EPTOn March 15 2014 10:23 DarthPunk wrote:
LOL what the fuck is Phil Jackson supposed to do?
LOL what the fuck is Phil Jackson supposed to do?
Get paid.
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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Phelix
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Protests do not work because Dolan loves the news, bad news is still news on the back pages of the Sports section. Boycotts at MSG do not work because corporate tickets/tourists snap up tickets to watch things at MSG. Boycotting Cablevision/MSG doesn't work because of telecom companies and local monopolies. The only way of not paying for the channel is to not get cable from any other provider (and I think that most people are not going to cut the cord). In short, the only way of saving the Knicks is to not pay any attention to the Knicks, or have the NBA commissioner's office intervene with his hires, such as Donnie Walsh. | ||
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Pantagruel
United States1427 Posts
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Cloud9157
United States2968 Posts
On March 15 2014 13:50 Pantagruel wrote: The Lakers Spurs game was just terribly sad. At first it's not surprising to see the Spurs annihilate this Lakers team but then you realize Parker/Duncan played 14 minutes and that it was scrubs like Cory Joseph and Jeff Ayres and Aaron Baynes and Matt Bonner who destroyed the Lakers. How the hell does Dantoni still have a job? I know the Lakers are tanking at this point but these performances are just woeful. He should be driven into the desert somewhere and sacked and told to walk back to civilization. Games like the surprising win vs OKC are what help his credibility. | ||
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slyboogie
United States3423 Posts
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slyboogie
United States3423 Posts
On March 15 2014 13:50 Pantagruel wrote: The Lakers Spurs game was just terribly sad. At first it's not surprising to see the Spurs annihilate this Lakers team but then you realize Parker/Duncan played 14 minutes and that it was scrubs like Cory Joseph and Jeff Ayres and Aaron Baynes and Matt Bonner who destroyed the Lakers. How the hell does Dantoni still have a job? I know the Lakers are tanking at this point but these performances are just woeful. He should be driven into the desert somewhere and sacked and told to walk back to civilization. They have the same exact record as the Celtics. Brad Stevens should be with him. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
On March 15 2014 13:50 Pantagruel wrote: The Lakers Spurs game was just terribly sad. At first it's not surprising to see the Spurs annihilate this Lakers team but then you realize Parker/Duncan played 14 minutes and that it was scrubs like Cory Joseph and Jeff Ayres and Aaron Baynes and Matt Bonner who destroyed the Lakers. How the hell does Dantoni still have a job? I know the Lakers are tanking at this point but these performances are just woeful. He should be driven into the desert somewhere and sacked and told to walk back to civilization. I'm pretty sure all of those players could start for the Lakers right now and it would be an improvement. Besides, what do you care? You knew coming in that it was going to be a lost season. Might as well get a good draft pick. | ||
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Daozzt
United States1263 Posts
On March 15 2014 13:50 Pantagruel wrote: The Lakers Spurs game was just terribly sad. At first it's not surprising to see the Spurs annihilate this Lakers team but then you realize Parker/Duncan played 14 minutes and that it was scrubs like Cory Joseph and Jeff Ayres and Aaron Baynes and Matt Bonner who destroyed the Lakers. How the hell does Dantoni still have a job? I know the Lakers are tanking at this point but these performances are just woeful. He should be driven into the desert somewhere and sacked and told to walk back to civilization. Why are you surprised when the Lakers get dumpstered with the lineup they are running. This season's Lakers are just about as bad as the 05-06 Lakers minus Kobe. It's not the coach. | ||
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
On March 15 2014 16:39 slyboogie wrote: They have the same exact record as the Celtics. Brad Stevens should be with him. No. | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
edit: I hate Jeff Green. | ||
XaI)CyRiC
United States4471 Posts
With that said, the Lakers were trying to make the playoffs early on and aren't really putting anything together that will last beyond this season. D'Antoni is doing whatever he can to win on any given night just to keep his job. On the other hand, the Celtics conceded this season from the outset and have been focusing on player development and implementing a system that can hopefully form the framework for the next few seasons. In that light, one could argue that Stevens has been more "successful" for his team's particular goals. | ||
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
On March 15 2014 19:35 zulu_nation8 wrote: I think it's easy to like Stevens but I don't think he's gotten the best out of what he has. Well he did help Crawford look like a serviceable pointguard so the C's could get 2 more picks. All Dantoni's good for is fantasy | ||
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Yezzus
United States2318 Posts
On March 15 2014 10:23 DarthPunk wrote: LOL what the fuck is Phil Jackson supposed to do? They have either traded or given swap rights for every first rounder until 2017 They have no second rounders until 2018 Melo, for whom they still owe a first rounder this year and the rights to swap next year, could walk for nothing in free agency and they are so far over the cap it wouldn't even give them cap space. Raymond Felton and JR Smith have PLAYER OPTIONS in 2015-16 which means they are stuck with them for the next 3 years. They are paying Amare Stoudemire's Knees 23 million next season. Shump is not taking the next step and may even be getting worse due to the toxic environment. The only bright spot on the horizon is Tim Hardaway Jr being better than expected. Almost forgot, they traded 3 draft picks for 11 million dollars of this: ![[image loading]](http://nesncom.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/andrea-bargnani.gif?w=499&h=326) Bargs the god.....fucking love that gif | ||
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Pantagruel
United States1427 Posts
I wouldn't value players like Cory Joseph, Aron Baynes or Jeff Aryes any higher then the players the lakers put out there. It's just that those guys have a system to follow which gets the most of them. And that's on coaching. D'antoni is and always has been a lousy coach who is too rigid in his 'system' to adapt to the players he has. Popovich for example has adapted his game plan dramatically when Duncan could no longer carry the Spurs and they had to rely on Parker and others more for points. D'antoni would never do that. Add to that, his teams' defense is always mediocre as well, regardless of the talent on his team. I doubt anyone really expected much from the Lakers this season but some of the most recent games are just a haphazard collection of guys playing without any semblance of a team. Anyhow, my Spurs are finally looking good again this season now that all the injuries have subsided. I suspect it's going to be a Spurs-Thunder rematch in the WCF although Houston and the Clippers could manage to get there as well. Series between those 4 teams are going to rock this year in the west playoffs. | ||
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Daozzt
United States1263 Posts
On March 16 2014 00:47 Pantagruel wrote: I just never watch the Lakers so I was simply shocked at how terrible they really were. ... Seriously? Then don't post about the Laker's problems and how the coach should be fired. | ||
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16055 Posts
On March 16 2014 00:47 Pantagruel wrote: I just never watch the Lakers so I was simply shocked at how terrible they really were. There's no rhyme or reason to their play, especially on the defensive end where they seem to randomly double team opponents at times. I wouldn't value players like Cory Joseph, Aron Baynes or Jeff Aryes any higher then the players the lakers put out there. It's just that those guys have a system to follow which gets the most of them. And that's on coaching. D'antoni is and always has been a lousy coach who is too rigid in his 'system' to adapt to the players he has. Popovich for example has adapted his game plan dramatically when Duncan could no longer carry the Spurs and they had to rely on Parker and others more for points. D'antoni would never do that. Add to that, his teams' defense is always mediocre as well, regardless of the talent on his team. I doubt anyone really expected much from the Lakers this season but some of the most recent games are just a haphazard collection of guys playing without any semblance of a team. Anyhow, my Spurs are finally looking good again this season now that all the injuries have subsided. I suspect it's going to be a Spurs-Thunder rematch in the WCF although Houston and the Clippers could manage to get there as well. Series between those 4 teams are going to rock this year in the west playoffs. The team you see now is a shell of its former self. This team isn't playing for this season anymore and hasn't been for a few months now. When they were motivated and coordinated they looked like a sharp team that was just lacking in overall talent. They were fun to watch and even inspiring at times with how they were competing despite being so horribly outmatched on paper. Were they ever going to win the title? No. But they were much better than last in the West, they looked like they were ready to compete for a playoff spot. Injuries killed all of that. Once we were down to 8 players and invoking rarely heard of provisions of the rule book to keep from forfeiting it dawned on everyone that this season was just never meant to be, and no amount of heart and spirit was going to change that. The season's over for us. It's a full on tank fest now. When this team was actually trying to win they were fun to watch, that time is over. | ||
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