Jim Buss said he likes the Core of the Lakers now!!

mad55557777 · Franchise Player Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 23673

during an interview, Jim Buss said that he likes the core of the Lakers nnow, and he doesn't plan to make any changes to this team!!!!
Great!!! well, at least he is making money no matter what, LAkers are still the best draw. Loser mentality!!!
The first thing he needs to do it fire Mitch, then he give up his duties to his sister!!! i am sick of the weak management that the Lakers have!!

sodapoppenski · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 1:44 am Post subject:

This is like the 10th thing I've heard that Jim Buss has said, to where I
think to myself that I have zero faith in the guy.

Thing is, each time I hear one such thing, it's paraphrased, and I wonder
if I should put too much faith into the source, etc.

But now that it's about 10 different things?

Well, they can't all be B.S. or misquoted

Dr. Buss, please, please PLEASE bring back West, or drop Mitch and bring
in Kiki and give him full-run... anything but letting your little puppydog
run the show.

Is Jim Buss actually just sleeping with Bynum or something? Sounds like
he's perfectly ok with letting the entire franchise tank and losing all of
Kobe's prime years just to keep Bynum in his bed.

mad55557777 · Franchise Player Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 23673

i doubt he is sleeping with Bynum, but he sure likes horses....

revgen · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 10220

The problem isn't the core. It's the role players. Smush, Cook, Vlad, Shammond, McKie, and Sasha won't cut it with the way they played this year. Turiaf, Farmar, and Bynum need more experience and can't be of much use until they gain it.

We need veterans. Especially vets who can play D.

RG73 · Franchise Player Joined: 14 Jul 2001 Posts: 11508

He is making a lot less money than he would make if the Lakers made it deep in the playoffs. I think its about $1 million or so that they pocket for each home playoff game. Make it to the WCF and thats $7-8 million. $15-16 million for winning the finals. $2 million for one and out. At least those are the numbers I've seen before. Not advancing is costly.

But hey, Jimbo can be happy as can be with this roster.

They make no moves, Kobe demands out. Kobe demands the team of his choice. They can hold him hostage for 2 seasons until he can opt out, but I'd say having a pissed off, doesn't want to be here anymore Kobe is probably a bad idea. They won't even make the playoffs. More lost money.
So they agree to trade him to the destination of his choice. They get bent in the trade, just like they did with Shaq. They'll have to accept some combination of meidocre players and bad contracts again. Kobe goes off to win more rings. The Lakers will be capped out still, with bad players, and waste another 5 years rebuilding around Bynum.

It is insantiy.

There were four guys out there tonight who looked like they gave a damn. Not sure about Luke. He was abyssmal, but he was banged up. Not sure if he was banged up more than Lamar, Kobe, or Kwame, but he gave it a go. But 4 guys, despite injury, showed up to play. That's it. If that is the core he's talking about, sure, I like it. But you still need to add 8 more players this off season. Good luck with that.

Smel Counts · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 2:06 am Post subject:

He has to say that. If teams know he's desperate, even for small trades, it affects his leverage.

swissboy · Sixth Man Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 60

Guys i really dun understand... For sure alot of members on LG have good knowledge and ideas for potential trades... Dont the management of this team see this??? If we dont make some kind of acquisition this offseason then i really dunno wat to think of this team anymore.. Plz...

:roll:

orwell

jmark · Star Player Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Posts: 2586

I like the core too. Kobe, Ronny & LO.
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madsen35 · Star Player Joined: 14 Jun 2002 Posts: 8611

Can anybody post a pic of Jim Buss? I've never seen this nimrod before.
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supermegamen · Starting Rotation Joined: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 962

Aeneas Hunter · Retired Number Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 31763

Oh, my. Some guy with a total of 20 posts claims that Jim Buss said this, without a link, and people start going nuts. Suckers.

thegreenlaker · Star Player Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Posts: 2728

I've heard Mitch say this on the radio. I'm not 100% sure if Jim said it as well. But the optimistic view would be that the lakers are saying this because if they were to say "hey our team sucks, we need to make changes" then it would be difficult to make any trades.

also when you keep expectations low and do something good, it makes your fans 10000x happier than if you were to promise your fans to make changes and end up trading for eric snow.

Endure 12 · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:04 am Post subject:

Idiots!

I have nothing else to add.

laker4life · Star Player Joined: 26 Nov 2001 Posts: 7325

http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=39577&highlight=kabc+jim

10scott10 · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:12 am Post subject:

i hope he says that./ saying there will be a fire sale, is the worst thing to say

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lionballer7 · Star Player Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 1684

Jim Buss needs to work in the scouting department and back off of the GM role.

Kupcrap needs to be reqassigned and we need Jerry West or the assistent GM of the Spurs.

activeverb · Retired Number Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 37470

WalterJ187 · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:58 am Post subject:

I think he's just playing hard to get with his other GMs. He's not going to come out and say "Fire sale at the Staples Center! Come one, come all! Everyone not named Kobe is on the trading block!" and devalue his players before the offseason starts.

We saw what happened last time when Mitch stated publicly that Shaq is tradeable. The Lakers didn't get half of what they should have.

XTC · Star Player Joined: 22 Jun 2002 Posts: 6195

Dr. Buss needs to have Jimmy go back to failing in the non-descript horse business, the younger Buss doesn't know a thing about basketball. It would be great if JWest could come back, but that's not likely.

Do it Jerry!

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FredG · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:42 am Post subject:

Vancouver Fan · Franchise Player Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 17740

Jim Buss will be the downfall of this organization unless he proves otherwise.
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