My prediction: Rick Adelman will be the next head coach of the Lakers

[DazedAndConfused]

I don't see the Buss family rolling with Brian Shaw anymore. Had the Lakers gone out on top I think it would have been a no-brainer, but I think this Laker team needs a change of scenery and Shaw would simply be a continuation of Phil in many ways.

When I look at the candidates that are available, Adelman appears to be the ideal fit. He's always maximized his talent and can coach offense and defense equally well. Given our roster, I think he will be able to do wonders with the team.

[DJ Mbenga]

adlemans offense is similar to the triangle it just goes to the high post more often. dont know about his defense.

[ElNono]

Didn't you also predict a 3peat?

[Venti Quattro]

Adelman runs the Princeton offense right? It's what made Divac, Miller and Webber so lethal

[Sportspolymath]

I don't know if he gets the Laker job, but Rick Adelman is a great coach. His teams have the best defensive rotation I've ever seen at any level. I always thought he should coach at the college level, where his coaching ability could win games.

[ElNono]

Plus you know you'll be getting Kevin Martin on your team sooner or later... :lol

[djohn2oo8]

adlemans offense is similar to the triangle it just goes to the high post more often. dont know about his defense.

Shit, give us Shaw...He does ALOT with what he has, taking an team full of scrubs to 42 wins, imagine what he'll do with the Lakers. But he is not defense oriented


I don't know if he gets the Laker job, but Rick Adelman is a great coach. His teams have the best defensive rotation I've ever seen at any level. I always thought he should coach at the college level, where his coaching ability could win games.

Um, slow down there Jimbo, not all of his teams

[DMC]

Mike Fratello.

[TheManFromAcme]

Mike Fratello.

thanks, but no thanks....

[silverblk mystix]

We'll give you Gregg Pop and Matt Bonner...straight up for Gasoft....

[lefty]

Adelman is a great coach

Fuck Popovich, bring Adelman

[Giuseppe]

^As great as he is he couldn't convince CWEBB to stay home on Horry.

tee, hee.

[ambchang]

^ As great as Phil Jackon is, he couldn't convince Kobe not to chuck the Lakers out of the Finals with 3 other HoFers on the team.

But back to the topic, Adelman is a fantastic coach, with Gasol (assuming he is still around) and his passing skills, Adelman can, in some ways, recreate the Kings offense back in the early 00s.

Kobe and Shannon Brown, being great athletes, could be fantastic cutters, Bynum could add an element of low post scoring. Not sure what they could do with Fisher though.

[Giuseppe]

^ As great as Phil Jackon is, he couldn't convince Kobe not to chuck the Lakers out of the Finals with 3 other HoFers on the team.

Kobe got his third Back-2-Back. Your tired old shit bag Duncan has nary a one.

[jag]

I predict Lakers over the Mavs in 5.

[ambchang]

Kobe got his third Back-2-Back. Your tired old shit bag Duncan has nary a one.

Kobe got swept thrice and missed the playoffs once.

Duncan got the treatment twice.

Kobe 4

Duncan 2

[Giuseppe]

Kobe got swept thrice and missed the playoffs once.

Duncan got the treatment twice.

Kobe 4

Duncan 2

All tolled:::

Kobe: 5

tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[ambchang]

BTW, I am surprised you didn't come back with:

Jackson: 11
Adelmen: O & Forever

[ambchang]

All told:

Duncan: 3
Kobe: 2

[Giuseppe]

I predict Lakers over the Mavs in 5.

You also predicted I wouldn't be here right now.

I had Tinystar pinch me to double check. That's right, I felt it. I'm f'in' here. Present & accounted for.

[Giuseppe]

BTW, I am surprised you didn't come back with:

Jackson: 11
Adelmen: O & Forever

That wouldn't hurt you. Kobe over the tired old shit bag Duncan 5-4 get's you Spurs Fellows where ya heads take root:::right in your asses.

[I. Hustle]

Jvg

[dunkman]

All tolled:::

Kobe: 5

tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

You can't compare a player that earned rings as Robin with a player that got his rings as Batman. Very different thing . . .

[ambchang]

That wouldn't hurt you. Kobe over the tired old shit bag Duncan 5-4 get's you Spurs Fellows where ya heads take root:::right in your asses.

LOL, # of rings, even as a lead, is about as overrated a stat as they come.

Only ignorant people who thought basketball is a solo sport would use that as the sole stat to measure the greatness of a player.

Russell: 11
Jabbar: 6
Shaq: 4
Duncan: 4
Hakeem: 2
Walton: 2
Wilt: 2
Moses: 1

We should all rank dominant big men this way.

[dunkman]

Here are some pics to illustrate the concept . . .
http://www.eslahoradelastortas.com/blog/media/season04/batman-robin-20090310030958573.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yDn_Zzfh85I/SNYhxTAdWsI/AAAAAAAACwc/RoVIlrofLeQ/s400/batman-robin.jpg

[Giuseppe]

I got at least another year of Kobe 5-4 over Duncan. & I'm gonna enjoy itPERIOD

[TheManFromAcme]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yDn_Zzfh85I/SNYhxTAdWsI/AAAAAAAACwc/RoVIlrofLeQ/s400/batman-robin.jpg

:lmao

[Giuseppe]

:lmao

Backstabber.

[clambake]

he could teach them how to guard peja.

[TheManFromAcme]

Backstabber.

Come on Cully.....that stuff is funny....when it matters....I'll cover ya........

where's ye ol sense of humor?

[Giuseppe]

Come on Cully.....that stuff is funny....when it matters....I'll cover ya........

where's ye ol sense of humor?

No way, Acme. I gave you the opportunity to straighten up & fly right. But, you spit in my face like you spit in Kobe's & now Derek's. We needed to close ranks in the backwash of Mother's Day Massacre. But, you loitered the side door & sold my ass out for a cheap price. I started taking down names after the The Massacre and your name is on the top of the list.

[DMC]

No way, Acme. I gave you the opportunity to straighten up & fly right see. But, you spit in my face like you spit in Kobe's see & now Derek's. We needed to close ranks in the backwash of Mother's Day Massacre see. But, you loitered the side door & sold my ass out for a cheap price see. I started taking down names after the The Massacre see and your name is on the top of the list.


James Cagney fify

[Giuseppe]

James Cagney

:toastHe was something else again in "Angels with Dirty Faces."

[TheManFromAcme]

No way, Acme. I gave you the opportunity to straighten up & fly right. But, you spit in my face like you spit in Kobe's & now Derek's. We needed to close ranks in the backwash of Mother's Day Massacre. But, you loitered the side door & sold my ass out for a cheap price. I started taking down names after the The Massacre and your name is on the top of the list.


Sorry Cul, the only Laker I defend tooth and nail is Earv. forever.
i sold nobody out, much less you.

i've covered you in the past when it mattered (think about it)

don't worry, i still consider you Laker kin :tu

[Giuseppe]

Sorry Cul, the only Laker I defend tooth and nail is Earv. forever.
i sold nobody out, much less you.

i've covered you in the past when it mattered (think about it)

don't worry, i still consider you Laker kin :tu

& you have, Acme. & I'll acknowledge that marker you're calling and we'll go on from here as if this unsavory business never happened.

Let us proceed...

[TheManFromAcme]

& you have, Acme. & I'll acknowledge that marker you're calling and we'll go on from here as if this unsavory business never happened.

Let us proceed...

:tu :toast

[Giuseppe]

:tu :toast

:toast

[LkrFan]

That wouldn't hurt you. Kobe over the tired old shit bag Duncan 5-4 get's you Spurs Fellows where ya heads take root:::right in your asses.
:lol