1) Firing of Byron
2) Re-defined pecking order on offense
3) Trading one of Lou or Young
4) Trading a young core player
5) Young core player suffers season ending injury
6) Kobe retires
7) Jim Buss steps down
Unless this franchise is really under the radar type of tanking, regardless of fan opinion then while I'm not saying I agree or disagree with the above, I want 1-3 done but as for 4-5 it just seems like something that may be forced into if these losses pile up and we're doing worse than we were last year.
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as for eye candy, I wanted to do a little light research on what CP3 and Kyrie had to say after Byron was fired with their team despite rumored rifts with the starting PG of all his teams: Jason Kidd (Nets), Chris Paul (Hornets), Kyrie Irving (Cavs)
Kyrie
Kyrie says he's surprised & hurt by firing. "I feel like a piece of me is missing."
Kyrie "emotions are running high. I'm trying to get over loss of my basketball father."
CP3
"Obviously change needed to occur. I'm not sure that's what should have happened," Paul said. "I'm not sure it was all coach's fault. You can [only] play with the cards you're dealt. It's a tough situation. The team went a different direction. Now we've got to play."
Paul spoke with Scott after the coaching change took place on Thursday. The two had grown close in the past four-plus seasons, sometimes playing golf together, and Paul has said he was closer to Scott than some of his own relatives.
"Coach was more than a coach to me. He was a mentor, someone who has made me the player I am today," Paul said.
"I'm not blind to the fact that things happen," Paul continued. "I'm not that emotional, where I'm like, 'Man, this can't happen to coach.' It's just a tough situation. ... I'm hoping we can just turn this thing around. It's all about winning with me.
Russell IS doing better offensively, but I still feel his actual playmaking is pretty poor. I can recall many plays where he's called a play only to have it fail miserably and end up in kobe's hands for a last second hail mary. I expected the opposite from Russell, more playmaking but struggling to find his offense. Instead we're looking at having two SGs that can play some PG in Clarkson and Russell.
Like many who've called for Byron's head here, I don't care to examine his approach any longer as I feel I already know everything I need to know. The man's truly got no offensive schemes here, no balls to tell kobe what's what, and no improvements in team chemistry. I just worry about 3 things:
1- Would the front office actually considering firing Byron mid season?
2- If so, who would take over? I'm guessing we let an interim coach finish the season like Madsen? What respectable coach would take a mid season job worth hiring?
3- Would a coach (obviously not Byron) actually monitor Kobe's shot selection and minutes with no seniority privileges if it made this roster perform better?
Fultz, Ball or Bust
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