(Pg. 34 is when the surprise/shock happened)

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As Lakers ownership has been considering firing of Brown, Mike D'Antoni has been a prominent name discussed as replacement, sources tell Y!

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While it isn't clear whether the Lakers have contacted their former coach yet, it is widely known Jackson, 67, is healthy, ready to go and interested.

whoa wait.....bring Brown back

Please. Not D'Antoni.

Please no d'Antoni please. He is the mirror image of Mike Brown, offense only, no defense. Mike was overly defense (playing MWP at #2 just because of size etc...)

id rather roll with bickerstaff or jordan tbh...sloan and mcmillan would also be preferable

Playing entertaining basketball and losing in the WCF is kind of easy

No. He's better than Brown, which isn't saying much, and thats about as far as it goes.

NO on PROP D antoni

As long as we would have Bickerstaff and Chuck helm the defense he'd be alright. I'd prefer Sloan, Jackson, and Macmillan though.

therealdeal wrote:As long as we would have Bickerstaff and Chuck helm the defense he'd be alright. I'd prefer Sloan, Jackson, and Macmillan though.

This. I wouldn't mind Macmillan at all.

keepin it in the spud family... from potato to pringles

SMOKESCREEN

He just had knee surgery and can't even stand yet. lol

I think in order for the Lakers to be corrected towards the Finals and for everyone to work and be on the same page and the media to talk about them and them to be feared like they were expected to be......you need Sloan or Phil as coach.

Do Not Want Pringles

The Laker Link wrote:SMOKESCREEN

Probably for Phil.

Everyone has sat here for the past 2 months claiming their biggest problem with Brown was that he couldn't coach an offense to save his life. People aid that he wasn't playing the right rotations. People cried that Nash needs the ball in his hands to do his thing... So it sounds like D'Antoni is your guy.

He knows Nash better than anyone. he's coached him to his 2 MVP's, he's turned guys like Amare/Barbosa/Q Rich/Diaw/etc into all star and highly touted players. He would come right in and be able to turn this into the best offense without much time at all.

How can people say Bickerstaff or Jordan are the better options? They wanted exactly what Brown wanted. D'Antoni is an offensive genius and that's proven. With Dwight/Kobe/Metta/Hill we have guys who can play very good D. The PHC teams had no players willing to commit to D. We do. Let MDA do his thing and we'll be lighting teams up with O and by playoff time our 3 time DPOY will help create a monster defensive team

PJ would be great. Sloan would be too. Phil would never come in mid season (or even 5 games in). Sloan probably would but it'd take a minute to get comfortable with him. MDA would come in with instant rapport and make us a juggernaut. Maybe he'd even bring McMillin as a lead assitant since they have experience with team USA.

Please no.

Sloan or Jackson please ... MacMillan doesn't seem too bad either.

gill wrote:

seriously though, PLEASE be jerry sloan. if d'antoni...bring in defensive assistant (not of mike brown's caliber)

Please, please, please no D'Anphony. He's just as bad as Brown, a guy that racked up a lot of wins with a great player running the show but could never get all the way there. His offense can look great, but he doesn't know what defense is, he's constantly screaming at refs looking like he's going to have a stroke, he lacks composure and I think he commands the same level of respect as Brown does. Do not want this guy, it would be a lateral move at best. Hell I'd rather take a chance on an unproven Brian Shaw than this guy.

JVG as our defensivev assistant would be GREAT

BDG wrote:Please no.

Sloan or Jackson please ... MacMillan doesn't seem too bad either.

X2

I'm all for Sloan.