Thank you Byron

Vic5150 · Star Player Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 1853

Thank you Byron, for making me realize it can always get worse. You're the champion of falling up.

SweetP · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 12:42 pm Post subject:

Thanks for your Laker loyalty Byron and good luck in the future.
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lakerjoshua · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 12:44 pm Post subject:

Can't really think of anything to thank Byron for but I'll save my Byron bashing for another thread.

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hydrohead · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:59 pm Post subject:

Thanks Byron for ripping the sense of entitlement and perhaps the confidence of our young players.
You were a heck of a jump shooter and finisher on the break, even if you did fade in the playoffs.
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Osei · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 6:39 am Post subject:

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KG24 · Star Player Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 1482

Thank you Byron, for the stability and standards you set for the young team. We could have hire Pat Riley and we would have had a losing season. I know you could have won more games, but it is obvious that the direction was to have a chance at the number 3 pick.

What good would it have done to when 32 games? You are a class act, thank you.

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pmacla · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:38 am Post subject:

Byron the coach was awful and after Magic, Worthy and the rest of the ole showtime boys ripped MDA, they refused to criticize anything Byron did wrong.

Byron and the showtime crew all placed blame on players and lack of talent rather than the source of the problem Byron himself, team showed no growth and had no direction all that is a sign of terrible coaching

Loved all the Showtime guys as players and they all seem to be good guys, but Byron as coach and all the other lack of true analysis on Byron was shameful and terrible

I can seperate the two and glad I can go back to liking the ole Showtime crew because bottom line as Lakers fans should be what is best for the team we love and no one can convince me Byron being coach for one second longer was what is best for the Lakers going forward

angrypuppy · Retired Number Joined: 13 Apr 2001 Posts: 32756

What was Magic going to say, that Byron sucked? Magic also sucked as a coach, it would border on hypocritical to call his former peer and teammate out. I don't think it mattered anyway, as anyone level-headed realized that Byron was finished, the only question remained was the timing.

On that note, Magic was also a wonderful player but sucked as a coach. I seems that many effective coaches were in fact mediocre players. Perhaps it has to do with having limited gifts (lack of height, athleticism, skills, etc.). When you're limited, you need to develop the mental aspect of the game to survive. That mental aspect probably carries over to coaching.

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HellCrowe · Starting Rotation Joined: 25 Mar 2014 Posts: 304

Yes byron had two of the worst seasons ever in lakers history on top of that frustrated everyone including me with the lack of improvement. However, he was the fall back guy who really had nothing to work with. With Kobe on his last legs and a trio of essentially rookies to develope into a time crunched contending machine. He was literally setup for failure. You were loved as a laker player and there was a bit of improvement when it came to our young bucks. Siyonara.

yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487

Thank goodness we won't have a 3rd season of Byron to further expose his shortcomings.
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ahaider · Star Player Joined: 21 Feb 2012 Posts: 3501

I'll thank Byron for allowing us to be distracted from the necessary rebuilding that had to take place. I'll also thank Byron for helping us land Russell. Lastly, I do think he's helped the young guys understand much more the professionalism and lore they need to have for the Lakers.

That said, the best place for Byron is on TWC Sportsnet. #REPLACEDAVEMILLER
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SuperboyReformed · Star Player Joined: 07 Oct 2012 Posts: 4083

What I'm thanking him for is for properly executing the two tank seasons, resulting in Russell and whoever we get now. And that was what he was asked to do, and he did it well. Criticizing him for losing is nonsense considering this. He may have also been a good developer of young pg talent, which is his MO, but that remains to be seen.

iceberg01 · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 3:23 pm Post subject:

SMH at all of these comments... Some of you guys can't see the forest for the trees. And all you care about is winning--not the process. And that's a shame. Because there is beauty in the process, and in growth. Its like watching a baby go from crawling to walking... to running.

I can only assume from the comments that the VAST VAST majority of the posters on here just don't get it, so I'll make it simple for you guys (and gals):

The Lakers' primary objective over these past two years was to shed salary, ride Kobe off into the sunset, see a return on their investment in Kobe, & to keep their picks. Contrary to public belief, this is all CALCULATED. Not the result of incompetence.

Since that time, they've done all of that, with the false pretense to the public that they were somehow, still going to compete, yet never admitting that they were ... REBUILDING. With a capital R. Which is the problem. People aren't willing to accept that we're rebuilding, so they blame it all on incompetence of Jim. Incompetence of Mitch. Incompetence of Jeannie. Incompetence of Byron Scott. And Magic hasn't made it any better.

Byron Scott's job wasn't to win games... It was to LOSE them. Cuz although the Lakers would never admit it, the only way to keep the draft picks was to LOSE.

And although they may not have said it explicitly to Scott, the Lakers front office ENSURED we would lose by trotting out such LUMINARIES as Nick Young, Carlos Boozer, Roy Hibbert, Ryan Kelly, and Robert Sacre, to name a few. And 20 year old rookies. And rookies in general.

So, when you question the system Scott ran, or question his substitutions, or even when you bring up his "team statistics in Cleveland", realize that B Scott's job here & with Cleveland was the same: to develop toughness in young players, and acclimate them to NBA life. Not necessarily to win games. Conversely, two of the all-time greats, Phil Jackson and Pop, both HATE rookies. Because they know they could cost them their job. If either PJ or Pop were here, realize that Russell, Randle, Nance, Brown, Clarkson, and Huertas would be riding the end of the bench. And you'd all be complaining about THAT too.

Rookies don't win in the NBA. Its a fact. In fact, IF we don't get some LEGITIMATE veterans next year, we'll lose next year too. It's just part of the learning curve.

On the other hand, it's also a known fact that we don't have talent. What would you all say if we JUUSST made the playoffs as the #8 seed, with no picks to show for it? Would you rather have a playoff appearance than Julius Randle? #8 seed rather than D'Angelo Russell? Then you'd be saying how stupid Scott/Jim/Mitch/Jeannie was for letting us win so many games, and costing us our future.... lol

So, I'll be one of the few... Thanks Byron Scott: you laid your neck on the line when the Laker Nation was at its worst. You sacrificed your reputation in a hopeless situation, to act as bridge between eras. And some us, albeit a few, RECOGNIZE THE REAL, and are thankful.

peace.

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