D'Antoni has a future HOFer at almost every position. MDA has his Ferrari offense now and some good to great individual as well as team defenders. In the end I don't believe it will come down to what kind of system he puts in place. Its about being able to assert himself, knowing when to call time outs, making adjustments on the fly, and managing superstars.

babyKnicks wrote:I personally think dantoni is going to do awesome with the lakers, but they won't win a title this year, they won't get to the finals. I think Howard, believe it or not, is the weak link.

They don't have very strong 3 point shooting, and their bench is really thin.

How many teams have fired a coach during the season and went to the finals and/or won the finals? I have no idea. Laker's lack depth but depth is overrated. What would concern me more if Dwight's back, lack of 3 point shooting, Dantoni generally not using post play and the age of the Laker's coupled with a run / gun offense.

I know the Lakers have had a great deal of success up to now, but with the owner handing the reigns to that team over to his baffoon son, I really think we have a new Dolan situation in the making...

nixluva wrote:

DJMUSIC wrote:I think fail all the way but often its said DJ is wrong,

So I'll take high road and if MDA cannot win at least NBA West conference title with this squad (healthy later) then its a fail.
This take into account with a good but weaker OKC team without J.Harden

If MDA cannot win west and/or NBA West title then what good is he ?
clock ticking on both coach MDA and Kobe whom says he's gone after next yr

Interesting.. very intriquing to see what happens
Good luck MDA !
bring along Dan D'antoni and rest of those cronies. Still got to chance your concepts on today's players and give few respect they deserve
not just your favorites Mike!

Man what the hell are you talking about. MDA's system IS THE NEW NBA! He's the one that changed the way teams were thinking about how they played. He's not behind the times and his system isn't some old and out of date concept. You do realize that the Spurs, Heat and Knicks use his concepts don't you? Once he starts coaching the Lakers that will be 4 top teams that will be using some aspects of his style of ball. Orlando was using his stuff when Dwight was still there. It's not some insignificant thing.

you know brother *smiles
we can agree to disagree and even agree once in awhile (aka Obama)

I'm actually getting to liking you/your posts

*carry onward

Knicks #1, Go-NY

knicks1248 wrote:

babyKnicks wrote:

NUPE wrote:

babyKnicks wrote:I personally think dantoni is going to do awesome with the lakers, but they won't win a title this year, they won't get to the finals. I think Howard, believe it or not, is the weak link.

They don't have very strong 3 point shooting, and their bench is really thin.

How many teams have fired a coach during the season and went to the finals and/or won the finals? I have no idea. Laker's lack depth but depth is overrated. What would concern me more if Dwight's back, lack of 3 point shooting, Dantoni generally not using post play and the age of the Laker's coupled with a run / gun offense.

I think the run and gun is what will require the depth, not so much during a game (dantoni uses a very small bench) but through a long season.

Gasol is going to flourish, IF he doesn't have to shoot 3's.

It's going to be fun to watch.

San Antonio knows dantoni well. OKC loves to run and plays defense...clippers v lakers will be highlight reel basketball.

When did not having shooters ever stop a MDA team from bombing away

What MDA did was free teams up to not feel bad about taking a lot of 3's. If you actually practice playing a spread offense and taking open 3's you will get better even if you aren't the best at it. Teams have learned that pro players are much more capable of making open 3's and so you have to execute your offense and only take GOOD 3pt shots. The Knicks STILL take a lot of 3's and why not if you have threats at the basket that suck the defense in then you have guys taking balanced and wide open 3's which they should be able to make.

I think MDA will make some concessions for the roster he has on the Lakers. Still bigs need space to operate inside and so you have to expect that spacing will be very important. MDA believes in Ball and Player movement which works with any kind of roster. MDA is smart enough to figure out how to use the guys he has on the Lakers. I think they'll just become a more efficient offensive team than they are presently.

Nalod wrote:pop has 4 rings. its clear he is a great coach.

MDA is not at that level. What else is new?

Yes, MDA did not have a good season until Nash came aboard. But he was not an MVP was he? Think Cube unerestimated Nash or MDA made him the focal point of his offense and he grew from that.

Chicken or the Egg. take your pick.

Point? Do great players make the coach or coach make the players.

My example was non of those guys reached the levels without their coach.

One of thebest examples of this is MJ in Chitown. Obviously an amazing player, but he didn't achieve the height of his greatness until he starting playing for Phil and Tex (whom can NOT be overestimated in that equation). What's more it was a perfect storm that also added Pippen to the mix. Pippen and Jordan made each other (and the team) far better than either was alone. Add the coach and triangle and all the pieces just fell together perfectly...without player collusion!

GodSaveTheKnicks wrote:

jrodmc wrote:

GodSaveTheKnicks wrote:I'm rooting for Pringles cuz I like him as a coach but I don't see how this doesn't end ugly unless they trade Dwight for Ryan Anderson and play Pau at center. Get some other shooters in there too. Outside of Nash there are zero guys on the Lakers who have people scared when they catch the ball wide open downtown

This made me laugh. Not sure why, it just sounds funny.

Going to love to see Nash running after our trio of PG's. Too lazy to look it up, but I wonder if Felton's ever scored 40 in a game?

Firing Mike Brown after 5 games was crazy to me. So far I can't tell whether people on this board think the Lakers roster is a good fit for MDA or not.

Is this roster even a good fit for the Princeton offense?

If y'all were coaches what kind of offense would you run?

My solution: F it. Let the players coach themselves. Nash knows how to run an offense. Kobe is a pretty smart player when he's not forcing the action, which he does more when he passes to guys who keep missing wide open shots or no1 else is making anything happen. If Kobe hogs the ball and chucks up fadeaways with Pau, Dwight and Nash then everyone should be forced to take back every time they described him as a smart player.

Pau is a smart player, talented passer.

Who wouldn't want to watch this???

It's been overstated that somehow MDA can't coach teams that don't have a specific make up. This is the same guy that created the offense for the Olympic Team. He knows more than just PnR and 3's. I think with the Lakers roster he'll figure out how to use the talents of the guys they have and that will have to be a mix of things that fit what these guys can do.

The Lakers do have a significant amount of talent. From what i've seen it's not a very deep team but deep enough given the front line players they do have. It's a better defensive team than some think. Once they get an offensive flow that maximizes the talents they have it's gonna be a very tough team to deal with. I think MDA is just what they need. Along with a healthy Nash.

Nalod wrote:MDA quote at intro today: "I tried coaching without Nash and it did not work out too well".........

funny guy! Love to meet him in the finals!