Lakers looking at Dan Hurley for coach
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Lakers looking at Dan Hurley for coach
LeBron James must prefer and also want Danny Hurley which means for his own son. The Hurley's are East Coast Jersey City New Jersey St Anthony's which is where JR Smith came from some of the best high school in talent in the nation comes from St Anthony's in Jersey City New Jersey coached by Hurley.
This is big it gives the Hurley family there Legacy more Reach Out West and the Lakers are as big as it gets
LeBron James must prefer and also want Danny Hurley to coach his own son. The Hurley's are East Coast Jersey City New Jersey St Anthony's which is where JR Smith came from some of the best high school talent in the nation comes from St Anthony's in Jersey City New Jersey coached by Hurley.
This is big it gives the Hurley family there Legacy more Reach Out West and the Lakers are as big as it gets.
Lakers coach right now is just about the worst head coaching job throughout the big 4 sports. I suppose managing the homeless Athletics might be worse.
I mean sure, if Hurley just wants to take the bag and run, might as well. But he'll be fired in 2 years also.
AD just had his healthiest season as a Laker, and Lebron played like he was 10 years younger (and stayed healthy) and that got them.....play-in then 1st round exit. Hard to see any easy way to upgrade that roster. Maybe if Cleveland blows it up and a trade for Garland or Mitchell is on the table. Trae Young? Still doubt that vaults them into a top 6 in the west.
LOL the Lakers getting cucked and used as leverage for Hurley to get paid more from UConn. Why go to that shitshow?Quote:
Originally Posted by gut
Usually the skills required to coach NBA versus college don't translate, regardless of pedigree.
As a life long Laker fan, Jeanie needs to trade LeBron for a dime bag of weed. He’s an all time great player, but is incapable of accepting personal responsibility for his failures. Thanks for the one championship, now GTFO of LA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloppy JoeLOL the Lakers getting cucked and used as leverage for Hurley to get paid more from UConn. Why go to that shitshow?Quote:
Originally Posted by gut
Usually the skills required to coach NBA versus college don't translate, regardless of pedigree.
Monty Williams signed for a 6/$78m contract last year to coach the dreadful Pistons. Owner decided the rebuild wasnt going fast enough and replaced the GM a couple weeks ago. New GM, presumably says he wants a coach of his choosing. Williams fired.
I can only imagine working in a profession where as the new guy on the job, first thing you do is ask your boss to pay a guy $65m to go away so I can hire my guy
Lakers hire JJ Redick as head coach.... seriously why didn't they jut make LeBron a player-coach... he runs the team anyways...
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/l...ar-head-coach/
Decent article about the Lakers situation above.
Reddick has zero point zero experience as a coach. He probably got hired because he's friendly with Lebron, and they do a podcast together.
Seriously. The hire probably occurred because dude does a freaking podcast with Lebron.
I guess if Lebron wants a puppet coach, he's definitely got one now.
Decent chance Trae Young comes to the Lakers, but as already mentioned, it won't be enough. Plus Lebron will be turning 40 during the season, and at some point he has to hit the wall. It's been impressive how he's faded Father Time, but the 40s barrier comes for every single professional athlete, even one as amazing as Lebron James.
There's also the Bronny matter, and the Lakers might be forced to trade for him.
jj the new pat riley also bill simmons saying celtics should draft bronny and hold him hostage is a fucking hilarious idea
The Lakers only lack one thing to win a championship: talent. Lol @ thinking a coach will make any difference, especially with LeBron running the show.
I really expected some Mitchell for Bridges deal eventually with Mitchell wanting to be closer to home and the Knicks not needing him and Cavs missing a 3.
Obviously not happening now with Bridges/Knicks mega deal. Clearly Nets looking to go OKC route and just compile assets.
lol Bronnie chosen in the draft at 50something Lebron has some reach
Been listening to a lot of Ringer talk, especially Simmons. There seems to be a consensus Cavs should trade one of their star guards and Allen; but no one seems to have any idea what they are going to do. Maybe Cavs dont have any idea either. Lakers could probably use any of the three; but they have nothing to trade.Quote:
Originally Posted by BCR
Mitchell doing a short contract and banking on himself at this age is interesting. At only 6'1" in 3 years when he is 30 the chance of him having diminished athleticism that greatly hurts his value (given his height ant play style) is pretty high. Hard to imagine Cleveland is going to be competitive anytime in the near future with Celtics, Knicks and Philadelphia loading up. Guess he has decided to just get his money for now, play it out a couple years, and then go from there.
If Lebron really wanted the best shot at producing a son who was a clone of himself, he should have married a tall, muscular, athletic chick.
However, Savannah James, then Savannah Brinson at the time of his birth, was only 5'7" and not particularly athletic. The pregnancy was likely accidental, with Bronny being born when Lebron was 19 and Savannah 18.
Anyway, Bronny ended up supposedly 6'2", which is probably fudged a little bit, and generally a lot smaller than his famous dad. The super basketball genes were definitely diluted.
If he were not related to Lebron, I don't see him making the NBA at all. Perhaps if he finished college he would have improved, but at the moment he is not of NBA caliber.
This is a serious nepotism pick in order to keep Lebron happy -- much like JJ Reddick.
5’7” is pretty tall for a woman. Most of the time a son of a 6’9 and 5’7 parents would be much taller than 6’1. Their other son is significantly taller, but not close to the athlete. Bronny was dunking in 8th grade; he did get athleticism, just not the height. But sometimes genes mix weird and you get someone a lot taller or shorter than one would expect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Also, the 55th pick in the draft pretty much never turns into an NBA player anyways. I think Nate Silver (or maybe someone else) did some study and children of NBA players on average overexceed their draft position pretty significantly.
Fine to take a shot on an undersized son of arguably the best player of all time for pick 55 IMO.
That is hysterical.Quote:
Originally Posted by lol wow
Jerry West woulda found it impossible to choose sides.
I do not understand how LeBron sees the reality of him passing to his son playing out. There is absolutely no upside to this.
Never watched a single Celtics game as a Masshole but I’ll tune into this. Is that somehow the goal?
Poor kid is gonna get savaged and write some Daddy Dearest book in midlife.
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Originally Posted by Kalam5’7” is pretty tall for a woman. Most of the time a son of a 6’9 and 5’7 parents would be much taller than 6’1. Their other son is significantly taller, but not close to the athlete. Bronny was dunking in 8th grade; he did get athleticism, just not the height. But sometimes genes mix weird and you get someone a lot taller or shorter than one would expect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Also, the 55th pick in the draft pretty much never turns into an NBA player anyways. I think Nate Silver (or maybe someone else) did some study and children of NBA players on average overexceed their draft position pretty significantly.
Fine to take a shot on an undersized son of arguably the best player of all time for pick 55 IMO.
This is accurate take. The Cavs took Mobleys brother just to keep Mobley happy and he has less upside than Bronny being 4 year college kid. Giannis brother one of the worst players in the league. It’s a way to exceed the max without exceeding the max and keep players happy. Outside once in a lifetime Jokic, no one of any value emerges from deep 2nd round.
For Lebron, I imagine he’d be thrilled to have his son simply hang on some bench roster spot for a decade for Klutch to maintain a family relationship in the league.
Bronny played a preseason game today against Minnesota.
Lebron did not play, he was held out due to strenuous workouts over the past 3 days.
Bronny somehow tallied 3 blocks, including this chasedown block:
https://x.com/BronnyJamesJr
The 3 blocks is surprising because he's not big like his dad. In fact, even I'm bigger than Bronny, and not just weight-wise.
Offensively, he looked pretty bad, going 1/6 with 2 points.
I doubt he will be NBA ready this year, and will more just be a gimmick so Lebron can say he played with his son. When you're Lebron's son and you don't have your dad's talent or body, well... you're gonna have to get by on nepotism.
You don’t understand. This year is not about a championship. It’s all about developing Bronny and expanding LeBron’s brand. What could be more important?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
I used to date this girl from Cleveland. She couldn’t stand LeBron. Now I get it.
uhh bronny hit 3s over his dad in practice were so fucking back
Bronny actually seems like a nice kid, which is surprising given that his daddy was born arrogant.
But mark my words, he won't have an effective NBA career, and team will be much less likely to give him a shot once Lebron is out of the league.
Bronny is actually a legit NBA-level defender, that jump shot is BROKE though...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Zero point zero chance he gets drafted if he's not LeBron's kid.
Knicks trading for KAT was interesting.
Lost in the chatter about how him being too soft for NY is he's now dropped into the weak ass East.
He may not be a killer but will have no problem mowing down all but Embiid every night.
Betting Grizz over, hoping Ja Morant is done cosplaying gangster.
Celtics are repeating easily, yes?
Don't see any East team touching them; they may not go after the 1-seed but hard to imagine anyone else taking them out. It's a shame the Bucks won't contend barring a miraculous Lillard return to form.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daly
I think a stronger opponent than Dallas coming out of the West could take them down if OKC, Minnesota or Memphis click.
I could see the Knicks or Sixers having everything gel and giving Boston a run.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloppy JoeDon't see any East team touching them; they may not go after the 1-seed but hard to imagine anyone else taking them out. It's a shame the Bucks won't contend barring a miraculous Lillard return to form.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daly
I think a stronger opponent than Dallas coming out of the West could take them down if OKC, Minnesota or Memphis click.
OKC the deepest (and arguably best) team on paper right now, IMO
Knicks maybe, just don't see Brunson being able to have the same impact. Thibs will likely play 1-2 guys in their rotation into injuries from going balls out to win January games in Charlotte and Detroit.Quote:
Originally Posted by gutI could see the Knicks or Sixers having everything gel and giving Boston a run.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloppy Joe
OKC the deepest (and arguably best) team on paper right now, IMO
Lol sixers.
BCR, what do you think of the 11-0 Cavs?
Do you think they're for real?
The east standings are bizarre. The THIRD BEST team in the east is the 5-5 Pacers. Then you have the 9-2 Celtics and the 11-0 Cavs. And then... everyone else is under .500. 12 teams out of 15 are under .500. Not sure I've ever seen that 11 games in.
The Bucks are surprisingly terrible so far.
Anyway, it clearly looks like the Cavs and Celts are the best 2 in the East by far. Can you see the Cavs actually beating the Celtics in a 7-game series? I know it's way early to discuss this.
So.... Bronny is in the G League now.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...t-excited-play
Now away from the NBA, he crushed it, shooting 10-for-13, including 3-for-5 from 3-point land, and scoring 27.
Oh wait.... no he didn't. He went 2-for-10 and 0-for-5 from downtown (the ESPN article above has it wrong). He ended up with 6 points in 31 minutes.
He's not going to be an NBA player once Lebron has retired. Seems like a nice kid, but just not that talented, which is the opposite of Lebron, who is an arrogant asshole but also the most naturally talented basketball player ever.
Bronny has no offensive game, and I don't think he ever will.
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Originally Posted by Dan Druff
They are definitely for real as far as contenders. Words can’t describe how bad JB Bickerstaff was with offensive coaching. Basically he gets guys to play hard, but bad at everything else.
Atkinson coming from GS very similar to Kerr going to GS. Both took over talented young teams ready to take next step. JB was our Mark Jackson. Guys liked him, but he sucked at coaching basketball.
Now I don’t think we are favorites to beat the Celtics assuming Kristaps is healthy and we are healthy. Be closer than before. We actually matched up ok with Boston.
No one else in the East is any better than us outside Boston.
Mobley has taken a leap so far. Garland, more than anything, never looked right after breaking face last year. He looks back to himself. We are deeper. We are quite good all around. We are scoring 130 every other night despite Donovan not needing to carry us and guys playing 30 minutes per game.
Havent caught a Cavs game yet, but reading on the Ringer about them and Atkinson's staggering of the minutes and that seems like coach of the year move right there. Last few years all the talk was the redundancy between their 2 bigs and 2 guards and what trade would be made. Instead they just run basically 2 lineups that each have 2 all-star caliber players in them. 53% of the minutes has 2 of their big 4 on the court. Only 7% of minutes with 1 or less.Quote:
Originally Posted by BCR
Thats how you make a solid bench.
Planning to watch tonight vs Boston
Forget about your bets boy, Cuban just lost his fucking mimd and traded you Luka Doncic for AD and some shit in the most puzzling trade I’ve ever seen. There are horseshoes up your ass and there is being a Laker fan and it never being removed
holy shit that luka trade is real wtf but seriously look at the blazers last whatever they cant not cover
holy shit this feels like 08 pau gasol and we got like 2 other crackers on our squad we can make a run at this
Maybe it’s not even Cuban. I forget, did he sell Mavs? I’ve never been so stunned by a trade that it feels fake. Like I didn’t believe an ESPN notification.
The 5-0 is great but you just got a dozen years of fun being a Lakers fan with an old ass team
bring fucking caruso back we 3 peat fuck boston
bronny james getting a ring yall
I almost have to think they’re trading Bron? You have to flip him right?
It’s so mind blowing and feel free Druff to break this off into separate or NBA. I was just genuinely shocked and had a Lakers fan posting here. But Luka is dinged and Bron is 40. Idk what to think? I’ll quit the Cavs forever if they do something nuts like Mobley for LBJ. Thank God the money is a billion dollars can’t fit but I get scared at any LeBron related shit when our young star is an LA kid.
I hope they try to make it work but I don’t see how it does this year. But who cares? Lakers weren’t winning
anything anyway.
But flip LeBron for way too much and you had some team that was in decay with no hope and retooled overnight into young contender. So lucky. Luka is a legit global icon. He’s worth so much just for that.
Miriam Adelson is now majority owner of Mavs. Like Cuban is a Jew but he isn’t super Jewey. He’s Jew lite. But Miriam might as well be prime minister of Israel. Like this makes more sense if LA just gave her secret permission to build a casino in downtown LA. Then it is a good deal. Like they said ship us Luka and we will fuck the Indians.