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[mr j 858]

Originally Posted by westcoastsfinest

i have nothing but respect for b. shaw, he should've been our head coach. i found it shameful and interesting that teams don't look for phil's staff the way teams look at pop or nellie's coaching trees. 11 championships and yet he still doesn't get the credit amongst his peers. good luck to shaw. jim buss is running our team down to the rocks 

I agree that it is disrespectful Phil's assistants don't get looked at more for head coaching jobs in the league.
But at the same time lets be real here. It's been proven that Tex Winter & Phil Jackson's triangle offense only works with the right personnel. Jim Cleamons got a shot in  Dallas as their head coach and it failed horribly trying to run the triangle there. More recently Kurt Rambis got a coaching gig in Minnesota and him trying to experiment & run the triangle offense there failed horribly also.

BShaw I think even though he's paid his dues as an assistant for like 8 years now. It simply just not his time yet but he will eventually get a shot as a head coach somewhere.

As for Jim Buss next summer we all are really going to see who's calling the shots when his boy Bynum's team option is up and see if it gets picked up or if they cut him loose to go after Dwight Howard or Chris Paul.

If Bynum stays and gets another crazy contract extension next summer then you know the power balance is all with Jim Buss and that Mitch Kupchak is just a puppet, and that Jerry Buss has no more interest in running his franchise and making player personnel moves.

 

[mr j 858]

Originally Posted by westcoastsfinest

i have nothing but respect for b. shaw, he should've been our head coach. i found it shameful and interesting that teams don't look for phil's staff the way teams look at pop or nellie's coaching trees. 11 championships and yet he still doesn't get the credit amongst his peers. good luck to shaw. jim buss is running our team down to the rocks 

I agree that it is disrespectful Phil's assistants don't get looked at more for head coaching jobs in the league.
But at the same time lets be real here. It's been proven that Tex Winter & Phil Jackson's triangle offense only works with the right personnel. Jim Cleamons got a shot in  Dallas as their head coach and it failed horribly trying to run the triangle there. More recently Kurt Rambis got a coaching gig in Minnesota and him trying to experiment & run the triangle offense there failed horribly also.

BShaw I think even though he's paid his dues as an assistant for like 8 years now. It simply just not his time yet but he will eventually get a shot as a head coach somewhere.

As for Jim Buss next summer we all are really going to see who's calling the shots when his boy Bynum's team option is up and see if it gets picked up or if they cut him loose to go after Dwight Howard or Chris Paul.

If Bynum stays and gets another crazy contract extension next summer then you know the power balance is all with Jim Buss and that Mitch Kupchak is just a puppet, and that Jerry Buss has no more interest in running his franchise and making player personnel moves.

 

[frenchblue23]

It's kinda sad to think that this is really Jim Buss' team now. The "cleaning house" of a lot of front office peeps and personnel doesn't sit well.

I mean, to not formally let Brian Shaw know that they are going elsewhere is not the Laker way IMO.

 

[frenchblue23]

It's kinda sad to think that this is really Jim Buss' team now. The "cleaning house" of a lot of front office peeps and personnel doesn't sit well.

I mean, to not formally let Brian Shaw know that they are going elsewhere is not the Laker way IMO.

 

[MVP]

I got an email saying all Lakers stuff is 50% off at Lakerstore.com thru July 31. Code: SUMMERA . It's online only.

 

[MVP]

I got an email saying all Lakers stuff is 50% off at Lakerstore.com thru July 31. Code: SUMMERA . It's online only.

 

[la kb24]

thanks for the code

 

[la kb24]

thanks for the code

 

[pmatic]

NBA to release schedule; A look at the Lakers' schedule

Even though the NBA has locked out its players, that hasn't stopped the league from preparing to release its schedule Tuesday for the 2011-12 season.

In many ways, it's  the NBA doing business as usual.

It's being done just in case a collective bargaining agreement is reached between  owners and players and the season starts on time.

The lockout started July 1, and since then there have been no negotiations between the owners and the players, few believe the NBA will start on time this season.

Nonetheless, the Lakers and their fans will have something to look over when NBA TV broadcasts a scheduled show at 11 a.m. Pacific time Tuesday.

Under this schedule, the Lakers would open the season at Staples Center on Nov. 1 against Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the young and athletic Oklahoma City Thunder, said league sources not authorized to speak on the subject.

Here are some other dates to chew on:

The Lakers play Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Chris Bosh and the Heat in Miami on Dec. 8 and will face them again at home March 4.

And the Lakers will face the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki, who swept Los Angeles out of the playoffs in the Western Conference semifinals, on the road Dec. 15 and at home Jan. 16 and April 15.

LA. will play the Chicago Bulls and league most valuable player Derrick Rose on Christmas Day at Staples.

The Lakers will play at Boston on Feb. 9 and host the Celtics on March 11.
Link

 

[pmatic]

NBA to release schedule; A look at the Lakers' schedule

Even though the NBA has locked out its players, that hasn't stopped the league from preparing to release its schedule Tuesday for the 2011-12 season.

In many ways, it's  the NBA doing business as usual.

It's being done just in case a collective bargaining agreement is reached between  owners and players and the season starts on time.

The lockout started July 1, and since then there have been no negotiations between the owners and the players, few believe the NBA will start on time this season.

Nonetheless, the Lakers and their fans will have something to look over when NBA TV broadcasts a scheduled show at 11 a.m. Pacific time Tuesday.

Under this schedule, the Lakers would open the season at Staples Center on Nov. 1 against Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the young and athletic Oklahoma City Thunder, said league sources not authorized to speak on the subject.

Here are some other dates to chew on:

The Lakers play Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Chris Bosh and the Heat in Miami on Dec. 8 and will face them again at home March 4.

And the Lakers will face the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki, who swept Los Angeles out of the playoffs in the Western Conference semifinals, on the road Dec. 15 and at home Jan. 16 and April 15.

LA. will play the Chicago Bulls and league most valuable player Derrick Rose on Christmas Day at Staples.

The Lakers will play at Boston on Feb. 9 and host the Celtics on March 11.
Link

 

[westcoastsfinest]

Originally Posted by Mamba MVP

I got an email saying all Lakers stuff is 50% off at Lakerstore.com thru July 31. Code: SUMMERA . It's online only.

thanks bro.

  

 

[westcoastsfinest]

Originally Posted by Mamba MVP

I got an email saying all Lakers stuff is 50% off at Lakerstore.com thru July 31. Code: SUMMERA . It's online only.

thanks bro.

  

 

[kookcle]

Im surprised it wasnt Lakers @ Miami christmas day or Dallas @ LA

 

[kookcle]

Im surprised it wasnt Lakers @ Miami christmas day or Dallas @ LA

 

[westcoastsfinest]

Originally Posted by Kookcle

Im surprised it wasnt Lakers @ Miami christmas day or Dallas @ LA

co-sign.

 i expected stern to milk this like the kobe/shaq xmas day tradition.

  

 

[westcoastsfinest]

Originally Posted by Kookcle

Im surprised it wasnt Lakers @ Miami christmas day or Dallas @ LA

co-sign.

 i expected stern to milk this like the kobe/shaq xmas day tradition.

  

 

[kvsm23vs24]

Damn we get OKC off that bat?

The Bulls on Christmas, weird

 

[kvsm23vs24]

Damn we get OKC off that bat?

The Bulls on Christmas, weird

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

Bulls win by a blowout on Christmas. 

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

Bulls win by a blowout on Christmas. 

 

[westcoastsfinest]

Originally Posted by mrdieselfuel09

Bulls win by a blowout on Christmas. 

it wouldnt be xmas without a blowout loss 

  

 

[westcoastsfinest]

Originally Posted by mrdieselfuel09

Bulls win by a blowout on Christmas. 

it wouldnt be xmas without a blowout loss 

  

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

Who knows. We might get lucky and they skip the Christmas game this season because of the lockout.

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

Who knows. We might get lucky and they skip the Christmas game this season because of the lockout.

 

[gangsta207therevolution]

I still dont understand the logic.
So the Bulls are going to come to LA and only play the Clippers for their circus trip?
Bulls play some games out east during that trip?
If it means we have to play the Lakers every christmas I will take a circus trip where the Bulls dont end up playing every road game imaginable in cities in Texas or west of Texas
Last year in order
November 17 @ San Antonio
November 19 @ Dallas
November 23 @ L.A. Lakers
November 24 @ Phoenix
November 26 @ Denver
November 27 @ Sacramento
Granted we got 4 days off before it happened, but we came home played the Magic, and then went to Boston in Boozers first game.
On second thought we prob get the Clippers in LA, then OKC at the beginning. If the Clippers improve, Dallas is playing even decent,and we get OKC at the beginning we might win 2 of those games out of sheer fatigue, and the games being bunched up like that.
At least make it 4 games in 6 or 7 days....
With an extra day in LA, and Denver.