ChuckBuck wrote:All I know is either Pau or Dwight is going to be very unhappy with this offense. Only reason it worked in Phoenix is you had Boris Diaw running Point Center shooting 3s lol. Dwight gotta start practicing those J's...

ChuckBuck wrote:All I know is either Pau or Dwight is going to be very unhappy with this offense. Only reason it worked in Phoenix is you had Boris Diaw running Point Center shooting 3s lol. Dwight gotta start practicing those J's...

holfresh wrote:This is going to be priceless...Kobe you stand over here in the corner..No sir, I play my game over here, posting and toasting, slashing to the basket..No, son, our PG will control the ball now, and he will run the pick and roll with Dwight...Pau u stand in the other corner...U both will wait here for the open three...Awesome, sounds like a plan...

D'Antoni shoud be good for a few quotes as well.

AnubisADL wrote:Chances of Dwight Howard leaving the Lakers this summer have improved too.

D'Antoni shoud be good for a few quotes as well.

I do believe the style of play and overall team success could play a factor. Speaking through the media Howard and Kobe have already not been on the same page.

AnubisADL wrote:Lol. If D'Antoni didnt like Melo then he will HATE Kobe.

No post plays for Howard either.

brown deserved to be fired for implementing an offense that suited nobody. moronic

so you can't say whether bryant will balk at pick and roll guard-centric offense or not, unless you are god and know what is in a man's heart.

the difference between melo and bryant is that while both are unconscionable chuckers, the former is incapable of playmaking for others while the latter capable if not willing. so it is question of bryant's willingness not his capacity to work with nash in d'antoni's offense.

howard will be only too happy to receive perfectly-placed bounce passes in stride and rhythm as he finishes.

dk7th wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:Lol. If D'Antoni didnt like Melo then he will HATE Kobe.

No post plays for Howard either.

brown deserved to be fired for implementing an offense that suited nobody. moronic

so you can't say whether bryant will balk at pick and roll guard-centric offense or not, unless you are god and know what is in a man's heart.

the difference between melo and bryant is that while both are unconscionable chuckers, the former is incapable of playmaking for others while the latter capable if not willing. so it is question of bryant's willingness not his capacity to work with nash in d'antoni's offense.

howard will be only too happy to receive perfectly-placed bounce passes in stride and rhythm as he finishes.

No coach deserves to be fired after 5gms. Lakers hired Eddie Jordan as an assistant figuring the Princeton offense could benefit the team in time. An offense Antawn Jamison and Steve Blake wer very familiar with. Lakers let go Brown's assistants from the year prior to. Let's face it everyone had an axe to grind with Brown from day 1. Magic Johnson being one of the foremost amongst Laker Nation. Brown should have never been hired in the first place if the Lakers did their homework properly.

Dwight wanted everyone to be patient and he had some pretty solid games his short stint in it. Kuptchak tried to talk them into being more patient with Brown

Mike Brown is known as a defensive specialist and the Lakers improved here as a club after he took over from Phil

Let's see Lakers's brain trust hated the Triangle offense felt it was outdated and stale.....Fired all of Phil's assistants and wanted nothing to do with anyone affiliated with Phil, even Brian Shaw someone Kobe wanted them to strongly consider. Dumped Odom, dumped Fisher, tried to dump Gasol, dumped Bynum for the sexy malcontent star(yep they starfudged like we do here), signed an over the hill point guard in Nash and other well past prime vets, hella over the cap and tax, hardly no youth going forward, not many picks in the fold

So this appears to be almost the workings of a father/son situation rivaling the Dolans in New York. Jerry Buss relinquishes the team over to his son Jim and this dude thinks he's Teflon.

Look I understand trying to do their best to stay relevant but at least be rational throughout the process.

nixluva wrote:The bottom line is that MDA is a coach that MOST players love to play for. He lets them play and makes the game easier for them. If you have talent like the Lakers then that's even better!!! It made no sense to me at all to get Nash and then have him play in the Princeton or Triangle offense. You get Nash and Dwight then you should think PnR and spread offense! Kobe is a very good passer and in this kind of offense he should be extremely useful not only as a scorer but a playmaker too.

They do have a need for more shooters tho. Jodie Meeks and Jamison can hit from 3. It's not a lot of shooting, but when you factor in Kobe and Nash it may be enough. The fact that Pau can shoot will also help. Metta WP is at least capable of hitting open 3's. I think they'll be able to space the floor enough to make it work. The main thing is the ball and player movement to keep the D off balance.

It will come down to living and dying by the 3 ball. If they miss a lot of shots the Lakers are going to get track meeted off the court.

Anyway Jaimison will see a lot of mins as he can stretch the floor for the Pick and Roll. Gasol can hit 15-18jump shots as well. MDA will look to limit the time that Gasol and Howard play together and instead look to have either one be the P&R focus at center except for the begining of the game and the end of the game. Gasol and Howard also will give MDA the defensive and rebounding cappabilities at center that Amare didn't. Kobe though won't be happy being asked to stand around and shoot 3s though so MDA will probably look to run a lot of PNR with Kobe to get the ball in his hands and give Nash breather.

3G4G wrote:

dk7th wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:Lol. If D'Antoni didnt like Melo then he will HATE Kobe.

No post plays for Howard either.

brown deserved to be fired for implementing an offense that suited nobody. moronic

so you can't say whether bryant will balk at pick and roll guard-centric offense or not, unless you are god and know what is in a man's heart.

the difference between melo and bryant is that while both are unconscionable chuckers, the former is incapable of playmaking for others while the latter capable if not willing. so it is question of bryant's willingness not his capacity to work with nash in d'antoni's offense.

howard will be only too happy to receive perfectly-placed bounce passes in stride and rhythm as he finishes.

No coach deserves to be fired after 5gms. Lakers hired Eddie Jordan as an assistant figuring the Princeton offense could benefit the team in time. An offense Antawn Jamison and Steve Blake wer very familiar with. Lakers let go Brown's assistants from the year prior to. Let's face it everyone had an axe to grind with Brown from day 1. Magic Johnson being one of the foremost amongst Laker Nation. Brown should have never been hired in the first place if the Lakers did their homework properly.

Dwight wanted everyone to be patient and he had some pretty solid games his short stint in it. Kuptchak tried to talk them into being more patient with Brown

Mike Brown is known as a defensive specialist and the Lakers improved here as a club after he took over from Phil

Let's see Lakers's brain trust hated the Triangle offense felt it was outdated and stale.....Fired all of Phil's assistants and wanted nothing to do with anyone affiliated with Phil, even Brian Shaw someone Kobe wanted them to strongly consider. Dumped Odom, dumped Fisher, tried to dump Gasol, dumped Bynum for the sexy malcontent star(yep they starfudged like we do here), signed an over the hill point guard in Nash and other well past prime vets, hella over the cap and tax, hardly no youth going forward, not many picks in the fold

So this appears to be almost the workings of a father/son situation rivaling the Dolans in New York. Jerry Buss relinquishes the team over to his son Jim and this dude thinks he's Teflon.

Look I understand trying to do their best to stay relevant but at least be rational throughout the process.

i heard that the front office didn't want the lakers to win the next 5 games with brown at the helm because they realized their mistake in hiring him and wanted to not have to fire him should they go on said winning streak. so instead of prolonging the mistake they cut bait when the opportunity arose. yes it's cold but what is he doing not allowing the pick and roll to be front and center with nash there and with a underdeveloped howard-- someone who has little or no possibility of becoming a legitimate low post threat?

isn't it just simpler to allow gasol and howard participate in pick and rolls with bryant and nash? bryant is perfectly capable of running a pick and roll if asked to.

you get a coach who runs a princeton weave to highlight the talents of such talents as steve blake and antawn jamison?

when they acquired both howard and nash i frankly expected pick and roll to death semi-breaks and fast breaks galore.

the only thing not rational is implementing an offense that doesn't allow nash to do his thing.

newyorknewyork wrote:I hope MDA succeeds but it still won't validate anything with the type of personel he has. Give Woodson that roster he probably goes 78-4 the rest of the way