Mike Browns gone after 1-4 start

[Piney Boy]

Very interesting the Lakers are making this move already.

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/8610888/los-angeles-lakers-fired-coach-mike-brown-source-says

[JudeBaldo]

Dammit!!! I was hoping to enjoy a few more Lakers losses.

Fan sentiment was turning quickly against Brown. He was already an unpopular hire to begin with. This Lakers skid buried him.

[Moonlight J]

Kobe death stare

[B-Fly]

I guess if you know you're going to do it eventually, better to get it out of the way. The Knicks probably should have dumped D'Antoni earlier than they did last year.

[Pauly]

such a bad coach...how do you not run pick and roll with Dwight and kobe/nash on every single play? That would, you know...work!

[B-Fly]

Any chance they'd be able to convince Phil Jackson to come back to coach this group?

[JudeBaldo]

Any chance they'd be able to convince Phil Jackson to come back to coach this group?

Funny, I told (half-jokingly) my Laker loving family that the Lakers would start 0-10 and we would see Phil back. I wonder if Dr. Buss booked his fly fishing excursion to Montana.

[onejayhawk]

Brown is not a bad coach, but he was a poor choice for the situation. He is the kind of guy you bring in to start over, with a bunch of rookies and journeyman free agents. Obviously he was not good at handling veteran stars or at adjusting his system to existing strengths.

J

[Stephen]

As I stated on Jude's facebook the other day...

[Roto Rooter]

Those poor deprived Lakers fans. I hope they can right the ship! If any fan base deserves a winner it's Lakers fans.

[JudeBaldo]

Brown is not a bad coach, but he was a poor choice for the situation. He is the kind of guy you bring in to start over, with a bunch of rookies and journeyman free agents. Obviously he was not good at handling veteran stars or at adjusting his system to existing strengths.

J

Very very true. Mike Brown is actually a smart basketball guy having come up through the Spurs organization. But he may be better suited for a front office role than the sidelines.

[TS Garp]

I think people forget just how poorly the Phil Jackson era ended. The Lakers are looking back when they should be looking forward. Yes, they have four great starters, but two of them are getting older and have a ton of wear on them and the team has zero depth. Oh yeah, and take a look at their draft pick situation over the next few years:

http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/future_drafts/detailed

This organization is a mess.

[JudeBaldo]

I think people forget just how poorly the Phil Jackson era ended. The Lakers are looking back when they should be looking forward. Yes, they have four great starters, but two of them are getting older and have a ton of wear on them and the team has zero depth. Oh yeah, and take a look at their draft pick situation over the next few years:

http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/future_drafts/detailed

This organization is a mess.

I think their luxury tax penalty next season will be $30 million.

But one thing they do have that I am envious in is that $3 billion/20 years TV contract.

[Hornsby]

Looks like Phil has had enough of the Circus, unless they gave him everything that he wanted, and more. I'm sure the Lakers are going to like playing for D'Antoni, I'm just not convinced that they're going to have a lot of success (relatively speaking) playing that style of ball.

[B-Fly]

Looks like Phil has had enough of the Circus, unless they gave him everything that he wanted, and more. I'm sure the Lakers are going to like playing for D'Antoni, I'm just not convinced that they're going to have a lot of success (relatively speaking) playing that style of ball.

But the fantasy value of every Laker probably just went up.