**LA LAKERS THREAD** Sitting on 17! 2023-2024 offseason begins

[pmatic]

MY franchise player.

ADV

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[tupac003]

So is AD or Bron the coach killer...

 

[essential1]

 

[Rockabilly Zombie]

So is AD or Bron the coach killer...

 

[atlsfinest]

I don't understand why our front office seems to want JJ so much. If he ends up being the best candidate I'm fine with it but it seems like we want to give him the head coaching job.

It just seems like a bizarre set of circumstances to me. On one hand we are in the win now mode with a 40 year old LeBron, AD in his prime and we're looking like we're going to trade first round picks foreign to future to build a championship team next season. Doesn't make sense to go all in that way and then hire a rookie head coach who's never even coached at any level in any capacity.

 

[tupac003]

With this front office...

Par for the course.

 

[pmatic]

It is funny how the franchise has tried every pedigree for a coaching hire.

-Former alum (Byron Scott, Puke)
-Accomplished head coach (Mike Brown, D'Antoni, Vogel)
-Assistant from championship org (Ham)

Minus whale hire someone from the media side.

 

[darthska]

It is funny how the franchise has tried every pedigree for a coaching hire.

-Former alum (Byron Scott, Puke)
-Accomplished head coach (Mike Brown, D'Antoni, Vogel)
-Assistant from championship org (Ham)

Minus whale hire someone from the media side.

Then Becky Hammon.
Then Sean McVay.

 

[CP1708]

Minus whale hire someone from the media side.

Pat Riley, long ago.

 

[lovehateself]

Wonder if they ever rang Jared Dudley

 

[moonman818]

 

[jab step]

Rather have TJ McConnell than Dlo on this team

 

[Hijo Del Promo]

LA >>>>>> NY

 

[darthska]

We're going to hear a lot of chatter this off-season about another Thibs failure, but I can't help but wonder if he would be coaching better right now if he had his starting PF, starting PG, and backup C.
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*edit* And I know that people are going to think "If I agree with this, then I'm saying we should have kept Ham because coaching didn't matter," or "If I disagree with this, I'm saying that injuries are less important than coaching, because coaching is super important."
No. No it doesn't mean that, either way.

 

[MIKE LOWERY]

And backup SF

 

[Hijo Del Promo]

We're going to hear a lot of chatter this off-season about another Thibs failure, but I can't help but wonder if he would be coaching better right now if he had his starting PF, starting PG, and backup C.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If thats the case, we would of won the title in 21 if AD didnt get injured in the first round.

 

[darthska]

If thats the case, we would of won the title in 21 if AD didnt get injured in the first round.

I mean... no argument here.
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I'm not going to say we would have repeated, because it was just the 1st round, but with a healthy AD we beat the Suns.

 

[Hijo Del Promo]

I mean... no argument here.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I'm not going to say we would have repeated, because it was just the 1st round, but with a healthy AD we beat the Suns.

All good, all im sayin is IFs dont matter, only WHAT IS.

 

[darthska]

All good, all im sayin is IFs dont matter, only WHAT IS.

Absolutely.
What is: 3 starting players injured on the Knicks and a backup.
That doesn't get you to the Conference Finals.

 

[pmatic]

Redick's first order of business will be to trade for TJ McConnell and build around him and AD.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

We're going to hear a lot of chatter this off-season about another Thibs failure, but I can't help but wonder if he would be coaching better right now if he had his starting PF, starting PG, and backup C.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

*edit* And I know that people are going to think "If I agree with this, then I'm saying we should have kept Ham because coaching didn't matter," or "If I disagree with this, I'm saying that injuries are less important than coaching, because coaching is super important."
No. No it doesn't mean that, either way.

His coaching won three games without those key starters (OG, Randle, Robinson) against a fully healthy IND team.

To not give credit to Thibs and to say he failed would be stupid. And I don’t expect the media to say Thibs failed either. In fact they will commend his GREAT COACHING to be a win away from pulling off the short handed victory in this series.

Ask yourself, would NYK have won three games without their key starters had Darvin Ham been the coach of the Knicks.

I think you and I both know the LIKELY answer to that

#coachingmatters

 

[pmatic]

 

[lovehateself]

Nori price just went up

 

[CP1708]

Pacers
Mavs
Wolves

I swear to God......

 

[CP1708]