2018/2019 NBA Thread

pjhawks said:

tempo_n_groove said:

pjhawks said:

tempo_n_groove said:

OK.  Let's talk Lakers, the new Knicks or dumpster fire, you choose.

The Lakers made a mistake in hiring Walton.  They threw a bunch of money at a young coach that did well up in Golden state when Kerr was out.

Hot take here!  My coffee cup could have coached that team and won...

Take the best player in the world in Lebron and wherever he went the team did amazing.  Insert 'Bron and you have a winning team.  Not so with the Lakers.  You could argue that the supporting cast wasn't all that great sure but, a bunch of the teams that he manned the helm for weren't good either.

So now we go to Tyronn Lue.  Championship winning coach... Remember what I said about inserting 'Bron. Feels slighted that he was offered so little to coach the Lakers.

Here is a young coach that was inserted into a winning team and had success but also had Lebron.

I feel the Lakers don't want to make the same mistake twice and hire a relatively young coach and get nothing in return.

Both situations that Lue and Walton were in their previous teams came easy for them.  There wasn't any real strife amongst these teams, they were winning before they got there.

The Lakers need a real coach, someone seasoned and I don't think that Lue is it.  Monty Williams was smart in not taking the job though.  This organization has been a mess for years, oh and don't get me started on Magic!  I applauded his arrival and thought that the Lakers could use him for good measure but how quick I am to forget what he had done in the past with the team and his lack of management skills.

What is Larry Brown doing these days?

Thoughts?

they signed an aging superstar with a lot of miles on his wheels with a hope he could get other stars to align with him. If Lebron isn't healthier or better down the line they are fucked because it doesn't look like the other stars are signing with him. basically it doesn't matter who their coach is.  Lue was right to pass up the job. they wanted to give him a below average salary. 

They offered Lue 6 million a year where the average coach gets 3 million so not sure what you mean by that...

EDIT: Lebron does need to act like Kareem and take a supporting role on the team now, I agree with that though.

I thought i saw on ESPN they offered below average salary?  if not true then my bad.

The Juggler said:

cp3iverson said:

tempo_n_groove said:

No one agrees with my Walton take?

i dont think he's completely inept but i definitely agree that almost any current or former NBA coach could have coached that team to an awesome start.  He hit the lottery with Kerr being out.  They came out on fire

as for LeBron, i've almost thought that he should bulk up and go back into post mode for his twilight years.  That was my favorite part of his Miami days.  His footwork was great.  Maybe i'm wrong and he's got a few more years of playing coast to coast but it would beat watching him hoist up 3's.  

Lakers will probably settle with a decent middle of the road coach like Vogel or Woodson.  Just seems anti-climactic.  They're not going to land a homerun coach.  I really don't think they'll land a top 10 Free Agent.  Probably Boogie and some role players.  The days of players being in awe of Lebron are probably over and they just don't want the drama and circus that goes with playing with him.  As for Larry Brown, the last i heard he was close to 80 and coaching in like a AA Euro League.  He's a lifer for sure.  

Would love to see Kawhi go to the Clippers so Lebron won't even be the best player in his own arena. 

23scidoo said:

Zero points for Curry on first half????