I hope Ainge is on the phone right now with Magic who is going to be an absolute disaster as a GM.
What do the Lakers have that we would even want/need? Julius Randle might help on the boards but he's also 22. The Lakers and Celtics don't really match up tradewise at all.
I hope Ainge is on the phone right now with Magic who is going to be an absolute disaster as a GM.
Magic isn't going to be the GM. One name that's rumored is Travis Schlenk a well-respected Assistant GM w/ Golden State.
I hope Ainge is on the phone right now with Magic who is going to be an absolute disaster as a GM.
Magic has been an NBA commentator on TNT and ESPN, and hasn't really become known for his astute analysis in that role. That's a tough role, since smart analysis isn't really what people tune in for, but for a lot of people, that's the biggest exposure we have to him. In addition, there is a lot of skepticism about hiring former players, especially star players, to manage teams these days.I don't know why people think Magic is going to fail, he's a highly successful businessman with a tendency to hire smart people and let them do their jobs. There's a good chance he hires a good GM then uses his public image to take the heat off by doing a lot of the press and gladhanding stuff that some GMs (cough... HInkie) aren't good at.
Agreed. Even beyond great businesspeople failing in the NBA, we of course also have indisputably great basketball people (Gavitt, Pitino) who have failed at running an NBA team in the recent past just in Boston.Vivek Randive built a multi-billion dollar software company from the ground up.
That doesn't mean shit for his ability to manage an NBA team.
I think no one knows how Johnson will do.
I travel to LA a lot for work and every time I'm down there I spend a couple hours digesting their local sports radio. You have no idea how out of touch the local fans and media are with the Lakers. They literally think Ingram will morph into Giannis, they'll trade a couple guys for a superstar, grab another superstar in free agency and compete for a title next year. You'd hope that ownership and management would be insulated from that and take a longer view of roster building, but it's possible to know how that kind of myopia affects your everyday decision making.
I think you are referring to AM 710 (ESPN) which has the radio rights for USC (basketball and football) the Rams AND the lakers. It's sports overload and when it's not a game being broadcasted it's hottakes galore
Jeanie Buss has thwarted an effort by her brothers, Jim and Johnny, to oust her as the Lakers’ president and controlling owner as the behind-the-scenes battle for control of the franchise moved into the courtroom.
Attorneys for Jeanie Buss sought a temporary restraining order in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday to prevent the brothers from holding a meeting next week to elect a new board of directors for the team that didn’t include her. In order to be the controlling owner, she has to be a director.