The NBA needs to figure a way to maximize ad revenue from their full-game highlights on YouTube. Some get over a million views.
Damn, NBA players are huge, it never ceases to amaze me. I thought Booker was 3-4 inches smaller.
And we all know which contract Brooklyn would send to the Suns
Fox is using it for CBB, but Tesh says show me the money NBC!
That was the Charles Smith game, right? I think this 76er-Knicks series fits in with those Bulls-Knicks wars in the '90s, albeit without the star power of MJ. Kind of funny that we also could be looking at a revival of the '90s Knicks-Pacers rivalry if both teams close out their respective series.
Michael Rubin can’t fix the shitty MLB uniforms he makes but keeping Knicks fans out is a top priority.
If you know anything about cap, wise guy, you'd know that cap holds aren't a thing, there definitely aren't complicated rules about how to figure the cap holds for different kinds of free agents, there's no renouncing of free agents, and there's no Gilbert Arenas provision. Duh.
Ty would be ideal candidate. Bud would not be the guy for LA.
Not on you but it sucks that so many people in lebron's orbit have that stigma attached to them.
Rob Pelinka is only getting fired if he runs afoul of the Rambes or there is an ownership coup.
Fair points, thanks.
Not even sure what this is supposed to mean. The Lakers made it into the playoffs both years in Ham's tenure. They won two series even. And they finished in 7th and 8th the past 2 years so would have been in the playoffs under previous rules too
Sorry but you are going to have to make room for me on your landmass. Lue would be my first choice for the Cs if he were available and they needed a coach.
To me it feels like ESPN is trying to insinuate that he shouldn't have been fired because he "made the playoffs" both years. When in reality the Lakers have underachieved.
Have they?
I dunno, they have 2 of the top... 15? 20? Players in the league and could not finish in the top 6 either year.
Well I don't think they have 2 top 20 players, AD's rep far outpaces how good he is, but even with that...
Sometimes they have 2 of the top 15-20 players in the league. Oftentimes they have one or just the dumpster fire that Pelinka surrounds them with. With their current coaching history, I would avoid this job like the plague.
They made the Western Conference Finals last year and lost to the eventual champion, and then got matched up against the same team in the first round this year. I think they got lucky on the draw last year and unlucky this year, and are the same top 5-10 team in the league either way.
I'm not defending either, if anything I am saying the Lakers are terribly run and keep firing coaches to cover that their owner and GM are incompetent
People are saying the Lakers are the 6th to 8th best team in the west. I don’t see anyone defending Ham other than saying the Lakers didn’t really underachieve.
Interesting question: if you're Bud, and it's your third gig (so possibly last if it goes poorly) you love having AD and Lebron (assuming back). But, the rest of the roster is bad, the GM is a moron sycophant, and the owner is a meddling fool. Kurt Rambis - of uncertain basketball acumen - is also considered a meaningful stakeholder. And you need Lebron to agree with any coaching decision you make.
I suspect some of this might be related to Pelinka being a proxy for LeBron, who is probably sensitive to the "Lebron's gonna trade you!" comments after Westbrook/Davis. Must be hard to be LeGM with teammates wondering if you're gonna trade them.
I don't think so, I think LeBron's involvement in overblown, he clearly wanted moves this year that did not happen. Pelinka has less concern about LeBron being unhappy than most GMs because his job security is insane and doesn't come from success or reputation but because of his very close long-time relationship with the owner, who has consistently prioritized personal relationships over performance.
Yeah, I agree that it's not a no-brainer for Bud, at all. I already thought he got an unfair shake in Milwaukee, where Giannis basically ran him out of town after a) his brother died b) Giannis was the one who was hurt and putting Milwaukee in a tough spot.
I'm not a Ham fan. He played Prince & Cam Reddish way too much to start this year. A bunch of other questionable in-game decisions.
