Nalod wrote:Kobe
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Not saying Magic is wrong, but im not sure Phil Jax would be contending with what has happend.

Magic easy to say " we gotta get to a championship level......."

It's not like the Lakers have a title contending roster and all that matters is changing out MDA. I think Magic is wrong to come out and bash MDA like this considering the current situation he's working under. It's also a slap in the face to the GM and owner. It also doesn't help at all to make things any better. If Kobe, Blake, Farmer and Xavier Henry were all playing and the team was this bad it would be one thing, but with them hurt all this time that's not fair.

CrushAlot wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:This offseason will be interesting to see if Buss keeps D'Antoni. My guess is no.

He shouldn't but he might still have Dwight if he fired him last year. Not sure what to expect. He seems to be intent on making the hire work.

I agree about Dwight. When Nash had that freak injury to start last season, things went to caca from there as well. Nash was never the same player post injury from what little Ive seen of him since then. I'm guessing if MDA does stay its going to be be out of Buss not wanting to admit that he should have hired Phil.

CrushAlot wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:This offseason will be interesting to see if Buss keeps D'Antoni. My guess is no.

He shouldn't but he might still have Dwight if he fired him last year. Not sure what to expect. He seems to be intent on making the hire work.

WTF!!! Dwight wasn't gonna stay more because of Kobe than MDA no matter what he says. Dwight is full of ISH!!! He acts like he was somehow held back by MDA when in fact it was his piss poor attitude that was the problem:

TEAM GP	GS  MIN   FGM-A	    FG%	   3PM-A    3P%	FTM-A	 FT%	OR	DR	REB	AST	BLK	STL	PF	TO	PTS	
LAL  76	76  35.8  6.2-10.7  .578  0.0-0.1  .167	4.7-9.5	.492	3.3	9.1	12.4	1.4	2.4	1.1	3.8	3.0	17.1
HOU  47	47  34.0  6.5-11.4  .571  0.0-0.1  .400	5.0-9.5	.522	3.5	9.1	12.6	1.7	1.7	0.9	3.6	3.1	18.1

Yeah MDA really held him back with his style of play!!! Part of the problem was that D12 was coming back off injury and wasn't really at full strength. Rather than accept that he wasn't playing as well as he wanted early on, he blamed the losing on MDA. I'm so tired of the false statements that people actually believe about MDA and his effect on bigs. Pau tries to use the same lame excuses for his poor performances. It's not MDA it's just him. The fact is that MDA just needs a GM to work with him and give it time to work rather than having him coach teams that don't fit. D12 just didn't want to be in LA period!