Why the Lakers Are the Smartest Team in the NBA...

[Sportcamper]

The Los Angeles Lakers are consistently among the NBA's best teams because they are the smartest franchise in the league, not just because they spend the most money…

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-lakers-smartest-team-nba-fans-analysis-223700515--nba.html

[Venti Quattro]

Mitch is just using the location advantage to the fullest, something that the Knicks will never understand.

[LkrFan]

^If the Knicks had a competent FO, the He:lolt = F:lolcked. They may have more cash flow than the Lakers - but I'm not sure about det.

[Latarian Milton]

location? LA is closer to asia and mexico and yup they got a hell lot of yellows & be@ners to ride their wagon and fund team's skyrocketing payroll, and to act like dumbasses on message boards like ST

[DMC]

The Los Angeles Lakers are consistently among the NBA's best teams because they are the smartest franchise in the league, not just because they spend the most money…

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-lakers-smartest-team-nba-fans-analysis-223700515--nba.html
:lmao

You have ONE team to compare yourself to. Small market teams have the rest of the small market teams.

You know, losing weight is all about being smart, and of course exercising and proper diet.

I could build a competitor for that payroll, no problem.

[sananspursfan21]

hmmmmmm... all the big trades mentioned in the article that the lakers have made in the last decade have been no brainers. i get the feeling that andrew sweat is probably NOT the smartest writer of the nba

[DMC]

hmmmmmm... all the big trades mentioned in the article that the lakers have made in the last decade have been no brainers. i get the feeling that andrew sweat is probably NOT the smartest writer of the nba

True, where's their Ginobili or Parker? Kobe is the anomaly in LA in that he wasn't bought after someone else trained him. You don't have to be intelligent to buy a world class retriever, you have to be rich. You have to be smart to create one.

[FkLA]

Mitch is in the same boat as Phil was tbh. Kinda hard to give either of them too much credit when they start off with a huge advantage over pretty much every other GM/coach in the league.

[Venti Quattro]

location? LA is closer to asia and mexico and yup they got a hell lot of yellows & be@ners to ride their wagon and fund team's skyrocketing payroll, and to act like dumbasses on message boards like ST
:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin

[Trainwreck2100]

Mitch is just using the location advantage to the fullest, something that the Knicks will never understand.

NY is a horrible location. The only reason the Yanks do so well location wise is cause they play in the summer when the climate isn't atrocious and they aren't competing with the nfl teams.

[FkLA]

^I think the appeal of NYC goes way beyond just the weather, bro.

[Bynumite]

Suddenly the city of LA is paradise on earth and the rest of the US is a shithole a la San Antonio... oh spurfan :lol

Spurfan trying too hard to come up with reasons to discredit a smart FO that consistently brings the goods. Knicks, Clippers, Heat etc. There's a few other franchises with great cities and big bucks behind them and lack the Lakers championship pedigree.

[DPG21920]

"Sending Marc Gasol, two first-round picks and other players to Memphis in return for Pau Gasol"

:lmao other players.

[LakerHater]

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[DAF86]

They aren't the smartest but they make great use of their advantages unlike other big market teams.

[Clipper Nation]

The Lakers' front office is FAR from the smartest in the NBA, they just benefit from BS trades that any team in the league would make if they could, tbh.... the Heat, the Spurs, ChokeKC, Denver, and Indiana usually make SMART moves, hell, I'm even impressed with what Vinny's been doing in the Clipps' front office this summer....

[DMC]

They aren't the smartest but they make great use of their advantages unlike other big market teams.

Name the big market teams.

[Bynumite]

The Lakers' front office is FAR from the smartest in the NBA, they just benefit from BS trades that any team in the league would make if they could, tbh.... the Heat, the Spurs, ChokeKC, Denver, and Indiana usually make SMART moves, hell, I'm even impressed with what Vinny's been doing in the Clipps' front office this summer....

Monkeyballers front office negotiating:

http://www.photoshoppix.com/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10008/gorilla_at_work.jpg

[DAF86]

Name the big market teams.

New York, Boston.

[Clipper Nation]

Monkeyballers front office negotiating:

http://www.photoshoppix.com/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/10008/gorilla_at_work.jpg

Wow, Mitch Kupcake looks really busy working the phones there, tbh.... :lmao

[DMC]

New York, Boston.

Boston has more rings than LA, they swung the KG/Allen deal.

NY is the anomaly. They have the worst front office in the entire league, with the Bobcats possibly being right there neck and neck. Still, they made the playoffs 2 years in a row and would have a ring if Shumpert didn't go down (lol). They attract big names though.

You have to consider Chicago as well, and other than their Jordan years that they are still suckling from, they've been unremarkable save these past few years being pseudo contenders. Again, just as when Michael was around, they are too tight to spend money on talent.

These teams have fans that will pay big money to see someone like Jeremy Lin. They don't even need to win. Small markets must win in order to sell tickets.

Chicago has higher attendance than anyone in the league. The Lakers are 8th on that list with even Dallas and Portland ahead of them. Why do you think LA can spend that money to get those wins and not have a higher attendance? How does that work? Is it because their ticket price is through the roof? The average Lakers ticket price is 163.00 compared to 58.00 in San Antonio. Never mind their TV contract.

So despite the "smartest front office" claim, demand plays 90% of the role. It would take an idiot to fuck that up.

[George Gervin's Afro]

So free agents wanting to play in la makes the organization smart? OK..

[da_suns_fan]

What a joke.

Yeah, signing Shaq was "smart". Really took some wits to sign the most dominant player of his generation when he wanted to be close to Hollywood.

[NRHector]

child please, the lakers are just the richest team in the NBA, they buy their championships.

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao stupid gnsf take

If the Lakers bought their championships, they would've won every year.

[DAF86]

Boston has more rings than LA, they swung the KG/Allen deal.

NY is the anomaly. They have the worst front office in the entire league, with the Bobcats possibly being right there neck and neck. Still, they made the playoffs 2 years in a row and would have a ring if Shumpert didn't go down (lol). They attract big names though.

You have to consider Chicago as well, and other than their Jordan years that they are still suckling from, they've been unremarkable save these past few years being pseudo contenders. Again, just as when Michael was around, they are too tight to spend money on talent.

These teams have fans that will pay big money to see someone like Jeremy Lin. They don't even need to win. Small markets must win in order to sell tickets.

Chicago has higher attendance than anyone in the league. The Lakers are 8th on that list with even Dallas and Portland ahead of them. Why do you think LA can spend that money to get those wins and not have a higher attendance? How does that work? Is it because their ticket price is through the roof? The average Lakers ticket price is 163.00 compared to 58.00 in San Antonio. Never mind their TV contract.

So despite the "smartest front office" claim, demand plays 90% of the role. It would take an idiot to fuck that up.

Boston 'till the Garnett trade was shit for a long, long time. The Lakers always seem to have competitive teams, there's some GM smarts in that. And like you said: NY draws big names but still can't get it done like LA.

Like I said, LA's front office have it easy but at least they take advantage of that, way more often than other fellow big market's teams.

[DAF86]

:lmao stupid gnsf take

If the Lakers bought their championships, they would've won every year.

"If the Lakers bought their championships, they would've won every year."

Talking about stupid gnsf takes.

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao stupid gnsf take

If the Lakers bought their championships, they would've won every year.

The Yankees buy championships and they don't win it all every year either.... injuries, old age, and chemistry problems can happen but that doesn't change the automatic competitive advantage they have over everyone else, tbh...

[ambchang]

LA is, regrettably, an area that would attract most ball-players.

Hollywood, amazing endorsement opportunities, very visible (tied to Hollywood), fast women, great night-life, good weather. It's heaven for the young and rich.

[Juggity]

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Seems legit.

Tbh, the author of the article is wrong. It is the money and location advantage that has led to the Lakers' success. But it's also another factor: track record. whereas the Knicks are notorious for their inability to win despite spending big money, the Lakers are viewed as the likelier place for players who want to win to do so.

The difference between the Lakers management and the Knicks management is the difference between competence and incompetence, not the difference between perfection and incompetence. When you have money and location, you only really need to be competent.

[racm]

LA is, regrettably, an area that would attract most ball-players.

Hollywood, amazing endorsement opportunities, very visible (tied to Hollywood), fast women, great night-life, good weather. It's heaven for the young and rich.

Not to mention having an actual African-American culture. SA is Hispanic land.

[NRHector]

:lmao stupid gnsf take

If the Lakers bought their championships, they would've won every year.

that's why they buy it because they can't win every year

[CavsSuperFan]

If the Clippers had the advantages of the Lakers, same city, same arena, etc, they would have at least five championships…

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Smartest team in the NBA
:lol 7th seed
:lol Sweep

[Spurs9]

:lol trying to play spurs
:lol spurs trying to avoid playing LA
:lol 100 million roster can't win a playoff game
:lol feeling good about beating rockets