Mike D'Antoni Discussion: post in 7 seconds or less

I wasn't talking about Gasol and Fisher. More like Smush and Kwame.

BuzzerBeater wrote:

charvin wrote:How did a starting line-up with Bryant, Odom, and 3 randoms (sorry fellas!) have a better record than this All-star cast?

Ariza3 wrote:how the hell did phil jackson get his lineup with fisher at the pg and gasol at the center to play better defense than our starting lineup? dantoni

Gasol and Fisher 09-10 were not so randoms, respect them.

This season is kinda crazy but we used to win titles not so far ago.

Pringles has a rep for not giving a tinker's f*@# about defense.

Our season is circling the drain because we can't stop anybody.

Coincidence?

Only if you're deep in denial and/or you're not the brightest bulb in the chandelier (read: Jim Buss.)

I'm not a big fan of D'Antoni, but keep in mind that Vinny Del Negro is the guy who's coaching the Clippers.

The players on this team simply aren't getting the job done.

I've been saying this for a while ... the two best teams in the West are coached by Scott Brooks and Vinny Del Negro ... if you are a good and talented team , you don't even need a coach out there to beat the likes of Toronto ...

MDA is totally clueless though on both ends off the ball ... I'm positive he's a worse coach than Brown

ya no way hes smart enough to play pau off the bench. he'll say he started him and he scored 25...not that most of those points came when dwight was gone and not in the paint.

clark got like 6/4 in like the first 5 mins he came in. he needs to start but dantoni wont do it and boozer will kill pau tomorrow i bet.

wcsoldier81 wrote:MDA is totally clueless though on both ends off the ball ... I'm positive he's a worse coach than Brown

I have a hard time believing that. Two offensive geniuses in Kobe and Nash would not vouch for the man if they felt he was incompetent.

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:

wcsoldier81 wrote:MDA is totally clueless though on both ends off the ball ... I'm positive he's a worse coach than Brown

I have a hard time believing that. Two offensive geniuses in Kobe and Nash would not vouch for the man if they felt he was incompetent.

They both are sure more qualified than me and have the insight I don't have ...

I would assume a great offensive coach could at least suggest Nash you have to beat the Heat traps by the pass to exploit 4 on 3 or 3 on 2 situations ... and not by dribbling like Nash kept trying ( Miami hedges the PNR so hard , it's not possible to do ...) all game long though.

Same with Kobe chucking 7 three a game since December and not playing in the post at all .

I haven't seen many offensive adjustments when needed ... ( keeping in mind defense is by far our main pb )

odom1year wrote:Phil will use D12 better, maybe playing like Tim Duncan.

Tim Duncan's fundamentals are light years ahead of Dwights.

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:

wcsoldier81 wrote:MDA is totally clueless though on both ends off the ball ... I'm positive he's a worse coach than Brown

I have a hard time believing that. Two offensive geniuses in Kobe and Nash would not vouch for the man if they felt he was incompetent.

2 things

first - ex players don't necessarily translate to good coaches so to suggest because 2 players saying so as it relates to coaching is a stretch to defend ones own opinion here IMO.

Second - 2 guards, 1 ball dominant and 1 a volume shooter likes MDA? wow what a shocker there lol ...... just because certain players like the style doesn't mean it's a winning style or philosophy..... sometimes we don't know what's best for our own good when we are on the inside of the issue.

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I am starting to think Brown is better coach....MDA is just real joke with his NO defense style and stupid offense without adjustments.....and moment in Toronto game when he starting to be mad, was so funny ano so stupid.....that was hilarious......what a moron he is, a true one.....Brown lost Nash in 2nd game, Howard was on 30 %, team didnt have chamistry....who knows, with him and with better defense we could win more games then this

themasterphil wrote:I am starting to think Brown is better coach....MDA is just real joke with his NO defense style and stupid offense without adjustments.....and moment in Toronto game when he starting to be mad, was so funny ano so stupid.....that was hilarious......what a moron he is, a true one.....Brown lost Nash in 2nd game, Howard was on 30 %, team didnt have chamistry....who knows, with him and with better defense we could win more games then this

defense was just as bad under Brown as it is now, maybe not as bad PPG allowed but then again that offense was so ugly and took forever to setup leading to slower tempo. Regardless of coach, this team is not built for defense outside of Howard, one guy cannot make up for the lack of speed of the other 4 starters.

MC wrote:

JoelMyersScrotalSack wrote:

wcsoldier81 wrote:MDA is totally clueless though on both ends off the ball ... I'm positive he's a worse coach than Brown

I have a hard time believing that. Two offensive geniuses in Kobe and Nash would not vouch for the man if they felt he was incompetent.

2 things

first - ex players don't necessarily translate to good coaches so to suggest because 2 players saying so as it relates to coaching is a stretch to defend ones own opinion here IMO.

Second - 2 guards, 1 ball dominant and 1 a volume shooter likes MDA? wow what a shocker there lol ...... just because certain players like the style doesn't mean it's a winning style or philosophy..... sometimes we don't know what's best for our own good when we are on the inside of the issue.

Your first point is kind of random and doesn't really have anything to do with what I said but...

When the Lakers hired MDA they obviously went to Kobe and Nash for their approval. Seeing as these two guys have played under MDA and know the game of basketball quite well it would be pretty ridiculous to assume they signed off on MDA if they didn't think he was a good coach.

And Kobe+Nash is perfectly capable of coexisting, I'm not sure why you think they aren't. For the bajillionth time, we're not losing because our players can't co-exist offensively, we're losing because they don't have any idea how to defend as one unit.

I'm convinced that Mike Brown was better than MDA... which is actually quite sad.

Lakeshow24 wrote:I'm convinced that Mike Brown was better than MDA... which is actually quite sad.

meh different odors but same stench to both for me.

khmrP wrote:

Lakeshow24 wrote:I'm convinced that Mike Brown was better than MDA... which is actually quite sad.

meh different odors but same stench to both for me.

yup...under Brown, we lose 90-80...under D'antoni, we lose 110-100...same crap

charvin wrote:I just want to rage and spew more negative deficiencies on this guy, but it's been repeated way too many times by everybody here. I don't know how much more Lakers fan can take...

Vote with your wallet.

pound4pound1 wrote:

khmrP wrote:

Lakeshow24 wrote:I'm convinced that Mike Brown was better than MDA... which is actually quite sad.

meh different odors but same stench to both for me.

yup...under Brown, we lose 90-80...under D'antoni, we lose 110-100...same crap

true

Get this clown out of here!!

And Jimmy Buss needs to get the f out with him

therealdeal wrote:Props to him for benching Pau. It's about damn time he grew a pair.

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I'm going to reconsider suggesting that MDA was worse than Mike Brown. Maybe he is slightly better.

Listening to Pringles' post-game interview on TWC right now...

Good God, I knew this half-wit was clueless, but not this clueless.

No evidence that he has any idea what's wrong or how to fix it.

Ramona Shelburne ‏@ramonashelburne

Mike D'Antoni: "our offense is just ugly. It's not very good ball"

Still talking about offense after this game. Sure it wasn't sound but we're not going anywhere with our defense as bad as it is with the breakdowns we have every few minutes.

Ramona Shelburne ‏@ramonashelburne

D'Antoni on Pau off the bench: "Thats set in stone until the next time I change my mind"

No clue what he is doing