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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:22 pm Post subject: Ryan West leaving the Lakers Organization |
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I wonder who they replace him with?
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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Adrian Wojnarowski
@wojespn
After 10 years in the Lakers front office, Director of Player Personnel Ryan West is leaving the organization, league sources tell ESPN. West has been well-regarded league-wide for his role in many of the Lakers draft successes of the past decade. |
https://mobile.twitter.com/wojespn/status/1155256427050668032 |
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dabask11 Star Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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If he goes to the clippers... |
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LakerSD Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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Surprise surprise.
Jeanie’s issue with the West family is going to hurt this franchise. |
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ChickenStu Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure that people will see his last name and assume that this is a devastating blow. It's not. |
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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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LakerSD wrote: | Surprise surprise.
Jeanie’s issue with the West family is going to hurt this franchise. |
Is it confirmed that’s the reason he’s leaving? |
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PHILosophize Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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this negates the phil handy signing at the minimum _________________ one dog goes that way the other dog goes the other way |
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LakerSD Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | LakerSD wrote: | Surprise surprise.
Jeanie’s issue with the West family is going to hurt this franchise. |
Is it confirmed that’s the reason he’s leaving? |
I don’t think so.
I just see we have old man Phil and Rambii while Ballmer is employing the respected West family.
Not like Ujiri is here or anything. |
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LakerSD Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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PHILosophize wrote: | this negates the phil handy signing at the minimum |
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Lucky_Shot Star Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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I liked Ryan west but it doesnt change the direction of the team much while LBJ is here so no big loss in the short term. Long term it might be another story but ill let the future Lakers worry about that |
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Vancouver Fan Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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This franchise hasn't been the same since Dr. Buss passed. Should've kept the guy. He'll find another position quick. _________________ Music is my medicine |
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panamaniac Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Damn that's a big blow. Hopefully his replacement will be equally capable. |
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pjiddy Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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Lucky_Shot wrote: | I liked Ryan west but it doesnt change the direction of the team much while LBJ is here so no big loss in the short term. Long term it might be another story but ill let the future Lakers worry about that |
In the short term as in his season? Sure. But given how picks we have the next five years, and where we'll be picking when we do, it only makes it more imperative that we nail those picks. Losing West is a huge blow in that respect. |
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danzag Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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I don't like this at all |
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DancingBarry Editor-in-Chief
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Not great ... but nowhere near the big deal people will make of this. |
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Lucky_Shot Star Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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pjiddy wrote: | Lucky_Shot wrote: | I liked Ryan west but it doesnt change the direction of the team much while LBJ is here so no big loss in the short term. Long term it might be another story but ill let the future Lakers worry about that |
In the short term as in his season? Sure. But given how picks we have the next five years, and where we'll be picking when we do, it only makes it more imperative that we nail those picks. Losing West is a huge blow in that respect. |
Draft picks won't be helping this team for the next three years so short term as in how long LBJ will be with us. We will still have Jesse Buss in charge of the drafting side of the business and he has already proven he knows what he is doing.
Am I thrilled we no longer have him? No. But I wouldn't call it a huge blow, more like news I heard this Saturday and will forget about in a few weeks |
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Jesusdelonla Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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Yay sky is falling... Let's have a group crying session |
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Jesusdelonla Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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DancingBarry wrote: | Not great ... but nowhere near the big deal people will make of this. |
Exactly, the same old 3 people will cry about and make this thread 15/20 pages
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numero-ocho Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:28 pm Post subject: |
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I understand him deciding to leave. 10 years is a long time to be with an organization without a lot of upward mobility. West was being groomed by Mitch, who was mentored by his dad, for bigger things. After the big shakeup West kinda fell into obscurity while Jesse Buss' star has risen. _________________ "Suck it up. Don't be a baby. Do your job." - Kobe Bryant |
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Annihilator Star Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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numero-ocho wrote: | I understand him deciding to leave. 10 years is a long time to be with an organization without a lot of upward mobility. West was being groomed by Mitch, who was mentored by his dad, for bigger things. After the big shakeup West kinda fell into obscurity while Jesse Buss' star has risen. |
This.
The top spots for Lakers will be dominated by the Buss family. By leaving, he gets a shot at moving upward in some other organization. I expect to see him as the GM of some franchise in the near future. _________________ “When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”
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defense Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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Good move... His dad went to the dark side. Can't trust a West
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Darth Los Angeles Star Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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So tired of the drama surrounding this organization. _________________ “There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.” ―Bruce Lee |
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numero-ocho Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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We can fault Buss nepotism, which is certainly a real thing, as being responsible for West's career stalling and ultimate departure. However, if he wasn't the son of Jerry West would he have gotten his job in the first place? _________________ "Suck it up. Don't be a baby. Do your job." - Kobe Bryant |
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Dr. Laker Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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Where is he going? _________________ On Lakersground, a concern troll is someone who is a fan of another team, but pretends to be a Lakers fan with "concerns". |
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Dr. Laker Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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Did he leave, or was he let go? I see conflicting reports. _________________ On Lakersground, a concern troll is someone who is a fan of another team, but pretends to be a Lakers fan with "concerns". |
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