This graphic works here on SO MANY levels….
Full Disclosure Disclaimer: First of all, this is not Magic Johnson, Jerry West, the ghost of Jerry Buss, the other worldly voice or brain of Phil Jackson nor any of the LA Lakers commentators, Sports Pundits on LA Laker Access or AM 710. Finally, we are not members of “The Laker Girls” nor do we know anyone in El Segundo, California. We have only been to Staples Center a few times for various events not related to Laker Basketball. We do not work for Cable Companies, the Los Angeles Times or the Orange County Register. We have only advertised in the Penny Saver three times in our lives and that was over 25 years ago! We did attend an International Hockey Competition at the Fabulous Forum in the late 1980’s!
Having said all that, we have been ready for Mike D’Antoni to be gone from the LA Lakers since day one of his tenure there. We wait with baited breath for Steve Nash to retire from basketball and move back to his home in Phoenix. We are thrilled to watch tonight the Golden State Warriors come down to play our LA Lakers, with Steve Blake on board – being used wisely by the Warrior’s coach under 20 minutes a game. Blake will probably hit 11 three pointers tonight and Laker fans will wonder why he can hit them with the Warriors….but always missed any three’s in the last eight minutes of anyof his Laker games.
As the worst season in LA Lakers history slowly winds down to a precious three or four games – our hearts go out to Pau Gasol (out with Vertigo) – realizing that he never really looked like James Stewart, but could still possibly do a “stand-in” gig. We wax poetic, knowing that Jordan Farmar is in reality a very good replacement for Derek Fisher – he just can’t play that many minutes with having injuries. Jodie Meeks is also a very stable guy that the Lakers will need in the years to come. Kobie Bryant …..may or may not come back next year, so Laker fans should prepare themselves emotionally now. Either way, current group assembled should be trimmed to three or four of the very best. Let’s just say if we keep Farmar, Meeks, Gasol and Bryant……we are still two short of a six pack.
The great dissection of Lakers has occurred because of very poor leadership, whether that includes our love Jeannie Buss or not – is irrelevant. Mitch Kupchakt just got another contract extension for four years or more. Does that mean that Jim Buss is going to retire; to off-shore racing boats and dates with Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models? Let’s hope so! We already miss Phil Jackson……just being in the neighborhood, but we can’t cry about spilt milk can we? The New York Knicks are guaranteed to make the play-offs and do better than anyone could have expected – even with Carmelo on board. How can our old Zen Coach pull those miracles? The answers are: Intelligence, Motivation and Understanding to start!
So, will the Lakers rebound next year? No, sadly they won’t. We need a great coach or a coach with a great sense of humor. Or how about a great coach with a great sense of humor. We need 10 new players. We need new uniforms. We need new programs. We need a complete re-birth of the LA Laker organization. We need vision. We need a vision of the future that makes sense in this power play New NBA! We have shuffled the cards we have way too much. We need a fresh deck and a new dealer. If we had Love, Griffin, James, Curry, Westbrook, Durant and six more like that……we could win. We could win the entire thing…couldn’t we? Not unless, however – that we had great coaching too! Not unless we could keep them healthy!
The 2014 Baseball, Football and Basketball seasons will be tough. Only the UCLA Bruins have a chance to take a title in Los Angeles. However, they have a well known ability to fail miserably at the end of any season. Unless the Bruins can stay healthy, they to will fail again! The Dodgers, the Angels, The Clippers, The Trojans, The Lakers will find no Championship this year. The only teams that have any chance at all are in NHL Hockey – the LA Kings and the Anaheim Ducks. They will have to win against all odds….but perhaps one of them can do it. We wish them both well in their quest.
Finally, we see none of the present group of LA Laker acquistions this year – returning in 2015! Perhaps, Kurt Rambis could serve as interim coach while the wild trading season, the NBA Draft and the LA Lakers Psychic Hotline.…….makes some superstar picks for 2015. We hope so! We need players first….then… the Coach will come!
i just hope the lakers do worse next year so kobe can whine more.
*”The LA Laker Psychic says: Kobe will retire!”
i hope so.
*Tonight our Lakers play in Salt Lake City and play Utah………only two games left…can’t wait to get the T-Shirt: Laker Wins 25……Laker Losses 57!
*News Flash……the “make shift Lakers” defeat the Utah Jazz….New worst record:
Lakers Wins: 26 Lakers Losses in 2014 when they play the Spurs 56!
*Just one more game against the Spurs and the pain and agony will be over for 2014. Can’t Jim Buss do at least one thing right and fire D’Antoni before the last game of the season? This season has been as painful as we can remember in recorded Laker history.
*Kobe writes that we just forget this year and come back strong next year. Kobe is on vacation in the South of France……and hope he is having a great time and relaxing with the family. He needs two super stars more on his team for next year …..for him to come back strong in 2015. We like Seth Curry and Russel Westbrook. We could even keep Pau, Jodie Meeks and Jordan Farmar…..and actually have one heck of a team “IF” Kobe can make a full recovery.
D’Antoni – Gone!. Steve Nash – Gone! Young – Gone! Kaman – Gone! Hill – Gone! Marshall! – Gone! Brooks – Gone! Sacre – Gone! Bazemore – Gone! Trade the rest …..too! Let any old Laker: coach in 2015….pick any of them! No more 27 wins and 55 losses. Let Kurt Rambis put on some hornedrimmed glasses – pick his assistant coaches… and live the myth for goodness sake!
*Mitch Kupchak…..has to go. His condescending comments regarding fan opposition to Mike D’Antoni were amazing. The inflection in his voice…told it all. “We listen to the fans………but the fans don’t know everything we know about the situation and the fans may wind up being disappointed in the end.”
Sick folks……a bad joke………let’s sign a 20 year contract with D’Antoni so we can be sure that we will never have an NBA Defensive Effort or anything but guys running up and down and up and down and losing the ball and losing the bucket and losing the ball and losing the bucket. Let’s put it this way: If Mike D’Antoni is the Coach of the Lakers next year the fan numbers will turn into a dribble and the Staples Center will have over half EMPTY SEATS…..maybe that will send the correct message. But then…maybe not! Unless Kupchak goes too………get gone Mitch….you are no Riley, Jackson or West….now are you? We want Magic to Coach one season and see if he can get more than 27 wins.
*For those Basketball masochists out there…..there is a great article in the Sunday LA Times Sports Section about the inner pieces of the Laker family. Worth reading, but again shows how disconnected Kupchak and Jim Buss really are to the process. They seem to think the LA Lakers are a tinker toy project……that they can mess with for three or four years and if it fails….they can just walk away and do something else. We might remind these “Great Minds” that Jerry Buss believe in Legacy, in Destiny, in History, in making a mark on society…….leaving that long lasting glowing impression on the kids and fans and citizens of the world….not just LA. They seemingly don’t quite grasp those things in the pit of their stomachs or in their hearts. Therefore, we now have our own Ghost of Al Davis…….walking the sidelines of the LA Coliseum.ranting: ‘”If we only had a young OJ!” Pals, do yourselves a favor…quit now..don’t wait the three or four years…eh?