Odds of Top-3 pick with worst record: 65%
Odds of Top-3 pick with second worst record: 55%
Odds of Top-3 pick with 3rd or 4th worst record: 45%
I don't see Lakers finishing better than 4th worst record. Current worst 4 teams:
1) 76ers: Couple of key players are returning from injuries...that could improve them.
2) Lakers.
3) Nets...No incentive to tank as they don't have their pick for the next 3 years.
4) Pelicans...Tyreke is returning this week...they are trying to win now.
Every other team has atleast 5 wins and have a shot at play-offs.
4th worst record odds are lower than that - the two teams on Tankathon are tied so they gave them both 3rd worst odds
I see...good point...good catch on my source as well
Lol I am on there every day. I am on Tankathon every,day. It is, November..
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:46 am Post subject:
Scott makes Lakers look so bad that no free agent will want to join us.
Fire him and promote Metta as a plyer-coach. Well, better coach-player. Tell him, he should teach the team to play D and that's it. Kobe will teach them how to play O.
If Scott wil stay, then this is another tankjob of the management. That's just bad attitude. Especially with just slim chances we have for keeping the pick. _________________ .
Lakers depth chart
PG Johnson / Goodrich
SG Bryant / West / Scott
SF Baylor / Worthy / Cooper
PF Mikkelsen / Hairston / McAdoo / Gasol
C Chamberlain / Abdul-Jabbar / O'Neal / Mikan
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:49 am Post subject:
Firing Byron mid-season would just be a terrible look for the organization. You don't do that to one of your own, especially in a season where it was clear from the get-go that the team wasn't going anywhere but in circles. _________________ 1996-2016
Thank you Kobe for giving 20 years of yourself to the Purple and Gold. We are forever indebted to your greatness.
How about fire Scott and make Kobe the coach that way we can hear his post game interviews saying he could drop 90 points at will and average 50 points per game if he was still playing... even though he can barely hit the rim
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 12:51 am Post subject:
Aren't we still paying MDA? Have him come back... or just let Kobe be a player/coach lol. _________________ "He may say it's not you, it's him.... but it's really you."
Aren't we still paying MDA? Have him come back... or just let Kobe be a player/coach lol.
I think we are still paying Mike Brown.. .. Scott is not getting fired this season. Our entire focus needs to be trying to keep our pick..and develop our young players.
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Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:13 am Post subject:
miamichico305 wrote:
silkwilkes wrote:
Aren't we still paying MDA? Have him come back... or just let Kobe be a player/coach lol.
I think we are still paying Mike Brown.. .. Scott is not getting fired this season. Our entire focus needs to be trying to keep our pick..and develop our young players.
No, we stopped paying MB when he went back to coach the Cavs the second time.
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:15 am Post subject: Re: Why the Lakers cannot fire Byron Scott... At least not yet
LAKERSCMXCIX wrote:
It's because of the cap space and free agent situation. Let's pretend we fire Byron Scott and and hire another coach. There are chances that star proven free agents will not sign with lakers because of the new coach. The lakers would rather wait till beginning of off season to fire Byron. Sign the free agents and than get a coach to their liking.
In the mean time we are stuck with Byron
I would prioritize getting the coach first. One with a philosophy and team identity concept that is the most favorable, then sign free agents that support the philosophy and team identity. With that approach, it makes sense to fire the current coach now in order to start laying out the foundation sooner. We can also start weeding out players that don't fit the team philosophy and concept, and start signing FAs or drafting prospects that do. Also, in that way, if you have young prospects, you set their foundation from the beginning.
Won't free agents actually be more willing to come knowing Scott isn't around anymore? Am sure people around the league talk about how awful the Lakers are and the way they are being run by Scott. So I think not firing him will be much worse for potential free agents than letting him stay on
No free agent is coming to Los Angeles while Byron is still the head coach. The Lakers need to do the right thing and fire him. Get someone in here who doesn't need to be great by any means, but will at least stay out of the way. Not have moronic rotations and will utilize the skill sets of this young group of players. _________________ #CowboysNation
#LakeShow
Firing Byron mid-season would just be a terrible look for the organization. You don't do that to one of your own, especially in a season where it was clear from the get-go that the team wasn't going anywhere but in circles.
The losing isn't the issue...how we are losing, is.
I am really not a fan of how BS has been handling the team in particular with the rotations, but this season is lost, so if it's lost we might as well be really bad move Byron out when KB retires.
Honestly it almost seems BS was brought on board to ensure KB plays out the season and gets plenty of opportunities to dominate the ball so he might show the fans a glimpse now and then. Based on his current play Kobe deserves to be moved to the bench and have his minutes slashed drastically like 20 or less.
Not about getting a long-term coach who will miraculously right the ship and we go on a run and win the championship.
It's more about preventing permanent scars/damages from Scott with the rookies, and ingraining bad habits/thoughts that will need to be painfully remedied by the next coach. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals
Firing Byron mid-season would just be a terrible look for the organization. You don't do that to one of your own, especially in a season where it was clear from the get-go that the team wasn't going anywhere but in circles.
The FO legitimately thought we'd be in the hunt for the 8th seed, or at the very least, in the 8-10th seed pocket.
I disagree that there were emanations of this team being this bad. This has a lot to do with the "coaching." _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals
Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 3731 Location: The other side
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 6:33 am Post subject:
yinoma2001 wrote:
It's more about preventing permanent scars/damages from Scott with the rookies, and ingraining bad habits/thoughts that will need to be painfully remedied by the next coach.
Exactly. _________________ .
Lakers depth chart
PG Johnson / Goodrich
SG Bryant / West / Scott
SF Baylor / Worthy / Cooper
PF Mikkelsen / Hairston / McAdoo / Gasol
C Chamberlain / Abdul-Jabbar / O'Neal / Mikan
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 15294 Location: Southern California
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 12:34 am Post subject:
Kinda sounds familiar.
Fire Brown
Fire D'Antoni
Fire Scott
You could get Riley, Phil and dig Auerbach up from the grave and they would probably get the same results. You usually get this with a bunch of babies and a few old folks.
Odds of Top-3 pick with worst record: 65%
Odds of Top-3 pick with second worst record: 55%
Odds of Top-3 pick with 3rd or 4th worst record: 45%
I don't see Lakers finishing better than 4th worst record. Current worst 4 teams:
1) 76ers: Couple of key players are returning from injuries...that could improve them.
2) Lakers.
3) Nets...No incentive to tank as they don't have their pick for the next 3 years.
4) Pelicans...Tyreke is returning this week...they are trying to win now.
Every other team has atleast 5 wins and have a shot at play-offs.
4th worst record odds are lower than that - the two teams on Tankathon are tied so they gave them both 3rd worst odds
I see...good point...good catch on my source as well
Lol I am on there every day. I am on Tankathon every,day. It is, November..
You're ahead of your time KIROE. Or at least, ahead of the LG mods. Not to worry, the Tank thread will brought back to life one way or another. _________________ “God knew they couldn’t be on this Earth without each other. He had to bring them home to have them together.” – Vanessa Bryant
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