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By the looks of it, fixing the Lakers will be much easier, but a mistake has already been made.

"Looking back on it, we should have contacted Kobe," Buss says. "Kobe said it was management's job to pick a coach. He just said, 'Defense first.' That's what we were doing, but we should have reached out to him."

How will Kobe take to Brown?

"The way Mike impressed the three of us, I would think Kobe would be impressed as well," he says. "Mike is a workaholic and Kobe is the workaholic."

If Brown couldn't control LeBron James on offense, how is he going to do so with Kobe?

"I've seen Kobe go off the place a few times, but I'm sure the coach will know how to handle it," Buss says. "My dad loves Kobe and so do I; we think he has a lot left. And I know Mike has some ideas on how to elongate Kobe's career."

iamworthy wrote:Jim Buss can miss me with that lip service

Also Saint18 post the link.

Saint18 wrote:

By the looks of it, fixing the Lakers will be much easier, but a mistake has already been made.

"Looking back on it, we should have contacted Kobe," Buss says. "Kobe said it was management's job to pick a coach. He just said, 'Defense first.' That's what we were doing, but we should have reached out to him."

How will Kobe take to Brown?

"The way Mike impressed the three of us, I would think Kobe would be impressed as well," he says. "Mike is a workaholic and Kobe is the workaholic."

If Brown couldn't control LeBron James on offense, how is he going to do so with Kobe?

"I've seen Kobe go off the place a few times, but I'm sure the coach will know how to handle it," Buss says. "My dad loves Kobe and so do I; we think he has a lot left. And I know Mike has some ideas on how to elongate Kobe's career."

Jimmy Buss trying to clear up the negative response to his recent hiring. btw... i just seem him for the first time- He looks really casual

If Brown couldn't control LeBron James on offense

magic1fan wrote:i might get flamed for this but i think they really took kobe's words into consideration. mike brown is known for his defense and kobe said he wanted defense,am i missing something here? if he can get our guys to play defense like he did those guys in cliveland then the league is in trouble.

iki4life wrote:uh oh, maybe jim buss is already starting to feel bad about this signing that hes coming out and apologizing beforehand?

iamworthy wrote:Jim Buss can miss me with that lip service

Also Saint18 post the link.

A year ago Jerry Buss talked about his son running 90% of the basketball business. Much of the media took that to mean Jim had a 90% say on decisions made.

"That's just not true," says Jim, a passionate sports fans still upset at the Rams for moving to St. Louis. "Nothing has changed. My dad, Mitch and I discuss everything. If one person feels strongly for something, they might push. I did that when we picked Andrew. But the other two people in the room agreed.

"I do more day-to-day stuff because my dad just isn't interested, but on the big decisions there is the three of us."

The media, though, have Buss hiring Brown as a way of making his own mark while purging the memory of Jackson and the triangle offense.

"What do you do about stuff that just isn't true?" he says.

There have been reports that Buss interviewed only one candidate, Brown.

"No truth to that whatsoever," he says. "My father, Mitch and I interviewed three candidates: Brian Shaw, Rick Adelman and Mike. All fantastic coaches. When the three of us talked later we all came back to Brown."

No matter whom the Lakers hired, Buss says, there was going to be criticism.

"Who fills Phil's shoes?" he says. "We didn't want him to be replaced. We were hoping we'd win another championship and there would be public pressure and pressure from my dad on him that he'd coach again. First and foremost, that's who we wanted."

Denver never offered Carmelo. We never had a decision to make. We were offered two other players for Andrew, but as a group we had no interest."

dcash4 wrote:so i actually bothered to read the entire article, some insightful stuff.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketbal ... feedburner

regarding jim buss taking control:

A year ago Jerry Buss talked about his son running 90% of the basketball business. Much of the media took that to mean Jim had a 90% say on decisions made.

"That's just not true," says Jim, a passionate sports fans still upset at the Rams for moving to St. Louis. "Nothing has changed. My dad, Mitch and I discuss everything. If one person feels strongly for something, they might push. I did that when we picked Andrew. But the other two people in the room agreed.

"I do more day-to-day stuff because my dad just isn't interested, but on the big decisions there is the three of us."

about brown's hiring and replacing phil:

The media, though, have Buss hiring Brown as a way of making his own mark while purging the memory of Jackson and the triangle offense.

"What do you do about stuff that just isn't true?" he says.

There have been reports that Buss interviewed only one candidate, Brown.

"No truth to that whatsoever," he says. "My father, Mitch and I interviewed three candidates: Brian Shaw, Rick Adelman and Mike. All fantastic coaches. When the three of us talked later we all came back to Brown."

No matter whom the Lakers hired, Buss says, there was going to be criticism.

"Who fills Phil's shoes?" he says. "We didn't want him to be replaced. We were hoping we'd win another championship and there would be public pressure and pressure from my dad on him that he'd coach again. First and foremost, that's who we wanted."

On trading Bynum, specifically for Melo

Denver never offered Carmelo. We never had a decision to make. We were offered two other players for Andrew, but as a group we had no interest."