Wut

About a season too late, but I don't know what they do now.

Can they throw 20 million at Phil?

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Billy Gillispie is looking for work.

Dumpster fire

im assuming it's gonna be Eddie Jordan for the time being

Ridiculous

They were talking about how he needs to turn things around during this home stand, then they cut away to breaking news and announce that he is fired

Dude was an absolutely pitiful offensive coach. Without Lebron James and his 30 PPG in Cleveland the dude doesn't have any resembling a sustained head coaching career.

I just heard that Rick Barnes has withdrawn hid name from consideration

Just make Kobe the coach. What a tire fire.

Lol. But I thought the Lolake-Show was gonna go 82-0 with 5 starting All-Stars.

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Dude was an absolutely pitiful offensive coach. Without Lebron James and his 30 PPG in Cleveland the dude doesn't have any resembling a sustained head coaching career.

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Yep. Seemed obvious that it was a terrible hire at the time.

Sweet team Simplegay, f'ing pendejo

I'm gonna assume Kobe opened his mouth and told leadership he wasn't going to play with this guy. Otherwise, I wouldn't have imagined a guy getting fired five games into the season with a rebuilt roster, even in the pressure-cooker LA situation.

For some reason I have never liked him

Puddy was that really necessary

This only surprises me because of the way they were talking about him as recently as Wednesday. "Mike Brown can't fail with his level of work ethic and basketball knowledge" or however the quote went. A big fish coach must have agreed in principle to be the new coach between now and then, because those remarks weren't generic "we have confidence in our coach and no plans to change," they were a little beyond that.

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This has Phil's name all over it.

Jerry Sloan. Mike D'Antoni. possibly.

Mike Brown was is a bad coach, but they should have done it in the off-season. Clearly a desperation move, and one that doesn't have a great chance of success.


I do believe I pointed out in the Lakers thread that Mike Brown would be fired early in the season, although I didn't really expect it to go like this.

Fastest firing in NBA history.

and yes, I think they should've done this after the preseason 0-8

Coach/Manager Team Season Games Record
Mike Brown Lakers 2012-2013 5 1 - 4
Gene Shue 76ers 1977-78 6 2 - 4
Paul Westphal Kings 2011-12 7 2 - 5
Jack Ramsay Pacers 1988-89 7 0 - 7
Byron Scott Hornets 2009-10 9 3 - 6
Eddie Jordan Wizards 2008-09 11 1 - 10
Doc Rivers Magic 2003-04 11 1 - 10
John MacLeod Mavericks 1989-90 11 5 - 6
Paul Westhead Lakers 1981-82 11 7 - 4

I never call firing someone a great move until I know who the replacement is. This is a great move.

Mitch Kupchak and Jim Buss have a plan 3 steps ahead before making a move. I have total confidence that they already have their man.

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No, it will be Bernie Bickerstaff

Funny DC, because the Lakers have 2 championships already when they fired their coach mid-season.

if you think this is new to the Buss family, you're on crack.

Jim Buss picked Bynum. Jim picked Brown. Both of those have been reversed. Jim obviously has been reeled in by daddy.

the Lakers organization is brilliantly run. I find it extremely hard to believe they made this move without a new coach already in the works.

If Bernie Bickerstaff is still the interim coach in two weeks, then whoa.

Probably after that Stephen A. Smith outburst yesterday.


Honestly though, that offense was a joke. Terrible spacing and he never even tried to modify it to suite the team better.

Kobe got this dude fired, and rightfully so.

it's a win now mentality. which is right. they're not getting any younger. keep the pressure up.

the Lakers statement says Bickerstaff is coaching tonight's game. interim coach for tonight's game.

and Woj says the firing was about the offense. The Princeton crap is gone.

Also, Phil Jackson cancelled a speaking event next week in Chicago. uh oh.

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D'Antoni has connections to Nash-ball (which is gonna happen), Kobe loves him (european ball), and he coached Howard on the Olympic team.

D'Antoni is still better than Brown. no question. If it's Brown, flush it down.

The Lakers should've hired Adelman instead of Brown.

Jerry Sloan
Phil Jackson
Brian Shaw

that's all that's acceptable right now. and If the management's unanaimous decision on this was done without a next step, uh oh.

Reunited and it feels so good?



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