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Amare for Pau before the trade deadline unless pringles finds a way to combine Dwight & Pau into one player.
That was my first thought, but it's more fun to believe that he's using it correctly and Phil actually demanded they bring back Mike Brown as soon as he was done with the team.
Amare for Pau before the trade deadline unless pringles finds a way to combine Dwight & Pau into one player.
I might never stop laughing if the Lakers actually trade Pau for The Big Uninsurable
If he can the NBA will have it's first Moor superstar.
id hop on the 405 to El Segundo and lay a fat sloppy kiss on ol Jimmy boy myself tbh.I might never stop laughing if the Lakers actually trade Pau for The Big Uninsurable
id put the chances at 55% that an Amare/Pau trade goes down this season.
They really want to bring back showtime...
Father Time will have a say.
Guess Phil was demanding too much, don't think this is on Jimmy boy. Lakers were ready to pay him anything and let him sit out 1/3 of the games, wonder what broke the talks down.
Ah well, Pringles is still better than potato head. I'll just wait and see before calling the season a wash, but I don't have any expectations beyond that tbh.
lol sources. That part is so contradictory it's mind boggling.
You doubt Phil was handed a blank check? He was already demanding more than any coach ever before him his last stint, IIRC. All we know, Phil was pushing for not participating in road games. I'm really not sure it was on Jim since Jerry was the one pursuing Phil.
All sources were pointing to Phil getting hired, can't really deny that.
Well, just speaking theoretically here, if someone is handed a "blank check" by default they can't be asking for too much. It doesn't add up. What broke the talks down has nothing to do with financials - especially if they handed him a blank check.
@MarkHeisler: Nice knowing you Phil. Forget XsOs. Besides paying $4M per (to Brown's $4.5M and Phil's $12M), Jerry Buss had it w/perception PJ was #Lakers
You see, THEY HANDED him the blank check so theoretically THEY were giving him too much. Looking at how much Brown was paid, it's fairly logical to say Lakers were ready to pay Phil a pretty penny as they have before.
D'Antoni is just the inverse of Potato Head, tbh...
That does not make any sense tbh...if they did hand him a blank check, then one can assume money isn't the issue. All signs point to it being about control and who get's credit.
Potato Head got to the Finals with a crap team while Pringles was getting on by Dirk & Timmy in 7 Games or Less tbh.
Potato Head got swept by Tim
All those extra perks Jackson was supposedly asking for has already been debunked upthread, tbh.
Baby Buss didn't want to go back in the shadow. Simply as that.
I don't know why it doesn't make sense, Lakers overpay people relative to the rest of the league. Phil can't really ask for too much, beyond what's practical and I doubt he's asking for a 100million contract, because the Lakers have a different view on what's too much. I mean, they overpay Brown then just casually kick him off to the bank.
I don't really see any sources on what broke down talks, it's all speculation. Although, I believe it wasn't really just Jim since Jerry was going after Phil. I'm guessing Phil wanted huge changes, maybe power over hiring/firings.
That'd surprise me, tbh. Any link?
^ That is what we are saying - it's not money issues and the Phil demands are being overblown (that's a fact).
I didn't say it was a money issue from the start, handing him a blank check is saying Lakers were willing to pay him whatever. I never said that was guaranteeing a hire. Where the did I say it was a money issue?^ That is what we are saying - it's not money issues and the Phil demands are being overblown (that's a fact).
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