2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

#tradebron

― gritty tigger reboot (agent hibachi), Thursday, May 9, 2019 6:42 AM

haha remember when they were saying Lebron was going to ruin the Lakers ?

this is an interesting passage from here: https://theathletic.com/961269/2019/05/09/tyronn-lue-lebron-james-lakers-blueprint/

If Lue would have coached the Lakers, whether LeBron brought the ball up the court or not, he would have gone to the low, mid, or high post next. From there he could make his move or pass out of the elbow. Under Walton, the Lakers played random offense, when any of four players (among starters) could push the ball, and players were expected to pick lanes and fill it.

In Lue’s view, LeBron is at his best when there is some semblance of an offense and he knows the order of the options in each set. The Cavs’ offense in Cleveland wasn’t exactly high tech, and both LeBron and Irving ran all sorts of isolation, but there was a paint-by-numbers aspect in which LeBron could catch the ball in designated spots and know, based on the system, where teammates would be to catch and shoot.

yeah that sort of approach kinda makes sense when u have someone as physically dominant as lebron

and with a cast of younger players it would be a hell of a lot better if they knew where they were supposed to be

Kurt Rambis rolled up a 32-132 record in Minnesota, went 9-19 as an interim coach in New York, floated the "maybe Kristaps is a small forward?" test balloon, liked a porn tweet, deleted his account mid-denial that he liked the porn tweet ... and *has grown more powerful.*

— Dan Devine (@YourManDevine) May 8, 2019

trump's america qed

LA Radio - Richard Jefferson just said he knows a lot more than he can say, he talks to Lebron everyday, he's talked to TLue recently and was the best man at Luke Waltons wedding.

After saying that he said, to put it in the simplest terms, Rob Pelinka needs to go right now. #wow

— 🏀 Vino 🙇‍♂️ (@VinoUncorked) May 9, 2019

this rules

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― Clay, Wednesday, May 8, 2019 9:56 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― gritty tigger reboot (agent hibachi), Thursday, May 9, 2019 3:42 AM (fifteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

omg hook that richard jefferson radio hit into my veins

i'm reading a bill plaschke column that includes the phrases "los angeles knicks" and "shadow owner linda rambis"

lmao @ that column

Walton soon could be coaching again in the NBA, maybe in Sacramento, and maybe there he will be allowed to continue growing with a young team. He never had that opportunity here.

i mean there's that other thing Luke is dealing with, Bill!!

who is plaschke's audience??

#Lakers fans are so frustrated they’re staging a protest outside of Staples Center tomorrow. When it comes to this, you’re in big trouble. The organizer will be with us @AM570LASports at 12:45.

— Fred Roggin (@FredNBCLA) May 9, 2019

whose streets, lakers fan's streets

my w1fe will be down there, i'll have her get the inside scoop

I asked these Lakers fans what they hope to accomplish with this protest pic.twitter.com/0JQVJmNeub

— Ali B (@ali_behpoornia) May 10, 2019

lakers bros at their best

lol these bros getting their message out

'We want another superstar...we want to fire everyone': Lakers fans protest outside Staples Center in frustration over direction of the franchise after missing the NBA playoffs yet again https://t.co/DyipWW4DLR pic.twitter.com/uKxQfkJc2t

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) May 10, 2019

This guy’s plan to bring the Lakers back to greatness is 🤯 pic.twitter.com/rtSu7dKiUD

— SLAM (@SLAMonline) May 10, 2019

tough to argue with that plan

otm i find no fault in the logic

houston calls philly to offer cp3 for ben simmons, who says no first

just thinking about how insane itll drive lakers fans if kawhi signs w the clippers

Vogel to coach lal ok

lolll kidd is an asst, wild

<3 the lakers deliver

what could go wrong

vogel does not strike me as any sort of fit for that situation

bit of a head scratcher, hes been consistently mediocre of late and as far as i know isnt particularly well connected either. even his pacers defense can be attributed to dan burke

curious what role lebron had in all this

lol kidd is going to be coaching this team by like next february

it kinda seems like lebron/mav carter tried to flex to get lue and the rambis/buss kids didnt like that

lakers absolutely must #tradebron

its karma

No, Kuzma

The Lakers did not know what they were buying when they signed LeBron. They thought they were just signing another future Hall of Famer who'd drag the franchise back into title contention, not a guy who insists he should run the whole franchise.

they were dumbshits before LeBron and will be dumbshits after, getting him is literally the only good thing they've done in forever.

They're probably doing worse on their own than James could do on his own. This is not a full-throated endorsement of LeBron's GM abilities.

It’s a sad state of affairs when it would be an improvement if they hired David Kahn to run basketball operations.

Apparently Bron washed his hands of this coaching choice process and didn’t want to do anything with it

i mean the whole situation is amazingly bad but hiring Kidd to instantly create drama and undermine your new hire is really next level bad decision making

Ramona on Phil involved " Accurate, if you look at where they ended up it mirrors the Knicks coaching search. What Rambis & Phil learned from the Knicks was the destructive nature of what oversize superstardom could do to your team. They had Melo who had a NTC, LeBron doesn't."

— UnwrittenRules (@UnwrittenRul3s) May 12, 2019

GUFFAW

morey calls lakers and offers harden for lebron straight up, who says no

would be pretty rude to call someone up with an offer and then say no

*crosses morey off list*

maybe he’s a prankster tho

john beilein??

As a Michigan fan, lemme tell you that news can politely be described as a “punch in the dick”

we doing draft stuff on this thread? anyone want to post espn's new mock?

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26738647/embiid-says-idea-firing-76ers-brown-bs

coaching decisions are so funny, like if that ball ricochets off the rim instead of bouncing in, it's a whole different conversation (i don't know enough to say whether he's good or bad, ILH seems down on him)