Aloha,
Evidently Phil Jackson is fully engaged along with Kurt in the Lakers head coaching search. While Phil was one of the greatest coaches of all time, he was also one of the Greatest flops as a GM. Ya, we’re doomed.
Triangle anyone?
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May 3, 2022 9 Comments
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Nobody should be surprised by this. Writings been on the wall for awhile.
This is why I continue to ask…why would a top-notch coach want to walk into this mess? If we can all see it as fans from the outside then you gotta wonder what’s being said inside among the coaching fraternity? The culture here is borderline toxic right now.
The answer, which will differ among players and coaches, is they’re the Los Angeles Lakers, the most profitable and second most valuable franchise in the league with 17 NBA championships and two top-five players.
There’s a belief you’re not the best until you do it in the toughest or biggest markets. For basketball, that’s the Lakers. We’ve been able to win despite not being run by the sharpest tools in the shed. So far that is.
Are their some players or coaches who don’t want to play for or coach the Lakers? Certainly but that is balanced by others who embrace the challenge of winning on the biggest and baddest stage. Lakers, Yankees! It can be a blessing or a curse. Stern would never have voided a trade for the Celtics or Knicks.
Probably have to continue maybe winning with tools of a lesser sharpness at this point…
Unfortunately, it sure looks that way. 🙏🙏
I’m guessing guys like Pop, Jerry Sloan, Chuck Daly Steve Kerr, & even Erik Spoelstra would beg to differ (all members of the Top 15 All Time and from smaller markets). This ain’t the Lakers of Dr. Buss, Jerry West, & Riles and they haven’t been for some time now. We’ve been to the playoffs 3 times in the last decade and advanced past the 1st round only once (in the Bogus Bubble Covid Cup exhibition tournament). Who’s the great coach who felt the need to leave their current situation to “prove themselves” here? It wasn’t Phil…he was already out of coaching before he came here the 1st time. Matter of fact…outside of Phil, what top coach was ever drawn here? The list of guys who said “no” is probably far more distinguished. Time for folks to wake up and see this job for what it really is….
I believe The everyone wants to be a Laker is something perpetuated by the franchise. After we landed Shaq as a free agent we couldn’t get another star free agent to come until LeBron, 20 years later. And after LeBron arrived we couldn’t land another star free agent even though we had the cap space. There is a lot more that goes into a free agents decision then just the teams legacy.