2019 nba OFFSEASON news, rumors, drama, and recriminations

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)

sixers fans seem to like him but idk why

seems like a players coach

if there were a clear upgrade available it would be one thing, but i think they overachieved in the toronto series.

imo he shd be fired, obvs u gotta find someone better which isnt a "slam dunk" but still

Ramona on 710: "I think whats happened and no one wants to say it, but this is the Lakers passive aggressive way of resetting the LeBron era. Their way of saying we need to empower our young guys and get back to being a team, not just LeBron and the satellites around LeBron."

— UnwrittenRules (@UnwrittenRul3s) May 13, 2019

teams should try making good rosters rather than throwing coaches under the bus

gms wld rather fire coaches than themselves, tho tbf magic did fire himself

draft lottery tomorrow btw someone gettin zion

I hope Dallas wins the draft

i want atl

Me too. Anyone but phx so their ticket prices stay cheap