When i saw that Stotts interviewed with the Lakers just had a drink of water and almost spit it up all on my monitor / keyboard laughing but held it back but come on Lakers hire Stotts -- PLEASE ROFL
What in the fuck is Terry going to do with the Lakers? He spent his entire time here telling his players to do what they do and do it the best they can... just letting the currents of the players' talent steer where the offense went and letting defense try and take care of itself. The Lakers have shown as clearly as possible that the way the players on that team have played in the past does not play together. So they need a coach that will dig deep and figure out a way to get Russ to stop being Russ or relegate him to being captain of the bench squad... that is not Terry Stotts. If they hire Terry it will be a replay of last season possibly without the injuries but very possibly with them. If they have the injuries they won't be making the playoffs and if they stay healthy they will be a 5-8 seed that could pull an upset in one round of the playoffs but will be had very soon after, if not before. Terry is one of the worst coaches possible for the Lakers because he will just let them do what they do and try to help them along their journey but what they do is dysfunction.
I actually agree with you that they would probably go with a tried and true coach. However, I don’t think they’d hire a coach before interviewing some of the “top” assistant options. And as far as “questionable option” that’s exactly what Stotts is. Fan sentiment isn’t everything, but if you look at the responses to those tweets you’ll see that a vast, vast, vasttttt majority of them are “lulz wut”.
Not sure why they'd want Russ leading the bench squad. He would still suck. And they ain't ever getting a 5 seed if he plays for them no matter if everyone's healthy. In my opinion.
It's just too damn early to know any of this shit because we have to see what plays out in the off season with us, any other teams that make big changes in the West from this last season to next. Then we have to see what the Pelicans look like with CJ and if Zion can get and stay healthy. You probably are right that the Lakers are not a team that stays out of the play ins if healthy. They're probably a 7-10... when I look at the rest of the conference. I do get this sick feeling like the Lakers are going to pull some real crazy shit off though but that's probably just me being paranoid but echoes of the Pau Gasol trade will do that.
Historically, the Gasol/Gasol trade was great for both team. If it weren't for the two championships the Lakers won, I'd say Memphis won the trade. Marc Gasol was their star for more years than Pau was in LA.
Im thinking the next coach will tell lebron and AD to “do what they do and do their best” and let their talent take them wherever it takes them. Not sure who could come in at this point and coach that team.
That is some toxic shit... I wouldn't even keep him around if I were ESPN let alone hire him if I were a team, unless he addressed those things the way Chauncey had to address his past even though Chauncey had been found to be wrongfully accused and this shit by Jackson has been swirling around and verifiable for eight years now.
I was thinking of the opposite side of things. Kyrie with Russ and Bron? That's a worse fucking nightmare than the Lakers currently have. With AD it's all about his health but Kyrie has missed his fair share of games too. I would probably pull the trigger on it if I'm the Nets. You would be really big and really athletic if you could get games out of your three all nba guys that are taller than 6'10". For sure, you're right and it does make more sense on the Brooklyn side but even that one is iffy since it's supposed to be about building around Kyrie and KD even if it hasn't worked yet. Regardless, I would be far far more disturbed right now if the team had announced Perk was going to be our GM today than I am with it being Joe.
