Ok, I have a work around for the cap and coach issue: LeBron as the highest paid player coach of ALL TIME!!! Then we can add Reddick, Rondo, and all his buddies to the bench staff! Heck, they can be player coaches, too! JJ has to have a shot or 5 left in him, right? We can bring back JR Rider for laughs! Chris Bosh and D-Wade can play 5 MPG!
This is a joke as player-coaches we’re prohibited in every CBA since 84-85. Happy Friday!
As I said, if Rondo’s coming I wanna see Chris Paul and Patrick Beverly on team or staff as well…..sometimes it’s best to have differing opinions!!!
What happens when both the player and coach spend half the game whining to the refs and the other team’s constantly in a 5-on-4?
Whatever happens would be an improvement on the last coach…forgot his name already.
Or it’ll be just about the same. This team’s record is reflective of the roster, which isn’t really in a position to improve.
I feel the team’s record is generally reflective of the roster + or minus some wins or losses depending on the coaching moves, and very few or none were made the last 1.5 seasons. I lay greater blame on the last coach, forgot his name, and how he just didn’t use the players on the roster in the right way. None of the young players improved, and thus the assistant coaches and developmental staff are partially to blame in all likelihood….except for an occasional flash of Max Christie who will probably seek opportunities elsewhere. Now that there will be a new head coach, replacing the last coach, whose name I cannot recall. I am more willing to see if the new coaching staff can use the roster much more effectively. There are two areas in need of improvement. Lakers need a near all star level center to take the burden off Anthony (Glassman) Davis…and improved point guard play, with either players that were on the roster this past season and may be on the roster at start of the next season. Yes, a guard such as Kyrie Irving would be great, but not at the expense of Rui, Reaves and Russell and 1-2 first round picks. We will likely need those 5 players or players of equal caliber in the next 1-5 years going forward. Just my opinions. And I’m all for trading Vanderbilt now that he is tradable. His trade value will plummet as more teams see his limitations. His contract which kicks in this coming season was far too premature, however it is a nice sizable figure, unfortunately it is not an expiring contract for teams that may be seeking such.
Look with the Lebron deal they’re about to cough up, it throws them into the 2nd apron. Long story short, no S&T’s, No MLE, and no taking back multiple players in a trade. So whatever visions you have of some other team returning a quality center and point guard while taking back whatever jetsam flotsam the Lakers can offer, well, you can flush that idea with coach what’s-his-name.