cavsfanclanman
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So they went from a coach who only knew defense to a coach who only knows offense? Speaking of which, has D'Antoni even been more successful than Brown?
Im not seeing anywhere that states the Lakers Choose D'antonio over Jackson. in fact it looks like he was their 2nd job. The only other real option if he was willing to come was Jerry Sloan.
Jackson may have not wanted to jobs and only spoke to the lakers as a courtesy.
They apparently interviewed Mike Dunleavy. Just wow there. Sloan went on record saying he wasn't contacted by the Lakers nor did he think he would be.
Actually I like this hire. Hard to argue with Phil Jackson's success, but I will. I think the Lakers are already too far into the season to switch to the triangle offense which Phil is so famous for. I know Kobe, MWP and Gasol all know the offense but Nash and Howard do not. Given Howard's mental aptitude I have serious doubts about him picking it up. Also the Triangle offense minimizes the role of a PG, with Steve Nash, why would they want to do that? I don't think that's the best system for them to run right now.
D'Antoni's system is 1 step above street ball. Get out and run and forget about defense. All these players know how to run D'Antoni's system, it's been every coach in their entire life that's tried to teach it out of them. I think the transition will be much smoother than you think. I also think they will be extremely fun to watch and very dangerous. They are going to play games that make their opponents out score them. Try out scoring a team of Kobe, Nash, Howard and Gasol. The major concern I have with it, are they in the right physical condition to do this on a night in and night out basis? They may be able to sustain it for part of the season but come the end of the season and in the playoffs, will they be out of gas?
so, you prefer them to run a system that they physically aren't suited to do because it's simplified, rather than asking two NBA vets to try and learn a new system that the rest of the starters already know, and better fits the personnel they have? doesn't make a lot of sense.
Kobe, Gasol, MWP, Steve Blake, Devin Ebanks: what do they have in common? They are the only ones left on the roster who played for Phil Jackson, which means they are the only ones who know the triangle offense if it were to be turned on immediately. Blake is the backup PG and Ebanks played all of 20 games in the system with Phil and has played in 4 of 7 games this season, a non-factor. So 3 starters, 1 reserve and a deep bench guy know the offense while 2 starters, 4 reserves, and 4 deep bench guys don't. The odds of the dramatic offensive switch like that mid season being successful have to be awful.