Fixing the Los Angeles Lakers (Roster/Coaching Questions Loom Large in LA - pg. 4)

[danzag]

1. Fire Byron Scott

2. Hire a GOOD coach

[DShotMaker1824]

[Dave20]

1. Fire Byron Scott and hire Scott Brooks.
2. Draft Ingram with the 2nd pick.
3. Sign Whiteside to the max and re-sign Clarkson for 12m a year
4. Waive Young
5. Pass on Derozan and save the rest of the cap for next year.

[danzag]

[RI Laker]

For starters:

-New coach

-Draft Simmons or Ingram

-If we get the 3rd pick in the draft, trade the pick to someone who has to take Williams and Swaggy off our hands. This will give us 80 million to play with.

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[pio2u]

If and when a coaching change happens here's my list of potential head coach candidates
(in no particular order except LW is my #1 choice).

Luke Walton
Tom Thibodeau
Ettore Messina
Scott Brooks
David Blatt
Nate Tibbetts
Kevin Ollie
Ime Udoka

[Fastbreak32]

Nice lady, pio. That's mine as well. I am curious about Udoka and what he would bring. Also, I'd wonder what Thibodeau has learned from his time in Chicago.
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LeBron, AD, & _________. Stay tuned.

"...there was a time when the Israelites were wandering in the desert and all of a sudden, bread came down from heaven,” Pelinka said. “That’s kind of what today feels like for us to have KCP join.”

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[RI Laker]

[LakerLanny]

Based on the recent uninspired hires, I could see Brooks being high on the Lakers list.

They seem to want to work through every mediocre retread coach they can before hiring a good one.
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Love, Laker Lanny

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[LakerLanny]

My plan for "Fixing the Lakers" based on current situation.

1. Front Office Restructure

Hire a True Head of Basketball Ops with accountability stopping with him or her, clarify the power structure in the organization and clearly define everyone's roles, responsibility and most importantly....accountability

This needs to be a big time hire, we have to think big and outside the box.

2. Draft

If we keep pick and assuming it is in top 2, I would take Brandon Ingram.

If pick is at #3 and Ingram and Simmons are off the board, I would try and trade down or package the pick and Jordan Clarkson for a veteran player.

If we can't trade down, I would take Bender or Thon Maker at the #3 pick.

3. Free Agency

This is the hard part as it really comes down to what the players want to do. However, the key is targeting the right kind of players. We aren't getting LeBron for instance.

What needs to happen is a Laker emissary behind the scenes needs to get to some of the agents involved and see about getting a couple of guys to team up here together.

Perhaps a Kobe or Magic or even a guy like Rick Fox could talk say Whiteside and DeRozan into teaming up here?

I think it will have to be a package deal to get the top tier guys, I don't see one taking a chance on his own as it is pretty much committing to a massive rebuild.

4. Coach

The New Head of Basketball Ops needs to bring in his own guy to coach, I am of the thinking the most important thing to improve the team quickly is to start demanding defense or removing playing time accordingly.

To me, it seems clear Thibodeaux is the best choice of the available guys with NBA experience...I don't think a young assistant type with no NBA experience will be able to get these TMZ Lakers to play any defense, they have played none the last two seasons and have not seen playing time reduced for it.

So I would hire Thibodeaux.

5. Current Roster

I would try and retain Bass, I would look to trade/cut Swaggy.

Lou Williams I would keep for now. Only Black is a keeper from the rest of the bench, maybe Huertas.

As far as the "kids" of Russell, Nance, Clarkson, Randle...I would require each of them commit to a summer conditioning program and stay in town. If any don't wish to do that, I would look to trade them...we need gym rats and committed guys, not Sunset Strip party boys.

It is going to be a long tough rebuild and will require hard decisions to be made. So the first thing to do is fix the decision making process by fixing the front office.
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Love, Laker Lanny

[Omar Little]

Lanny, who would be your candidates for item 1?
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“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel

[LakerLanny]

[Omar Little]

I think you can safely discard Stevens, because Boston wouldn't let him out of his contract, and JVG because I can't see any of ownership going that way. Budenholzer is appealing to me, but I don't see him getting sole power without an ownership veto. The only guy who gets that is Phil imo.

Worth noting that the Laker model was always kind of three headed. Jerry Jerry mitch, Jerry mitch Phil, Jerry mitch Jim. So there is some sellable ground for a third head. Bud fits that in that Jim could sell him and Mitch, with Jim (or ownership consensus) trumping if those two can't agree. Bud concentrates on analytics, coaching, and type of player he wants, mitch on transactions and talent evaluation.
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“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel

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[Raijin]

The only way I see the Lakers becoming championship contenders again is with an ownership change.
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"It was tough," Kobe Bryant said. "But when it got really tough for me, I just checked myself in."

[LakerLanny]

[Vancouver Fan]

Time, a little luck and let Mitch the Gawd do his thing.
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[Omar Little]

[fontana3d]

[Omar Little]

For the record, except for coaching hires (where we know both Jerry and Jeanie have involved ownership above Mitch) and the Kobe deal, I have yet to see anyone provide evidence of where Jim has not let Mitch do what he wants to do, or made him do something he didn't want to. The "Jim controlling Mitch and not letting him do his job" meme is strong, but wholly unsupported.
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“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel

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[Omar Little]