Wed. 11/7 - Lakers @ Jazz - Predictions & Comments

shades of the 2003-04 lakers season

RAGE status.

I remember when I used to look forward to watching the Lakers play all day...this was before got Pau. We were just fun to watch....since Phil left, it's been like a dental visit.

whoooooooooooooo worst game of the season so far and keep in my mind the bad losses vs dallas and espicially vs clippers. wow forgot something to say kobe s not looking good today .

Hey... the turnovers are back.... Kobe 6 and Howard with 4.... total of 16 with time to get to 20 if we hustle.....

all you guys clamoring for brown's firing.....it wont happen at least another 4-5 straight losses from now

Why does Dwight keep losing the ball?

Gasol should be on everyone's s*** list as well.

I think its pretty obvious that these players aren't buying into Mike Brown and what he preaches on offense and defense. You can tell.

thisbjgz wrote:I think MB already lost the players. They dont seem like they wanna play for him anymore. Here's hoping we lose by 15+ and MB gets fired tomorrow?

I don't think that's it. I think Brown is over-coaching if anything. He tries to micromanage too much, he tries to detail them on everything. Not necessarily in games, but to me, the sense I'm getting isn't so much that the players aren't respecting/listening, it's that Brown is telling them too much, with too much specificity and likely too many contradictions or conflicting pieces of information. I think the team is probably _trying_ to do what he says, but finding that it's just not confidently or clearly presented enough.

That's the only reason I can think of for why a group of extremely well-paid and (typically) hard working professionals could possibly be this severely stunted.

If they weren't listening/respecting MB, then _at least_ we'd see some more free form play, _at least_ we'd see some more easy buckets or attempts to play blacktop style, it might at least be entertaining. Instead we're seeing hesitance, indecision, laziness, trepidation and overall timidness that, to me, seems more likely to be a byproduct of trying to be too 'perfect' or too close to some ideal that is too far away from who these players naturally are.

Phil Jackson is the greatest coach of all time not because he won a lot or was gifted immensely talented players, but because he understood that vital aspect of coaching that comes from both finding who your players are and letting them be that within the reins of your ideas. If they're not comfortable, they're not going to be effective.

Even Kobe doesn't look comfortable out there, he might 'get it' better than anyone else, but he is playing like he'd rather be playing a different style, like a jazz musician playing country.

sooo do you think we can run pnr like every team in the league instead of going out of our way to not run it. maybe well get som wins if we use it

great. seeing this makes me consider accepting that maybe lebron is really that phenomenal. dwight with 5 points.... remember the "bynum doesnt show up" comments????

You can tell that Kobe is so pissed!

kobebryant248 wrote:whoooooooooooooo worst game of the season so far and keep in my mind the bad losses vs dallas and espicially vs clippers. wow forgot something to say kobe s not looking good today .

i agree

Brown obviously has no defensive plan at all... none... with a struggling offense he's not even cutting himself a break... this is a pathetic showing. I'm out... good night now!

I'm sure Meeks couldn't have helped us in this game.

Mike Brown's play here.....

Alright guys run, "Length".

Awesome TO Mike, you got this

wow TO w 25 secs left, gota love it

Oh s***, Brown bustin' out the Etch a Sketch.