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| Hero Ball wrote: | | The Lebrons wrote: | | Jeannie is PBO, officially. With Linda, Kurt, and Phil in her ear. |
No.
Kobe is.
via Rob Lowe. |
That is “li-trally” fictitious.
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mde24
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| GameCock-MD wrote: | Terrible idea.
Kurt Rambis is the de facto PBO.
Lakers are keeping it secret just to prevent the inevitable backlash.
Sick...I'm just sick. These guys just keep 1-upping their idiocy. |
Your words. Need to be repeated so the hard of hearing gets a second chance at drinking our Laker truth no natter how bitter it taste to some. Everybody here doubts the Rambii's ability to lead the organization but after the chaos erupted after the season ended the "shadow" leaders have calmed waters and kept the ship upright, and we are we are entering the summer on schedule. Was reading a Yahoo story that said Magic's position would not be filled and Kurt would remain in charge as special assistant. It's the summer of the Rambii.
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| 999 wrote: | | Why can’t jeanie throw stupid amount of money at Jerry west and get him out of the clippers to run our team again? What wrong with her?? |
If Phil is somehow involved as part of the shadow pobo team, an asteroid striking the earth would probably be more likely than Jerry West getting an offer. Besides, Jerry West got a contract extension with that team across the hallway. With Ballmer's billions, they have ample room in the budget to build a winner. |
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dont_be_a_wuss
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| GameCock-MD wrote: | Terrible idea.
Kurt Rambis is the de facto PBO.
Lakers are keeping it secret just to prevent the inevitable backlash.
Sick...I'm just sick. These guys just keep 1-upping their idiocy. |
I think they are hoping the team does well in free agency and the playoffs next year so they can say Kurt was doing the job and he is good at it sometime in the future. |
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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| LBJ23 wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | Isn't it common practice to have both GM and PBO be one and the same person? |
Yeah. It's kind if a new thing. I think having a GM is just fine. |
Depends on who the GM is. But now we have an inexperienced GM going to report his decision to a boss who knows little about basketball and she is going to seek advice from a consultant who has demonstrated nothing but incompetence based on his previous front office role. |
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Hero Ball wrote: | | LBJ23 wrote: | | Hero Ball wrote: | | Isn't it common practice to have both GM and PBO be one and the same person? |
Yeah. It's kind if a new thing. I think having a GM is just fine. |
I'm pretty sure if a list of all 30 nba teams PBO is made, we'd be surprised to see that list is in congruence to the list of GMs. |
It isn’t close, there are only a couple of teams who have the same person as GM and President (Mitch is one). The greater majority have two people in those two positions.
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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| dont_be_a_wuss wrote: | | GameCock-MD wrote: | Terrible idea.
Kurt Rambis is the de facto PBO.
Lakers are keeping it secret just to prevent the inevitable backlash.
Sick...I'm just sick. These guys just keep 1-upping their idiocy. |
I think they are hoping the team does well in free agency and the playoffs next year so they can say Kurt was doing the job and he is good at it sometime in the future. |
I hope that Kurt can become good at it.
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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Rick Welts of the Warriors started as a ballboy.
Daym.
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: |
I hope that Kurt can become good at it. |
Or Linda.
In Rambii We Trust?
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| Dr. Laker wrote: | | panamaniac wrote: | | No reason why Jeanie shouldn’t be throwing big money at someone like like Griffin or Presti. Dr Buss surrounded himself with best basketball minds, and deferred to them. The Rambis power couple is a far cry from that. |
Dude, Dr. Buss was cheap as hell when it came to anything other than star players. Jerry West left primarily because Dr. Buss wouldn't pay him right.
Coaches and non-star players constantly pissed & moaned behind the scenes and occasionally in the press about being underpaid. That's not an indictment against Dr. Buss - many businesses fail because people don't know how to properly allocate resources or how to correctly value a person's contributions.
But (typically), the people who advocate for throwing $$$ at a situation are people who don't have any.
E.G. - David Griffin seems to be the Flavor of the Day as the latest "One That Idiot Jeanie Let Get Away." Looking at Griffin's tenure in Cleveland, he was the lowest paid GM in the league. He was at the helm when they upset GSW in the Finals, along with 2 other trips with them.
His accomplishments: signed LBJ, hired David Blatt, fired David Blatt, hired Tyronn Lue, traded a lottery pick for Kevin Love, traded a lottery pick for Kyle Korver, traded a lottery bust for JR Smith.
Not a bad record and won a championship - but did he do anything that another GM in his position wouldn't have done? Did he show some sort of innovative way to do the job or create cap space? No - and he was summarily dismissed at the end of his contract EVEN THOUGH HE STILL HAD A FINALS WORTHY TEAM. He was out of a job for two years and - although NOLA just hired him - no one outside of the Gulf Coast would consider that anywhere near a premiere job. |
That's not why Jerry West said he left. |
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You were with me all the while |
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| Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Outspoken wrote: | | Dr. Laker wrote: | | panamaniac wrote: | | No reason why Jeanie shouldn’t be throwing big money at someone like like Griffin or Presti. Dr Buss surrounded himself with best basketball minds, and deferred to them. The Rambis power couple is a far cry from that. |
Dude, Dr. Buss was cheap as hell when it came to anything other than star players. Jerry West left primarily because Dr. Buss wouldn't pay him right.
Coaches and non-star players constantly pissed & moaned behind the scenes and occasionally in the press about being underpaid. That's not an indictment against Dr. Buss - many businesses fail because people don't know how to properly allocate resources or how to correctly value a person's contributions.
But (typically), the people who advocate for throwing $$$ at a situation are people who don't have any.
E.G. - David Griffin seems to be the Flavor of the Day as the latest "One That Idiot Jeanie Let Get Away." Looking at Griffin's tenure in Cleveland, he was the lowest paid GM in the league. He was at the helm when they upset GSW in the Finals, along with 2 other trips with them.
His accomplishments: signed LBJ, hired David Blatt, fired David Blatt, hired Tyronn Lue, traded a lottery pick for Kevin Love, traded a lottery pick for Kyle Korver, traded a lottery bust for JR Smith.
Not a bad record and won a championship - but did he do anything that another GM in his position wouldn't have done? Did he show some sort of innovative way to do the job or create cap space? No - and he was summarily dismissed at the end of his contract EVEN THOUGH HE STILL HAD A FINALS WORTHY TEAM. He was out of a job for two years and - although NOLA just hired him - no one outside of the Gulf Coast would consider that anywhere near a premiere job. |
That's not why Jerry West said he left. |
Jerry gave several reasons (health, nerves, burnout), but his mouthpiece, the late 'Big" Joe McDonnell, said that money was the main factor.
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This thread was fun while it lasted.
Do your thing Rob! |
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| Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| smart move....just a waste of money. A position started by the celdicks ...we don't need one |
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| Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 7:31 am Post subject: |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | dont_be_a_wuss wrote: | | GameCock-MD wrote: | Terrible idea.
Kurt Rambis is the de facto PBO.
Lakers are keeping it secret just to prevent the inevitable backlash.
Sick...I'm just sick. These guys just keep 1-upping their idiocy. |
I think they are hoping the team does well in free agency and the playoffs next year so they can say Kurt was doing the job and he is good at it sometime in the future. |
I hope that Kurt can become good at it. |
I agree with you. Rambis did play for Riley and I’m sure they’re still friends and coached with Phil...and if you remember he was in charge of the defense where they would force the ball to one side with Bynum, Pau and Lamar’s length...it was actually a very good defense. My point is I’m pretty sure Kurt has friends in the industry and is probably liked and respected. I’m willing to give Kurt and Rob this summer and see what happens. Anything short of a top FA would be a failure imo. |
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| Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 8:55 am Post subject: |
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| VicXLakers wrote: | | smart move....just a waste of money |
NOW you're thinking like Jeanie.
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| Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | dont_be_a_wuss wrote: | | GameCock-MD wrote: | Terrible idea.
Kurt Rambis is the de facto PBO.
Lakers are keeping it secret just to prevent the inevitable backlash.
Sick...I'm just sick. These guys just keep 1-upping their idiocy. |
I think they are hoping the team does well in free agency and the playoffs next year so they can say Kurt was doing the job and he is good at it sometime in the future. |
I hope that Kurt can become good at it. |
Or at anything.
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| Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 8:57 am Post subject: |
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| ocho wrote: | | VicXLakers wrote: | | smart move....just a waste of money |
NOW you're thinking like Jeanie. |
pass it on.....and pay me big buck for the spot in line even though I didn't do anything  |
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man there's so many savy angles a smart FO could be doing this off season, such as trying to rob the Suns or Bulls of a future lottery pick in a trade down or being prepared to make the most of our cap space if we miss on Kawhi or Kyrie... but I have zero confidence such shrewd moves are really on our FO's radar
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| audioaxes wrote: | | man there's so many savy angles a smart FO could be doing this off season, such as trying to rob the Suns or Bulls of a future lottery pick in a trade down or being prepared to make the most of our cap space if we miss on Kawhi or Kyrie... but I have zero confidence such shrewd moves are really on our FO's radar |
The Lakers picked the wrong summer to run an on the job training program for the Front Office.
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| Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 10:56 am Post subject: |
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Say what you want about Magic. He closed Lebron. I'm not sure Rob can close a star free agent (if they're even considering us).
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| Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 11:58 am Post subject: |
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| I don’t know pelinka well enough to make him the scapegoat for all things that goes wrong |
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| kikanga wrote: | | Say what you want about Magic. He closed Lebron. I'm not sure Rob can close a star free agent (if they're even considering us). |
He convinced Kobe to let him be his agent and Jeanie to let him have and keep his job that he didn't really qualify for. I think he's got pretty good persuasiveness. It's just everything else I'm not so sure about. |
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| 999 wrote: | | I don’t know pelinka well enough to make him the scapegoat for all things that goes wrong |
well he is the man in charge so the buck falls to him. I wont be like "OMG you didnt sign Kawhi its your fault!" but how we work the draft and free agency will be on him.
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