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Condolences, Lakers fans.
Lakers To Keep Mike D'Antoni For Next Season
Apr 18, 2013 9:05 AM EDT
Mitch Kupchak confirmed on Wednesday that Mike D'Antoni will return next season as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.
"Yeah, he's back. I think he's done a great job," Kupchak said to the Los Angeles Times. "There's been no discussions otherwise.
"He's made adjustments. He's been flexible. He's evaluated how he coaches as the season's progressed. He's listened to the players. He's very easy to work with and we think in particular since the meeting the day of the Memphis game, yeah."
D'Antoni has two more guaranteed years for a total of $8 million.
"Much has been made of the injuries, and the coaching change [in November] and no training camp, which is certainly a part of it," Kupchak said of their up-and-down season.
"It takes a while. You're in New York coaching and you see the Lakers once or twice a year, you don't know the personnel. And the injury situation when he got here, Steve Nash had the broken leg. There's just too much going on to really look at it any other way."
Via Mike Bresnahan/Los Angeles Times
Condolences, Lakers fans.
Is this an Onion article?
The only thing that would make this funnier is if the Clippers hire Phil.... LG's servers would crash for a solid week
Are they still paying Mike Brown? No self respecting GM is going to have three head coaches on the payroll. And no serious rebuilding effort can really start until they get Kobe's big ass contract off the books. With that said if I'm Pau or Steve Nash's legs I'd start filling out my last will and testament.
Last edited by spurs_fan_in_exile; 04-18-2013 at 12:34 PM.
Came out right after KFC said he wants to coach again. I guess Mitch really doesn't like his brother-in-law.
6 of one, half dozen of the other.
I'd set my cap for Carlisle. Try to time it that so that when his contract is up you can make your move.
8/2yrs thats fkn cheap what they got him for
while the knicks are still payin this clown right?
+ you wouldn't be able to excape goat Del Negro any longer.
Of course he's staying that's Kobe's puppet, Kobe can do whatever he wants with D'Antoni
It's "scapegoat" dummy
I know. Somebody on AZ Central said "an excape goat" many years ago. I LMAO about that to this day.
And Vinny isn't even a scapegoat, he clearly sucks as a coach and has no idea how to adjust in-game or draw up plays
WTF I thought Phil just said he wanted to come back? Stupid stupid stupid.
My ass. He's a white man and "you'll" dog his white ass till you run him off. Why? Because everyone knows he'll go quietly, cuz if he don't they'll play the race card and he'll never coach again.And Vinny isn't even a scapegoat, he clearly sucks as a coach and has no idea how to adjust in-game or draw up plays
^lolwut
"He's made adjustments. He's been flexible. He's evaluated how he coaches as the season's progressed. He's listened to the players. He's very easy to work with and we think in particular since the meeting the day of the Memphis game, yeah."
I bristle when I read like this. Condescending . The nerve. The absolute gall. This guy never had to answer for Odom. Never. That event is off limits for Media. And they don't dare touch it.
But, he'll damn D'Antoni with faint praise and scold him twixt the lines.
If we're talking Escape GOAT then it's got to be Harry Houdini, tbh.
Hallelujah
I am pleased with this news.
The Lakers are paying for their basketball reasons. Expect Kobe to be injured next season for playing all the minutes in four straight 3OT games
Kobe will be just fine. There won't be any team in the league so bad that they'll need 3 overtimes to beat the Lakers.
Best news since the Achilles tbh.
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