusion about the pick started in the first place right here:
http://www.fearthesword.com/2012/12...e-2013-draft-pick-in-the-ramon-sessions-trade

 

[Mdog1]

To date, the ONLY person who has said it was unprotected is Sam The Bullshit Whisperer, and he later backtracked, because that guy always reports the first thing he hears, regardless of whether it's true or not. The pick is indeed protected.
You can read about all the history regarding this and how confusion about the pick started in the first place right here:
http://www.fearthesword.com/2012/12...e-2013-draft-pick-in-the-ramon-sessions-trade

Ok that clears it up at least a little.

 

[Numbers Guy]

Its funny, D'Antoni completely took Jamison and Hill out of the rotation yesterday. Instead, he went with a 7 man rotation.. 8 if you count Devin Ebanks' 4 minutes.

This guy is a mess, the moniker 'master of panic' needs to be passed down to this guy.

What is the thought process of playing Pau 30+ minutes on his first night back? Kobe 43 minutes. Metta 37. Just wait til Steve Nash comes back and D'Antoni tries to play him 48 minutes. This team is bad now, nothing good is coming from burning the old guys out.

A 7 man rotation, with one of the oldest teams in the NBA, 25 games in. Gotta be a joke.

Called it. Nash played 41 minutes in his first game back from the leg injury. What an incompetent coach.

 

[The Process God]

Called it. Nash played 41 minutes in his first game back from the leg injury. What an incompetent coach.

Here's an even better stat to show the incompetence of the D'Antoni offense: Kobe shot 41 times.

So much for Kobe letting the offense run through Nash. :chuckles:

 

[staycoolbruh]

5th straight win yesterday. Their bench is still trash besides MWP.

 

[Birdy89]

Lakers lost tonight.

Kobe had 40 tonight and played 44 minutes in the second half of a back to back having played 44 minutes the night before.

The good news is he has had another really efficient shooting game since that 41 shot debacle going 14-24 Christmas day and 13-24 last night.

The bad news he is going to fall apart by the end of the season so none of this is going to matter even if they pull it together.

Since Dantoni came on board Kobe is literally averaging about 42 minutes a night. On the season he is 5th in the league at about 39 minutes a night.

There 34 year old shooting guard with more miles on his tires than probably anyone in the league is averaging 42 minutes a game.

What is Dantoni trying to accomplish? Does he not realize that Kobe's minutes aren't sustainable, and if anything should be 10 less per game if you really want to maximize him?

What he is doing out there is coaching malpractice right now.

Arash Markazi ‏@ArashMarkazi
Kobe Bryant has played over 40 minutes in 10 straight games. He played 7 such games, including playoffs, in the 2010-11 season under Phil.

That tweet I saw sums up how nuts what MDA is doing right now is.