Lakers offseason thread: Renovation era

[Mic-Nificent]

that's my ex Lakers C

I gonna miss this nikka and the sheer amount of "I don't give a fukk" in his system.

 

[TYBG]

deodorant spray>>>bar

 

[The God Poster]

Lakeset

 

[threattonature]

Salute to Bynum. He put in work for those 2 rings, I hope he beasts in Philly it'd be great to see.

Yep. I'm still rooting for Bynum. Injury prone or not it went out and fought through it and gave it his all.

 

[Rakim Allah]

Yep. I'm still rooting for Bynum. Injury prone or not it went out and fought through it and gave it his all.

Socks is going to be my FAV non Laker player next year.

 

[Jram]

The Lakers wont win it all this year.I think it will take them a year to get used to playing together like the Heat.But more titles are on the horizon.

After this year Nash will be 39 and Kobe will be going on 35. You sure it's on the horizon if they don't get it done this year?

 

[aixenv]

Yep. I'm still rooting for Bynum. Injury prone or not it went out and fought through it and gave it his all.

sorry to rain on this happy parade but that's simply not true

 

[aixenv]

After this year Nash will be 39 and Kobe will be going on 35. You sure it's on the horizon if they don't get it done this year?

like it's been said before.. if we dont win this year or next, we resign dwight, and have an insane amount of room to get multiple all star talents from the 2014 free agency class - rest assured more titles are in the near future, the 2010 decade is going to be our decade when its all said and done

 

[Jram]

like it's been said before.. if we dont win this year or next, we resign dwight, and have an insane amount of room to get multiple all star talents from the 2014 free agency class - rest assured more titles are in the near future, the 2010 decade is going to be our decade when its all said and done

I'll give you that. L.A will always get free agents and rape ppl in lopsided trades if the past is any indication, and Dwight is great. OKC and Miami though.....

 

[Mic-Nificent]

sorry to rain on this happy parade but that's simply not true

It was true during the last two finals appearances. Bynum was hurt but still went out there and did the dirty work needed to win.

Phil had always been complaining about Drew not playing consistent defense though and when Bynum did play D consistently the Lakers thrived and the rest of the league started to take notice.

Even Kareem (who worked closely with Drew) recently said Bynum's passion for the game waned a lot, especially in comparison to a guy like Dwight.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

I just heard that Bynum is getting knee surgery.

 

[TYBG]

Not necessarily surgery, more like a treatment. It's the same one Kobe been getting at Germany.

That doctor making so much money off Kobe's cosign

 

[Hater]

Chris Haynes, CSNNW.com Trail Blazers Insider (@ChrisBHaynes)

Former Orlando Magic assistant coach Steve Clifford has agreed to join Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown on his coaching staff, CSNNW.com has learned.

The terms of the agreement are expected to be finalized by the end of the week.


Clifford was in talks with the Portland Trail Blazers in recent days for their assistant opening as well. However, the chance to be a part of the Laker organization was too much to pass up, CSNNW.com was told from a source close to the situation.
Clifford was also one of the four finalist for the Trail Blazers head coach position before the team eventually selected former Dallas Mavericks assistant Terry Stotts to be the head guy.

In Los Angeles, Clifford will be a familiar face to the team's new franchise center Dwight Howard.

Initially, the Magic had shown interest in Clifford filling their head coaching vacancy before the team decided to go in a different direction and eventually hired Jacque Vaughn.

From 2003-‘07, Clifford served as a member of the Houston Rockets coaching staff and in June of 2007, Clifford joined the Orlando Magic as an assistant coach. The Magic have made the playoffs all four years that Clifford has been an assistant.

Clifford considers the Van Gundy brothers (Jeff and Stan) as mentors and models himself after Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau. Known for his defense first mentality, Clifford’s teams have been ranked in the top 10 defensively in each of the past four seasons.

Blazers coaching candidate Steve Clifford to join Lakers coaching staff

 

[CantStop]

Never heard of him. Judging by his resume, that's another assistant coach better than Mike Brown.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

The defense is set, if we make two more signings for the bench I hope it's split between and offensive small and a defensive big.

But I'm really interested in the offense this year, I'd love to see us incorporate all different types of looks to keep defenses off balance and take the advantage. Triangle, Princeton, fastbreak, pick and roll, etc. Between Nash, Kobe, and Gasol there's no reason at all why we should give teams a break out there. This team has to score by any means necessary and use a stifling defense to feed that offense. The diversity would make this squad very hard to gameplan for combined with the plethora of talent already at our disposal.