NBA: Tale of the Tape: Was 2013 A Worst Year For Spurs or Lakers Fans?

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This is the reason why the Lakers should be comedy to watch for years to come. Jimbo is the equivalent of James Dolan and hence the Lakers are basically Knicks west. The Lakers might win another le or 2 in the next 30 years but odds of having another dynasty is not very high due to that dumb ass Jimbo running the team. The Lakers are going to be a laughing stock for years to come because of Jimbo and I look forward to it.

You above all NBA fans must be cognizant the value of an NBA le. You had your 5th last June in the trophy case. We don't need to delineate what happened next. That's for the ages....my point is this....wtf was my point? Oh, yeah,,,without Jim Buss we're short 2 NBA World les.

[daslicer]

You above all NBA fans must be cognizant the value of an NBA le. You had your 5th last June in the trophy case. We don't need to delineate what happened next. That's for the ages....my point is this....wtf was my point? Oh, yeah,,,without Jim Buss we're short 2 NBA World les.

Jimbo is a dumbass who has no clue what he's doing. The Steve Nash trade was stupid considering you guys overpaid him and gave up a bunch of draft picks to get him. The Dwight situation was a disaster in which you got hosed. The finals straw was giving Kobe that extension in which he was grossly overpaid and didn't deserve.Those 2 extra les won with him in charge were due to Jerry West giving you guys Gasol for a discount. Like I said its going to be comedy watching Jimbo run the Lakers into the ground much like how Dolan has run the Knicks into the ground the last 14 years.

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Jimbo is a dumbass who has no clue what he's doing. The Steve Nash trade was stupid considering you guys overpaid him and gave up a bunch of draft picks to get him. The Dwight situation was a disaster in which you got hosed. The finals straw was giving Kobe that extension in which he was grossly overpaid and didn't deserve.Those 2 extra les won with him in charge were due to Jerry West giving you guys Gasol for a discount. Like I said its going to be comedy watching Jimbo run the Lakers into the ground much like how Dolan has run the Knicks into the ground the last 14 years.

Without Bynum we don't win those two les. That was Jim Buss. It was his insistence that we draft Bynum. And it was his insistence that we not trade Bynum when Kobe tried to run him off. 2 NBA World les are ours because of Jim Buss. I ain't discounting that, daddy-O. No ing way. Only a fool, or, a SF would do such.

[djohn2oo8]

Without Bynum we don't win those two les. That was Jim Buss. It was his insistence that we draft Bynum. And it was his insistence that we not trade Bynum when Kobe tried to run him off. 2 NBA World les are ours because of Jim Buss. I ain't discounting that, daddy-O. No ing way. Only a fool, or, a SF would do such.

Nope. Jim never scouted Bynum. Jim never wanted Bynum, Mitch did. The scout who recommended Bynum to Mitch was fired by Jim after he was drafted.

[spurraider21]

^and eventually replaced by a bartender named Chaz

[djohn2oo8]

^and eventually replaced by a bartender named Chaz

Yup, and this little tidbit.

So, in his one meeting with the media each season, Buss uses the occasion not to talk toast their accomplishments but to announce that he’s turning the keys to the machine over to Jim Buss?Jerry Buss didn’t say a whole lot that day about daughter Jeanie and Phil, and his silence on their accomplishments speaks volumes.
Jeanie’s friends have been furious over the situation for some time now. They like to point out that Jim Buss didn’t even have an office in the team compound, that his big move has been to put his personal bartender on the team payroll.
As one Jeanie confidant explains, Jerry Buss is a misogynist who refuses to accept the idea that his daughter might ascend to run the franchise that he has owned for 30 years
- See more at: http://hoopshype.com/blogs/lazenby/w....oIi8JNrf.dpuf

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Nope. Jim never scouted Bynum. Jim never wanted Bynum, Mitch did. The scout who recommended Bynum to Mitch was fired by Jim after he was drafted.

Please.

[djohn2oo8]

Please.

With the departure of Jackson, Buss continued cleaning house, firing much of the Laker scouting department, including beloved assistant GM Ronnie Lester, who is often credited with the scouting of Andrew Bynum — yes, the same Bynum Buss hung his hat on.

He was the first Lakers employee to scout Andrew Bynum back at the McDonald's All-American camp in 2005 and the loudest Lakers employee to recommend the chubby 7-foot, 275-pound high school center from New Jersey with the 10th overall pick in the 2005 draft.

Though Bynum is a grown man now, going into his seventh season whenever this lockout ends, when I caught up with him Thursday afternoon, Lester told the story of the first time he saw Bynum like it was yesterday.
"Coach Bill Bertka and myself went to watch him during the week of practice they had before the McDonald's All-American Game," he said. "He was just so big. … The first time I saw Andrew Bynum come out of the locker room, I pointed and said to Coach Bertka, 'Who is that?'
"He was overweight, chubby faced, chubby bodied. He needed to get in shape, but what a difference from the other high school kids."
Two months later he took a redeye to New York to watch him again.
"I didn't recognize him. He had lost 30 pounds," Lester said. "That in and of itself, that kid losing 30 pounds in two months, that was pretty impressive right there. You knew the kid would work if he wanted something bad enough.


"After the workout, I called Mitch … and told him 'If he's there at 10, I don't know how you can pass the guy up.'"

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With the departure of Jackson, Buss continued cleaning house, firing much of the Laker scouting department, including beloved assistant GM Ronnie Lester, who is often credited with the scouting of Andrew Bynum — yes, the same Bynum Buss hung his hat on.

He was the first Lakers employee to scout Andrew Bynum back at the McDonald's All-American camp in 2005 and the loudest Lakers employee to recommend the chubby 7-foot, 275-pound high school center from New Jersey with the 10th overall pick in the 2005 draft.

Though Bynum is a grown man now, going into his seventh season whenever this lockout ends, when I caught up with him Thursday afternoon, Lester told the story of the first time he saw Bynum like it was yesterday.
"Coach Bill Bertka and myself went to watch him during the week of practice they had before the McDonald's All-American Game," he said. "He was just so big. … The first time I saw Andrew Bynum come out of the locker room, I pointed and said to Coach Bertka, 'Who is that?'
"He was overweight, chubby faced, chubby bodied. He needed to get in shape, but what a difference from the other high school kids."
Two months later he took a redeye to New York to watch him again.
"I didn't recognize him. He had lost 30 pounds," Lester said. "That in and of itself, that kid losing 30 pounds in two months, that was pretty impressive right there. You knew the kid would work if he wanted something bad enough.


"After the workout, I called Mitch … and told him 'If he's there at 10, I don't know how you can pass the guy up.'"

& Harlem talks the same line.

Jim Buss insisted on drafting Bynum. & it was Jim Buss who insisted on keeping Bynum when Kobe wanted him gone.

Let us proceed...

[djohn2oo8]

& Harlem talks the same line.

Jim Buss insisted on drafting Bynum. & it was Jim Buss who insisted on keeping Bynum when Kobe wanted him gone.

Let us proceed...

Nope. Jerry talked Kobe into staying, Mitch drafted Bynum and stole Pau from the Grizzlies, all the while Jim just watched from the parking lot.

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Nope. Jerry talked Kobe into staying, Mitch drafted Bynum and stole Pau from the Grizzlies, all the while Jim just watched from the parking lot.

The fact remains:::without Jim Buss we're light 2 NBA World les.

Let us proceed...

***& when it happened,,,Buss insisting on Bynum,,,it was all the rage because there was a good chance it wouldn't work. And when JB defied Kobe and saved Bynum it was all the rage because Media couldn't lose no matter which side the tree fell.

Now years later I get to play the card I've been holding close to my Bat Masterson vest.

ha, ha.

[djohn2oo8]

The fact remains:::without Jim Buss we're light 2 NBA World les.

Let us proceed...

***& when it happened,,,Buss insisting on Bynum,,,it was all the rage because there was a good chance it wouldn't work. And when JB defied Kobe and saved Bynum it was all the rage because Media couldn't lose no matter which side the tree fell.

Now years later I get to play the card I've been holding close to my Bat Masterson vest.

ha, ha.

If he insisted on Bynum, then why did he try to trade him two years later to the Wolves for Garnett?

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If he insisted on Bynum, then why did he try to trade him two years later to the Wolves for Garnett?

The fact remains JB did insist on drafting Bynum. What happened after that (JB's repudiation of Kobe demand to jettinson Bynum withstanding) is moot and without merit. What is keen is without Bynum we're short 2 NBA World les. Without JB we're short 2 NBA World les.

You can't rewrite history because bits & pieces don't match the story that you/Media have written for Jim Buss.

Solly Cholly.

[djohn2oo8]

The fact remains JB did insist on drafting Bynum. What happened after that (JB's repudiation of Kobe demand to jettinson Bynum withstanding) is moot and without merit. What is keen is without Bynum we're short 2 NBA World les. Without JB we're short 2 NBA World les.

You can't rewrite history because bits & pieces don't match the story that you/Media have written for Jim Buss.

Solly Cholly.

Yet you keep referring to two les that happened after that. Here is the truth cholly.

Lakers, Wolves reportedly in talks regarding Garnett

If the Lakers are trying to get Kobe Bryant to change his mind about leaving, they're off to a good start.The Los Angeles Times cited league sources on Monday saying that the Lakers andMinnesota Timberwolves are in discussions that could bring Kevin Garnett to Los Angeles.
T
rade discussions initially involved the Lakers, Wolves, Pacers and a fourth team, and sources told ESPN that that team was the Celtics. They would have gotten Jermaine O'Nealfrom the Pacers and sent young players to the Wolves. The Lakers would have gotten Garnett, while the Pacers would have landed Los Angeles forward Lamar Odom and centerAndrew Bynum. Minnesota would also have acquired at least one of the teams' draft picks, possibly Boston's No. 5 in Thursday's draft.

Later on Monday, the Times reported that the deal in that form had fallen apart because the Celtics did not like their end of the deal. According to the newspaper, the Lakers and Timberwolves continued discussions, trying to broker a deal just between the two teams.

Sources told the Times, however, that Wolves general manager Kevin McHale is not thrilled with the idea of getting Odom and Bynum, even if they come with the Lakers' 19th pick.

McHale saved your ass.

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Yet you keep referring to two les that happened after that. Here is the truth cholly.

Lakers, Wolves reportedly in talks regarding Garnett




McHale saved your ass.

Again, it's pie-in-the-sky,,,the fact remains, you cement headed sob, you:::Jim Buss insisted on drafting Bynum and Jim Buss insisted on keeping Bynum when Kobe wanted him vamoose.

Now, go to lunch!!!

[djohn2oo8]

Again, it's pie-in-the-sky,,,the fact remains, you cement headed sob, you:::Jim Buss insisted on drafting Bynum and Jim Buss insisted on keeping Bynum when Kobe wanted him vamoose.

Now, go to lunch!!!

Jim wanted him vamoose too for Mr. Garnett, Bynum and Odom. Kevin McHale being a bubblehead saved your ass. Christ!

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Jim wanted him vamoose too for Mr. Garnett, Bynum and Odom. Kevin McHale being a bubblehead saved your ass. Christ!

That's pie-in-the-sky, dj. Conjecture extraordinaire. I won't dilly-dally with you there, idiot.

[Katherine Robinson]

Fans of the Lakers had nothing to watch, but I don't believe it hurts as much as getting a trophy snatched out of the case with 28 seconds left to close the sliding glass door.