leeprettyp wrote:destro wrote:i'm sure ireland like most people are acting under the presumption that this team will be a 7-8 seed and sneak into the playoffs. there's no way on god's green earth that d'antoni can be retained if he coaches a team that has dwight howard, kobe bryant, pau gasol, and steve nash on it and not make the playoffs. if he is then we're in worse shape then i thought and i can no longer defend jim buss. and yes, starting the 2013-14 season teams over the cap can't sign and trade.
Why wait for the summer imo? Fire the guy now and let Bickerstaff run the team until the summer. Then attempt to go at Phil if he says no then bring in Brian Shaw or even Rambis. We arent going anywhere as currently constructed with this coaching scheme
if you remember after brown was fired and bickerstaff coached a few games, he was asked about being the head coach. he said he's not looking to be the permanent coach, he was only a fill-in until they found someone else. whether or not he was going to accept it i'm sure the lakers would've went he direction they went it anyway. but anyway, this season too far gone and i think this is too big of a colossal disappointment for someone bickerstaff to handle. no matter who we bring in at this point is going to get us into the playoffs and if he did so what, this team wasn't built for first round exits.
no, this needs to be on d'antoni and the FO and i want both of them to get major heat together when the team is sitting home in april and every network that talks sports is destroying them. i sort of feel bad for d'antoni because he's more than likely done in the nba.