What's with Luke's fascination for LNJ? Every chance he gets, he's singling him out and giving him high praise. There was a point he didn't wanna take him outta starting unit.
What's with Luke's fascination for LNJ? Every chance he gets, he's singling him out and giving him high praise. There was a point he didn't wanna take him outta starting unit.
You must not have watched yesterday. Nance always plays hard and is usually in the right spots doing the right things. That’s probably the reason analytics love him. He’s very valuable and I hope we don’t trade him.
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:03 am Post subject:
Yes, Nance is a lot like Luke was, not very talented but smart enough to realize it. Good role player to have around. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023.
interesting, Brian Windhorst phoned into the Rich Eisen Show and talked about how Magic/Pelinka don't have Luke's back AND speculated that LeBron is coming and bringing David Fizdale to be the coach. Again. Windhorst's opinion.
interesting, Brian Windhorst phoned into the Rich Eisen Show and talked about how Magic/Pelinka don't have Luke's back AND speculated that LeBron is coming and bringing David Fizdale to be the coach. Again. Windhorst's opinion.
I'm sure that'll be up on YouTube soon or I'll check twitter to confirm. But.... Bron coming here is back on as a possibility if Zo/BI keep shooting well. Ya.
Wasn't that long ago that Windhorst said the Lakers are a long shot to even get Bron. I guess that 9 game losing streak and all of the LaVar drama made Bron change his mind? _________________ “Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ were not there, will not be there."
- John Piper
It's no secret that Lebron likes Fizdale a lot. I'm sure Magic likes Fiz too, since Fiz is an LA guy and more importantly from the Pat Riley coaching tree. I'm not sure if Magic & Jeanie will be okay with pushing Luke out the door because Lebron wants him out, although this is a business. And I know Luke is like a son to Jeanie, but it's not like he won't be getting paid if he was let go. Who knows, but it'll be interesting to see I guess.
interesting, Brian Windhorst phoned into the Rich Eisen Show and talked about how Magic/Pelinka don't have Luke's back AND speculated that LeBron is coming and bringing David Fizdale to be the coach. Again. Windhorst's opinion.
This is news now. Lmao. ESPN generates fake controversy and plays it up show after show and then some talking head cites unnamed sources and executives to try to drive up the clicks and listens even more.
Such a clown show. Also don't understand how Windhorst has this scoop (I would say this a big story?) and decides, hey, I'm gonna go on a radio show from another network and casually suggest Luke's getting fired, and Lebron is coming to LA and choosing Fizdale as his coach? Seems really weird.
So I went to look up David Fizdale and the first thing to pop up was him and his wife. So I said okay Google, let's see what's going on here. It doesn't seem like she would feel out of place in a city like Los Angeles.
_________________ “Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ were not there, will not be there."
- John Piper
This is pretty bad. Personally, I don't think Luke's job is on the line at all, but the FO made a huge mistake by not lending public support of Luke as soon as LaVar's comments surfaced about him supposedly losing the team. By all accounts, they did so privately, but as Windhorst pointed out, not doing it publicly has generated speculation around the league. This is probably yet another misstep that stems from the collective inexperience that's overseeing things in the new FO.
If they're really behind Luke they don't have a choice but to release some kind of official statement now. The buck has to stop here before it gets worse. PR nightmare lately. Ugh. _________________ “Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ were not there, will not be there."
- John Piper
So I went to look up David Fizdale and the first thing to pop up was him and his wife. So I said okay Google, let's see what's going on here. It doesn't seem like she would feel out of place in a city like Los Angeles.
This is pretty bad. Personally, I don't think Luke's job is on the line at all, but the FO made a huge mistake by not lending public support of Luke as soon as LaVar's comments surfaced about him supposedly losing the team. By all accounts, they did so privately, but as Windhorst pointed out, not doing it publicly has generated speculation around the league. This is probably yet another misstep that stems from the collective inexperience that's overseeing things in the new FO.
If they're really behind Luke they don't have a choice but to release some kind of official statement now. The buck has to stop here before it gets worse. PR nightmare lately. Ugh.
BS. Public support means almost nothing. The number of coaches who have been fired almost immediately after they got public support from the FO is quite long. It happened a few years ago for us with Mike Brown. Hell, not just coaches, CEOs and other executives in other industries have faced the same.
Lavar's comments weren't that bad. ESPN took a quote out of context and ran with it and hammered it home on every show they had. I've been openly critical of Luke, but no way any of this means anything beyond ESPN trying to keep themselves relevant by generating fake controversy.
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:30 pm Post subject:
I am still on board with trying to fast follow the success of the Golden State Warriors with a faster younger team. What does Luke Walton need to compete with the GSW should be the question at this point. How do we compete with them in a playoff series. Changing the coaching staff makes no sense in trying to defeat the Warriors. Has Fizdale been successful in defeating the GSWs? Forget the Celtics, Forget the Rockets... The Lakers need to find a way to compete with the Warriors. _________________ "Bobbin' and weavin' and let the good get even"
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