2023-24 NBA Regular Season: Notes/Tidbits/Updates etc.

[kg01]

13 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

They're so lost.  Ah well, in news equally important to me as their demise, .... I'm having hashbrowns for breakfast. 

[KB21]

42 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

Wonder if he'll guarantee they make the playoffs. 

It's not a move I expected.  I didn't think the Lakers would target a legit head coach.  Maybe this is a sign that LeBron has told them he's moving on, because Dan Hurley is not a coach that LeBron will be able to dictate.  

[AHF]

Very interesting.  We have seen a handful of college coaches be really successful after making the leap but far more fail than succeed.  It is a very different challenge to go from winning with a ton more talent and a roster of players who largely do whatever you ask of them to having to overcome roster challenges and dealing with players who make way more than you.

[bird_dirt]

3 hours ago, KB21 said:

It's not a move I expected.  I didn't think the Lakers would target a legit head coach.  Maybe this is a sign that LeBron has told them he's moving on, because Dan Hurley is not a coach that LeBron will be able to dictate.  

It kind of seems like they’re preparing to blow it up and start over. Trade AD and whoever else for picks. Bring in a sacrificial college coach to manage the first few years of a rebuild project. 

[macdaddy]

Just now, bird_dirt said:

It kind of seems like they’re preparing to blow it up and start over. Trade AD and whoever else for picks. Bring in a sacrificial college coach to manage the first few years of a rebuild project. 

yeah that's what i thought too. 

[JayBirdHawk]

17 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

yeah that's what i thought too. 

 

18 minutes ago, bird_dirt said:

It kind of seems like they’re preparing to blow it up and start over. Trade AD and whoever else for picks. Bring in a sacrificial college coach to manage the first few years of a rebuild project. 

Smoke screen....it's just a ploy to say they did their due diligence but ultimately JJ was the best candidate.

[JayBirdHawk]

Love it!!! 

 

 

[macdaddy]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

Smoke screen....it's just a ploy to say they did their due diligence but ultimately JJ was the best candidate.

 

Wait isn't it a done deal?

[JayBirdHawk]

4 hours ago, macdaddy said:

Wait isn't it a done deal?

 

 

[macdaddy]

This Lakers thing is weird.  Lebron must be out of there because no way he wants to play for a college coach.  Does this mean AD will be on the move? 

[macdaddy]

Man just looked at the box score and golden boy had 1 assist!??  How is that even possible.  And Kyrie led the Mavs with......2 assists?  Good lord.  Trae really would be getting roasted.  

[JayBirdHawk]

48 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

This Lakers thing is weird.  Lebron must be out of there because no way he wants to play for a college coach.  Does this mean AD will be on the move? 

 

Brian Windhorst on First Take. "From what I understand, what LeBron said to them was, 'You have to hire somebody who is for beyond just me. I might be here for another year. I might be here for two years. You've got to make a decision that's built around Anthony Davis. That's built around what the Lakers need for the next decade, not just what I need.'

[macdaddy]

27 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

Brian Windhorst on First Take. "From what I understand, what LeBron said to them was, 'You have to hire somebody who is for beyond just me. I might be here for another year. I might be here for two years. You've got to make a decision that's built around Anthony Davis. That's built around what the Lakers need for the next decade, not just what I need.'

Lebron said this?

[KB21]

21 hours ago, bird_dirt said:

It kind of seems like they’re preparing to blow it up and start over. Trade AD and whoever else for picks. Bring in a sacrificial college coach to manage the first few years of a rebuild project. 

I don't see Dan Hurley as a sacrificial lamb type of coach.  That guy is legit.  He's a schematic savant in the way that Bud and Quin are savants.  This will be much closer to Brad Stevens making the jump than it will be to Mike Montgomery making the jump.  

[Spud2nique]

20 hours ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Love it!!! 

 

 

that kid that said 70, I hope he ain’t a Booker at the Celtics 70 kinda baller  

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, macdaddy said:

This Lakers thing is weird.  Lebron must be out of there because no way he wants to play for a college coach.  Does this mean AD will be on the move? 

I think Lebron is taking his talents to the desert with his lil rugrat after the Suns draft lil Bronny.

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, macdaddy said:

Man just looked at the box score and golden boy had 1 assist!?? 

Hmm Magic Johnson my a$$! 

[Spud2nique]

35 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

Lebron said this?

my thoughts exactly. Think what you want about Lebron but dude is HIM first as he has the right to do but I don’t see him giving a flying fck what the Fakers do after he’s gone unless his son is part of the plan and the Lakers know Bronny ain’t even a rotational dude moving forward.

I call BULLCACA  

[Spud2nique]

26 minutes ago, KB21 said:

savant

Saying that word makes me feel smart, I like it. Let me use it..

Last night Luka was no passing savant.  

[KB21]

4 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

I think Lebron is taking his talents to the desert with his lil rugrat after the Suns draft lil Bronny.

The Suns take Bronny over Edey?  That's going to chafe some asses.