@GaryParrishCBS: RT @ramonashelburne: Mike D'Antoni has resigned as Lakers coach, source tells ESPN
Mike D'Antoni resigns
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Happy days are here again! Mike D'Antoni resigns as the Lakers coach. I couldn't be happier!
Happy days are here again! Mike D'Antoni resigns as the Lakers coach. I couldn't be happier!
Maybe because D'Antoni was a terrible coach. He probably deserved to get fired more than resign.luckiestman said:
So are we going to see this set so that pretty much everyone good for the Clippers plus Doc go to the Lakers?
Great clip for Laker-hating. Kareem misses a 15-foot hookshot, Magic whining to the refs, Rambis with a goal tend, Floyd slicing past AC Green over and over for layups, Joe Barry Carroll setting huge picks (and hitting a sweet baseline jumper)....
Bernie Carbohydrate said:
It's really special. At this point of his career, Magic was helpless against quick point guards. Unlike most killer quarters these days, Sleepy didn't just cash a ton of threes, he barely even shot anything outside of the paint.
Kliq said:
OT but I just Googled "The Leon Powe Game" out of curiosity and was not disappointed.
Lakers are reportedly reaching out to Kevin Ollie(who spent his childhood in LA) and John Calipari about the coaching job.
RedOctober3829 said:
I would love to see Cal go to the Lakers. Is there any other coach who could make that team more unlikeable? Ollie, if he is interested in going to the NBA right now, is probably waiting for Brooks to get fired if OKC gets bounced by Memphis.
Wouldn't it make more sense for Ollie to go to LA, use cap space next summer for say Love then the following year once Kobe's deal comes off the books Ollie can then reunite with his best buddy Durant in LA as a FA?Kliq said:
Ollie is an NBA guy with an NBA demeanor.....he's gonna get paid a lot of money by an NBA team and he'll never be hotter than he is now. Strike while he iron is hot.
It speaks to the dysfunction of the Lakers that they were willing to have D'Antoni come back for a year, but not commit to him beyond that. I think they lucked out with him moving on, though makes sense from his pov that he wouldn't want to be a lame duck.
Tony C said:
Yes and no, I'll honestly be surprised if he ever gets another head coaching job. He is an offense-only coach who is incapable of incorporating post players, remarkably inflexible (and I am still laughing that someone decided to hire him to coach a team where Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol were two of the three best players).
Yep, all good points. Personally I'd hire him if I was a GM of, say, a perennial loser in a smaller market that just wants to put an exciting product on the floor. Orlando , maybe? Even so... naw. Clubs like Charlotte or Toronto show that can advance with
I don't think LA would have ever taken him back. They likely gave D'Assholi the opportunity to resign to save face in exchange for paying him an undisclosed amount to walk away. For D'Ass he doesn't have to add another 25-win season to his resume plus go through what would have surely been hell.Tony C said:
Teams are going to look at Ollie knowing his relationship with Durant and hoping he can lure KD with him once he finishes his deal in OKC. You better believe LA is thinking this.Kliq said:
HomeRunBaker said:
Believe me, it staggers me, too...I fully expected him to be fired immediately. But at least according to the news reports they were willing to have him back, just not extend him. Certainly possible it was, all the same, just a well-designed media strategy to save face for D'Antoni.
I like the idea of Calipari, too -- I certainly respect his talents, but I think that sort of opportunism is exactly wrong for the sort of rebuild the Lakers need right now. I get tired of reading Jackson on "building a culture," but even if it sounds douchey I actually agree. Calipari is the opposite of that.