In case the Lakers fire Luke Walton this summer, would you want him as head coach in Portland?

No. /

 

Shit no.

 

No. Stotts is doing well. No reason to move on.

 

Grass is always greener.

Brad Stevens is getting hammered in Boston saying he doesn't use his talent correctly.
Irving/Tatum/Hayward/Horford/Rozier/Brown/Morris/Baynes/Smart.
Only one below average offensive player in that rotation. Rest are average, above average, or great on that end.

 

I respect Lebron a lot for some of the things he’s done on and off the court and Ive always thought he was a good leader, but I think he’s been kind of terrible this year. Between he and his agent trying to trade the whole team, how he’s constantly throwing his team under the bus, it seems like every interview its, “them, they, those guys”, it took no time at all early in the season for the rumors to start coming out how he didnt want Luke there. He went to LA for a lot of none basketball reasons and thats perfectly fine its his life, but he has not been good for that basketball team and the young guys they had.
He clearly has no intention of trying to mentor them and teach them basketball, he just wants another superstar to come help him try to compete with the west. I get it his championship window is closing he doesnt have time to see if Brandon Ingram (or any of those guys) figure it out.
Anyways super long winded, but Lebron has become a guy who seems to not want coached. Mike Brown was literally like a decade ago. He didnt really like Spo, Blatt took them to finals and now cant get a job in the NBA, Luke Waltons gonna be gone. Tyronne Lue was basically just “being Lebrons friend” and being paid like an NBA HC.
I like that Lebron speaks his mind, that he’s building schools, trying to do what he believes is good, but besides Mike Brown he hasnt really done much for making a coaches career, and this year I think he’s been a poor leader for the young Laker players.

 

The Lakers lack of success is squarely on Magic. Signing Rondo/Lance/McGee was flat out horrible because he put zero shooting around LeBron.

 

Has anyone really been able to control Irving? Other than his time with LeBron in Cleveland what has he done? 7 full seasons in the league and only 3 playoff appearances.

 

I honestly think I could change your mind on Stotts by discussing some coaching things in person with you. You know I put enough thought into it that it isn't simply a "grass is greener" disposition.

 

It's not clear why rich paul has any clout other than being LBJ s friend. I do think he's just a puppet for LBJ, just a hypothesis...

 

I saw this thread, voted and waited until it got to a few pages to reopen it and see the results. Restored my faith in the fans seeing the numbers.

 

Head Coach? No. Assistant Coach? Yes.

 

I don't like Stotts and I've made it clear I believe he should've been fired after the Pelican series.
But most of the messages on this board about Stotts are the exact same thing other fans say about their teams coach.
There is nothing to change my mind about as that is a fact. All you have to do is go read @Jade Falcon 's otherside thread to see the exact same things in s2 game threads happen in other teams game threads.
The point with grass is always greener is.
Any coach no matter who it is, will have people complaining about rotations, adjustments, offense and pretty much anything else they can think of.
For awhile there I was actually posting these things in 'the otherside thread'. But then I realized it doesn't matter if I post that because people like @BrianFromWA will quote me spew some random shit, but aren't able to see the similarities between the comments I quoted and posted. And the comments in the s2 game threads.
Instead they'll come up with 'oh I don't think Stevens would have the same issues in Portland as he does in Boston.'
Similar to when people said. 'Oh I don't think Boogie will have the same issues in Portland as he does in Sac because Lillard'.
Well Boogie isn't NOT getting techs in GSW. He's just grown up a bit, has nothing to do with x player is keeping him in line.
This stuff is just nonsense I mean Torey, you remember how this forum is when Portland is playing .500 basketball. Celtics are 4-6 in their last 10. If Portland was that way holy shit this forum would be spammed. With how garbage Stotts is, how garbage Lillard is, how Lillard & CJ can't win together, how Portland should've tanked for zion. Blah blah blah.

Reminds me of when after Portland fired Sarge. Many Portland fans believed they promoted the next Spoelstra in Canales.
All because espn announcers talked about how Spoelstra worked his way up. They believed Canales was just a few years behind Spoelstra. That in 2-3 years he'd be just as good if not better than Spoelstra.
(no this is not my opinion of spoelstra, I'm just using it as an example.)

 

He’s okay to take over the lakers, that got all Fd up when they got Lebron though. Tough when star player is a better coach than coach.

He could have led the young bloods to the playoffs in a few years though.

 

Get Willie taggart from day. He's good at recruiting

 

Exactly....he's Okay
Nothing more at this point in time.

 

Wait. Wrong thread.

Wait. Wrong forum!

Wait!!! Wrong sport!!!!!!!