smfh. wwwhhhhhhyyyy? when has he ever shown he is a championship coach, or somebody who can handle big market teams, or big time egos? eeeeeeeehhhhhhhhh
Of the candidates mentioned, if it wasn't going to be Phil, I would have rather Nate McMillan, or B Shaw.
He's apparently reaching out to McMillan to be defensive coordinator.
Jackson wanted to humiliate Lakers vice president Jim Buss far more than he wanted to coach the team. He wanted significant allowances on travel, coaching duties and an ability to veto player personnel moves that didn't fit his vision. With an unprecedented 11 coaching championships, Jackson had every right to make unprecedented demands. He doesn't have the right to be surprised when the Lakers rejected them and hired a pliable, cheaper coach in Mike D'Antoni.
"Phil wanted Jim Buss to walk away with his tail between his legs," one source with knowledge of the discussions told Yahoo! Sports. "He thought he had time to still negotiate with them, and see how much they would give him."
Now, the Lakers are going out of their way to spare Jackson the embarrassment of his overreaching, but this is pointless spin. They're working with him to sell the public that he hadn't asked for too much, that somehow the franchise chose D'Antoni over Jackson on sheer merit. It's noble, but laughable. Jackson heard those chants in the Staples Center and never believed the Lakers had the guts to call his bluff before circling back to him on Monday.
"Phil's assistants convinced him that they had his back on the concerns [Jackson] had about his load as head coach, and he was ready to get a deal done on Monday," a source with knowledge of the talks said. "But this was about Jim Buss giving him a royal you-know-what in the end."
Once Jackson couldn't come to terms on Saturday, Bryant had prepared himself for the fact that D'Antoni would ultimately become the coach. For the Lakers' good, D'Antoni needs to have used his three-plus seasons in New York to have grown as a coach, as a leader, or this will go terribly for him in Los Angeles.
When everything had become too hard with the New York Knicks, D'Antoni walked into the office one morning and surrendered. Carmelo Anthony had stopped listening to him, stopped running his plays, and ownership never supported the coach. When Anthony grumbled to Bryant about D'Antoni's defensive acumen on a trip to Los Angeles before the coach's resignation in New York, one witness says Bryant shot back to Anthony – only half-kidding – that, seriously, when the hell have you ever played defense?
stupidregister wrote:They can speak I-talian to each other during time-outs or something, get over it.
That post about giving PJax the big F-U is on point That's all this was about.
Kurt Rambis on ESPN
The reports that Jackson had part ownership, travel and other "unusual" demands among others is categorically and absolutely false. Phil had decided he wanted the job and his agent was flying to Los Angeles today to work out the details. The Jackson camp is dumbfounded by what's transpired.
The Philadelphia 76ers say prized offseason acquisition Andrew Bynum will be out at least five more weeks and probably longer because of continuing complications with his right knee.
It is the third time since September that the Sixers have pushed back Bynum's return date.
The Philadelphia 76ers say prized offseason acquisition Andrew Bynum will be out at least five more weeks and probably longer because of continuing complications with his right knee.
It is the third time since September that the Sixers have pushed back Bynum's return date.
Dude is always injured and even worse than that, he's the definition of lazy. When he's healthy/gives a fuck he's great, but that's only about 15% of the time. Really glad I don't have to worry about him on my squad anymore.
capable_keL wrote:wait until nemanja bjelica joins the wolves, holy fuck
- reminiscient of young sabonis. what is his NBA ETA?
i bleed celtics green but the t-wolves have the potential to be my favorite team since the 1980s celts. love watching them play.
you have a good eye. look for him to play next year. outside the US, the wolves are known as the coveted international hub where the ball keeps moving and the all the stopping, selfish players, like beasley are gone
The insistence of the Utah PbP guy to refer to Al Jefferson solely as "Big Al" has to be one of the most grating things about watching the NBA. But his commitment to it is admirable, if not terribly annoying
Positive A wrote:Al Jefferson with just an absurd 3pointer to tie this fucker.
Just after Mo Williams did everything he could to try to gift the game to the Raptors by taking a pull up three that was so heinous, even the guys in the Milwaukee backcourt woulda like pump them brakes homie
I mean anytime you can get Demar iso'd on the wing with space to take a patented dribble-spinmove-to-fadeaway-15 foot-jumper over a guy 4 inches taller than him, you gotta take your chances, right Dwayne Casey?
smfh. wwwhhhhhhyyyy? when has he ever shown he is a championship coach, or somebody who can handle big market teams, or big time egos? eeeeeeeehhhhhhhhh
Of the candidates mentioned, if it wasn't going to be Phil, I would have rather Nate McMillan, or B Shaw.
He's apparently reaching out to McMillan to be defensive coordinator.
Why do people think McMillan a good defensive coach.
- reminiscient of young sabonis. what is his NBA ETA?
