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Lakers To Keep Mike D'Antoni For Next Season

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:05 pm
by RealGM Wiretap

Mitch Kupchak confirmed on Wednesday that Mike D'Antoni will return next season as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.


"Yeah, he's back. I think he's done a great job," Kupchak said to the Los Angeles Times. "There's been no discussions otherwise.


"He's made adjustments. He's been flexible. He's evaluated how he coaches as the season's progressed. He's listened to the players. He's very easy to work with and we think in particular since the meeting the day of the Memphis game, yeah."


D'Antoni has two more guaranteed years for a total of $8 million. 


"Much has been made of the injuries, and the coaching change [in November] and no training camp, which is certainly a part of it," Kupchak said of their up-and-down season.


"It takes a while. You're in New York coaching and you see the Lakers once or twice a year, you don't know the personnel. And the injury situation when he got here, Steve Nash had the broken leg. There's just too much going on to really look at it any other way."



Via Mike Bresnahan/Los Angeles Times


Re: Lakers To Keep Mike D'Antoni For Next Season

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:04 pm
by Profanity
Great decision, Lakers need someone to be next year's scapegoat

Re: Lakers To Keep Mike D'Antoni For Next Season

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:46 pm
by alienpick
Profanity wrote:Great decision, Lakers need someone to be next year's scapegoat


:lol: awesome

Re: Lakers To Keep Mike D'Antoni For Next Season

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:09 am
by Shem
Profanity wrote:Great decision, Lakers need someone to be next year's scapegoat

:rofl:

Re: Lakers To Keep Mike D'Antoni For Next Season

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:50 pm
by tsherkin
That Kupchak said MAD had done a "great job" unsettles me.