Aging Kobe making what he makes is rough, but it's the Lakers and they will always find a way to accelerate a rebuild. They are one of the most well-run franchises ITL.

Still GK is old and I doubt he wants to be part of a rebuild so yeah maybe it's dollars.

i thought so too, dood. kd and russ would have to 'okay' it. wonder if mda could put up iwht russ' out of control tendencies.

ibaka would be an awesome small ball 5.

lol, why would you even say this. lakers hiring a LOL coach is fun for the whole family and darO having an aneurysm is not

Man I just don't want to see any more power in the West, it's already ridiculous as is. Then again the league is being run by a type A who would probably change the format mid-season.

fun for non-lakers fans maybe.

the haytuhs

This season has kind of reset my Laker hate and I kind of want to see them (Kobe mostly) succeed.

Even ignoring the dollars, building something is going to be impossible with Kobe thinking and playing like he's a superstar until the bitter end. Good luck getting guys on board with a system and culture when Kobe is stealing touches.

They just need a shepard for the remainder of Kobe. Actually, they'll probably need two because someone's getting fired when they still suck in two years and it ain't Kobe.

rambis would be a total disaster. id love to see it!

i always think it's lol when teams are seeking a new coach and the list of candidates is from the retread pile of failed coaches

this past offseason there were a bunch of good hires-- bud, horny, brad, clifford, possibly brett brown. none of them had any prior head coaching experience and all of them look better than most of the guys that do.

the lakers looking at mostly retreads indicates that they still have no clue. gotta think going forward their cluelessness is gonna catch up to them, being a brand name in a big market doesn't wholly offset poor management (see: knicks, new york) and being medicore becomes increasingly costly as the standards for sharpness are rapidly rising

i'd have way more respect for them if they did something completely random like hiring FISH than any of the names on that list save for maybe JVG or Ollie. not bc I think Ollie will be a good coach, but maybe he won't be turrible and he may help attract Durant in 2016.

Why is JVG always thrown around in the coaching mix? Dude hasn't coached in like a decade or so

damn boston slappies are so spiteful. guess thats what happens when you win one rang in three decades.

"1 out of every 30, for 30 years" -anatta

they are going to talk to all these dudes + calipari

i want ollie. i think.

i tweeted about this yesterday fwiw. totally agree, looking at past failed ones is pretty dump. better to MULLIGAN and bink a newbie

George Karl to the Thunder. Laker job not desirable. Kobe not the mid 30s GOAT.

This thread used to have knowledge.

lakers also asking chicago for permission to interview thibs

1 out of 30 is still better than most franchises. and fwiw the past 30 years, we've won 3. so 1 every 10 is still pretty elite.

ya its like 27 or 28, but 3 decades sounds much better, no?

I have no idea why JVG would get a call before SVG, JVG seems quite content doing TV and wasn't that great of a coach anyway.

SVG>Karl>'Stache>some random unknown>the rest of the retread garbage


IDK maybe there's a Stevens-style new guy I'm unaware of, but all I've heard is Kevin Ollie and I'm not sure if he has the track record to take over Mike D. LOL the Lakers burning through coaches, sacrificing them to the altar of #KobeSystem.

The job is desirable after Kobe is gone and house is cleaned.

I have no idea why someone with a future like Ollie would want a job where the ceiling is mediocraty and he'll be handcuffed as a coach. The next coach is gonna catch hot heat.

someone has to make a playoff thread today

ya. ollie just won a ncaa championship and loves uconn. i doubt he's ready to jump ship so quick. he can make the leap whenever he wants so theres no rush

i think ollie would be a fairly meh hire but much much better than most of the retreads

my perception is that he isn't a much of a basketball mind, but seems to have the personality that everybody loves. maybe if he can increase his sharpness, he could be a doc-ish level coach so i'm not writing him off entirely.

the other appeal is that apparently he is bff's with durant, so if he sticks for a few years he should be good for their equity of signing katie. that's really LA's quickest out back to contention and i think it counts for a decent bit.

i don't really hate the lakers so much as i just root against teams who make dumb decisions. if they made awesome decisions like drafting exum + hiring hoiberg i'd probably become a fan.

I am officially rooting for thibs to the Lakers.

bc it's the friggin lakers and his stock may never be higher. my suspicion is that ollie sorta rode napiers coattails this tourney, so he's risking that he gets exposed as a not great coach by staying.

why would you rather coach a fringe top 25 college team in connecticut than a storied NBA franchise in los angeles.

Slim Reaper nickname getting retired

This is a good point, but it's possible Ollie isn't angling for that. Clearly some guys prefer the college thing.

If he has the normal prestige/money motivations, though no brainer to eject on top.

Edit: I also think if you fail the narrative is pre-built for you to blame it all on Kobe and you'll be able to get hired again somewhere pretty easily.