NBA: 2013-14 Season News and Discussion Thread
#521
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^^FWIW, when they had that screen shot of Mitch on the TV, that seemed like the very thought that was bouncing around in his head. I give it a 10% chance d'Antoni gets fired when they get back from Denver.
I think Kurt Rambis is actually more viable an option as an interim head coach, since he's already on the bench. Bernie is an assistant coach for another team now I think.
I think Kurt Rambis is actually more viable an option as an interim head coach, since he's already on the bench. Bernie is an assistant coach for another team now I think.
But if they Lakers don't get Phil, there are still good coaches just working at ESPN that are better than D'Antoni. ie: Lionel Hollins, George Karl, Avery Johnson.
#522
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If chicago lets thibs go, why wouldn't the lakers go after him. not sure who would want to coach the knicks; lakers at least have room to make all the changes they want/need.
I like hollins, i like karl. but i don't like avery johnson...how about maybe one of the van gundy's also?
I like hollins, i like karl. but i don't like avery johnson...how about maybe one of the van gundy's also?
#523
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Slugfest between the LeHeat and Bulls...
#524
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LeHeat will start their comeback...now.
#525
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LeWhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut...?!???? ?
#526
I don't think Jerry Sloan is an big market or flashy guy, but he's got one of the best systems. Movement, spacing, PNRs...and his teams play tough D. Went to the finals twice and lost to the best wing combination and best coach ever - not a bad thing, no one was beating MJ, Pip, Rodman, and PJax.
Boring basketball be damned, I'd love to see him coaching again.
#527
I shoot people
were these 2 separated at birth?
John Malkovich and Mitch Kupchak
John Malkovich and Mitch Kupchak
#528
Either Jodie Meeks saved the Lakers or the Servant sank the ship tonight.
#529
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Remind me what was Derrick Rose's stat line again?
that dunk attempt from Ibaka just missed it by "thatttt much"
that dunk attempt from Ibaka just missed it by "thatttt much"
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#530
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The Bulls are without Deng and Rose...playing arguably a rag-tag line-up of outcasts...and beating the LeHeat?!?!???
LeWhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut?!?!?!???
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#534
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Don't care. LeHeat lost to a no-name basketball team.
#535
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That's like losing to Italiano in a photography contest.
Oh no I di-ent!
Oh no I di-ent!
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#539
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Uncle Phil Jackson to the Knicks: http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story...-deal-end-week
#541
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He keeps following Pat. First to L.A. now to NY Just Kidding. But did he run out of drugs or something? Not only does he take a shit show job at the center of the world, risk ruining his legacy, and far as hell from his gf in L.A. Like if he's being controled by somebody....argh that's Arkham City.
#543
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Source: LeHeat win it all.
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#548
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Bulls won't make the playoffs.
#550
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Jeanie Buss says she's Lakers boss
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...empower-others
No you don't Jeanie, fire that fawker. or create a mutiny. he will sue but fight back.
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...empower-others
LOS ANGELES -- Lakers president and governor Jeanie Buss made it clear Thursday that the final say, the "final hammer" as Dr. Jerry Buss used to call it, lies with her now.
"I'm the boss," Jeanie Buss said in an hourlong interview on the "Mason and Ireland" show on ESPNLA 710 radio Thursday. "I am responsible ultimately for anything with the team and decisions that are made.
"In my position, I empower people that are in positions to do their jobs. [Executive vice president of player personnel] Jim Buss and [general manager] Mitch Kupchak are responsible for all basketball decisions. They are empowered to do that. My job is to make sure, as a boss, that I provide them the tools to do the job successfully. But it's up to them to make the day-to-day decisions on how they operate their area of the business."
Buss explained that the six Buss siblings own the team in trust and are its majority owners. Anschutz Entertainment Group, real estate developer Ed Roski and world-renowned doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong are the other investors.
The final say over Lakers operations and decisions belongs to her, however.
"Ultimately I am the one voice. I am that person. I'm at the top of the food chain," Buss said.
On major decisions, such as the recent choice on whether to offer former coach and Buss' fiancée, Phil Jackson, a formal role with the franchise, Buss said that she prefers to "build consensus" among the other siblings and shareholders.
"When it comes to major decisions in any area of the organization, I like to get the blessings of the shareholders -- of which my siblings are the majority -- and build a consensus even if it isn't something that all of them agree on," Buss said. "I like to build a consensus and work as a team."
Buss admitted that "selfishly I wanted it to be in the same office so we could carpool together" but explained that ultimately the six siblings did not envision a role for Jackson with the Lakers that would give him nearly as much power as he now has as president of the New York Knicks, where owner James Dolan made a point of publicly saying that he was ceding final say in basketball matters to Jackson.
"I think people need to understand: It isn't just Phil. They don't need anybody else. Everything is covered," Buss said. "There is no additional need for anybody to come in. Jimmy and Mitch have a like mind in how they see the game and what they want to accomplish with this team and they have it under control. They don't need another voice, whether that's Phil or whoever. It isn't about Phil; they don't need another voice, they've got it covered. I understand that and I respect that and I'm happy for them."
Buss said that she has great faith in her brother and Kupchak to turn the franchise around next season and has been assured that there is reason for optimism in both the draft -- where the Lakers will have a lottery pick for the first time since 2006 -- and free agency.
That faith will be put to the test in free agency this summer and next, of course, when Kupchak and Jim Buss hope to recruit a great player to come to the Lakers and help the franchise rebuild.
When asked whether the Lakers had ceded any of that ability to recruit those types of players by passing on Jackson, Jeanie Buss strongly disagreed.
"I think the Lakers are a legacy franchise," she said. "Players know when they come here, this is the ultimate platform. They have to want to play in the style that this team is being built as. It's got to fit for the free agent. I don't think a free agent is not going to consider the Lakers. I'm not worried about that in any way, shape or form."
Buss said she believed it was important to continue to empower her brother and Kupchak to do their jobs and give them whatever resources they need to be successful. If they were ultimately unsuccessful, however, she said she does have the power to make changes.
"In my position, I can make changes," she said. "I can make changes across the entire organization. If John Ireland doesn't do his job, in his radio broadcast play-by-play, then we would make that change.
"If the Laker Girls drop down in caliber and couldn't do a dance number, then we'd make changes there. I think you should have that same confidence in our entire organization, including basketball."
She also said she "absolutely" agreed with the decision to give star Kobe Bryant's a two-year, $48.5 million contract this fall that keeps him as the highest paid player in the NBA.
"I believe that Kobe will come back from this injury and he will be the Kobe that we always know he can be," she said. "He has so many different degrees to his game. I'm confident that he will be productive in the next two seasons."
Productive, sure. But worth $48.5 million?
"You can judge that years from now when you look back," she said. "I think he will be a huge contributor to this team going forward, in terms of mentoring young players, in terms of attracting other free agents who are like minded, that want to play, that want to win, that want to be successful. He's an asset, I don't know how anybody can doubt that, and he did take less money than he would technically have been entitled to."
Buss said she sympathized with fans who were frustrated with this season, noting that "you never want to waste a season" or be eliminated from the playoffs in March. Ratings on Laker television and radio broadcasts are off, and she often gets angry emails from fans.
"It's a challenge, but I think we have to be optimistic and look at our position," she said. "As we go forward, we're going to have all those opportunities. We're going to be a team that's in the lottery. We're going to find out our draft placement. We're going to get excited about who we're bringing in. And we're going to be a player in free agency because this is the best place to play in the NBA, bar none. I don't think anybody tells a better story of a franchise and to bring a player to come in here and be part of something as we're building to the future."
Buss also revealed that the NBA asked her and Jackson to sign a document dealing with potential conflicts of interest.
"There's a document that we have to sign that deals with conflicts of interest," she said. "I don't think there's been a couple like this -- there's been brothers, the Paxson brothers running two different teams, the Colangelos -- father and son, running two different teams, so it's not that unusual. But I understand, I'll sign it -- I don't see any problem going forward."
"I'm the boss," Jeanie Buss said in an hourlong interview on the "Mason and Ireland" show on ESPNLA 710 radio Thursday. "I am responsible ultimately for anything with the team and decisions that are made.
"In my position, I empower people that are in positions to do their jobs. [Executive vice president of player personnel] Jim Buss and [general manager] Mitch Kupchak are responsible for all basketball decisions. They are empowered to do that. My job is to make sure, as a boss, that I provide them the tools to do the job successfully. But it's up to them to make the day-to-day decisions on how they operate their area of the business."
Buss explained that the six Buss siblings own the team in trust and are its majority owners. Anschutz Entertainment Group, real estate developer Ed Roski and world-renowned doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong are the other investors.
The final say over Lakers operations and decisions belongs to her, however.
"Ultimately I am the one voice. I am that person. I'm at the top of the food chain," Buss said.
On major decisions, such as the recent choice on whether to offer former coach and Buss' fiancée, Phil Jackson, a formal role with the franchise, Buss said that she prefers to "build consensus" among the other siblings and shareholders.
"When it comes to major decisions in any area of the organization, I like to get the blessings of the shareholders -- of which my siblings are the majority -- and build a consensus even if it isn't something that all of them agree on," Buss said. "I like to build a consensus and work as a team."
Buss admitted that "selfishly I wanted it to be in the same office so we could carpool together" but explained that ultimately the six siblings did not envision a role for Jackson with the Lakers that would give him nearly as much power as he now has as president of the New York Knicks, where owner James Dolan made a point of publicly saying that he was ceding final say in basketball matters to Jackson.
"I think people need to understand: It isn't just Phil. They don't need anybody else. Everything is covered," Buss said. "There is no additional need for anybody to come in. Jimmy and Mitch have a like mind in how they see the game and what they want to accomplish with this team and they have it under control. They don't need another voice, whether that's Phil or whoever. It isn't about Phil; they don't need another voice, they've got it covered. I understand that and I respect that and I'm happy for them."
Buss said that she has great faith in her brother and Kupchak to turn the franchise around next season and has been assured that there is reason for optimism in both the draft -- where the Lakers will have a lottery pick for the first time since 2006 -- and free agency.
That faith will be put to the test in free agency this summer and next, of course, when Kupchak and Jim Buss hope to recruit a great player to come to the Lakers and help the franchise rebuild.
When asked whether the Lakers had ceded any of that ability to recruit those types of players by passing on Jackson, Jeanie Buss strongly disagreed.
"I think the Lakers are a legacy franchise," she said. "Players know when they come here, this is the ultimate platform. They have to want to play in the style that this team is being built as. It's got to fit for the free agent. I don't think a free agent is not going to consider the Lakers. I'm not worried about that in any way, shape or form."
Buss said she believed it was important to continue to empower her brother and Kupchak to do their jobs and give them whatever resources they need to be successful. If they were ultimately unsuccessful, however, she said she does have the power to make changes.
"In my position, I can make changes," she said. "I can make changes across the entire organization. If John Ireland doesn't do his job, in his radio broadcast play-by-play, then we would make that change.
"If the Laker Girls drop down in caliber and couldn't do a dance number, then we'd make changes there. I think you should have that same confidence in our entire organization, including basketball."
She also said she "absolutely" agreed with the decision to give star Kobe Bryant's a two-year, $48.5 million contract this fall that keeps him as the highest paid player in the NBA.
"I believe that Kobe will come back from this injury and he will be the Kobe that we always know he can be," she said. "He has so many different degrees to his game. I'm confident that he will be productive in the next two seasons."
Productive, sure. But worth $48.5 million?
"You can judge that years from now when you look back," she said. "I think he will be a huge contributor to this team going forward, in terms of mentoring young players, in terms of attracting other free agents who are like minded, that want to play, that want to win, that want to be successful. He's an asset, I don't know how anybody can doubt that, and he did take less money than he would technically have been entitled to."
Buss said she sympathized with fans who were frustrated with this season, noting that "you never want to waste a season" or be eliminated from the playoffs in March. Ratings on Laker television and radio broadcasts are off, and she often gets angry emails from fans.
"It's a challenge, but I think we have to be optimistic and look at our position," she said. "As we go forward, we're going to have all those opportunities. We're going to be a team that's in the lottery. We're going to find out our draft placement. We're going to get excited about who we're bringing in. And we're going to be a player in free agency because this is the best place to play in the NBA, bar none. I don't think anybody tells a better story of a franchise and to bring a player to come in here and be part of something as we're building to the future."
Buss also revealed that the NBA asked her and Jackson to sign a document dealing with potential conflicts of interest.
"There's a document that we have to sign that deals with conflicts of interest," she said. "I don't think there's been a couple like this -- there's been brothers, the Paxson brothers running two different teams, the Colangelos -- father and son, running two different teams, so it's not that unusual. But I understand, I'll sign it -- I don't see any problem going forward."
#551
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So, her husband's Da Boss with New York...why don't they just merge the two teams?
#552
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The New Angeles Knakers!
#555
I know there's a college basketball thread, but since most of us can be considered asian, why is this my brothers?
Why can't we all be Jeremy Rin? Oh ya, because I'm only 5'6" after a good bit of stretching, hanging upside down, and yoga...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/...ntent=04022014
Why can't we all be Jeremy Rin? Oh ya, because I'm only 5'6" after a good bit of stretching, hanging upside down, and yoga...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/...ntent=04022014
Why Aren't Asian-Americans Getting Their 'One Shining Moment'?
by GENE DEMBY
April 02, 2014 7:00 AM ET
Jeremy Lin cast a long shadow in this conversation, in part because there are so few Asian-American players to cast them.
Fred Beckham/AP
While we were looking at some NCAA stats on student athletes for a story last week, we came across a couple of numbers that made our eyes bulge: of the 5,380 men's basketball players in Division I basketball last season, only 15 were Asian-American. Fifteen.
by GENE DEMBY
April 02, 2014 7:00 AM ET
Jeremy Lin cast a long shadow in this conversation, in part because there are so few Asian-American players to cast them.
Fred Beckham/AP
While we were looking at some NCAA stats on student athletes for a story last week, we came across a couple of numbers that made our eyes bulge: of the 5,380 men's basketball players in Division I basketball last season, only 15 were Asian-American. Fifteen.
Last edited by CarbonGray Earl; 04-03-2014 at 12:21 PM.
#556
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I know there's a college basketball thread, but since most of us can be considered asian, why is this my brothers?
Why can't we all be Jeremy Rin? Oh ya, because I'm only 5'6" after a good bit of stretching, hanging upside down, and yoga...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/...ntent=04022014
Why can't we all be Jeremy Rin? Oh ya, because I'm only 5'6" after a good bit of stretching, hanging upside down, and yoga...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/...ntent=04022014
And I already said that because Jeremy Rin kinda talks like a and plays basketball, he can't be a .
A true :rice is an engineer/dentist/doctor/pharmacist/accountant.
And this is not wacist esp. if a is saying things.
#557
^^racist.
What the heck is going on with the pacers?
What the heck is going on with the pacers?
#559
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#560
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Brewer was pretty effective as a bench player for Thibs...comes back to Chicago: http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bull...rest-of-season