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Los Angeles Lakers president Magic Johnson admonished head coach Luke Walton in a meeting Tuesday, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Dave McMenamin, who add that Walton's job security depends upon his ability to turn around a 3-5 start to the season.
Danny Darko wrote:
The Luke specific issues are:
-team not buying into D (wasn't an issue last year hmmm)
-not finding rotations yet (it's early with this much player turnover)
-late game coaching plays, time outs, and situational personnel choices
Really i think adding a Tex style guy for the late game situations and who can echo the concern for D would be better than letting Luke go. I also think Jeanie will advocate for him for a good while longer. In season change is not what I want here yet.
Also I hate Bron making coaching decisions completely and don't like who's available (F jackson and both van gundy's, and especially Ty Lue).
The other thing is Luke is a better recruiter for most players on the market- especially Klay.
Danny Darko wrote:basically a total turnaround from what he said before the season. Part of the problem really is Lebron's 3 and D, which i'm sure will come together at some point.
The Luke specific issues are:
-team not buying into D (wasn't an issue last year hmmm)
-not finding rotations yet (it's early with this much player turnover)
-late game coaching plays, time outs, and situational personnel choices
Really i think adding a Tex style guy for the late game situations and who can echo the concern for D would be better than letting Luke go. I also think Jeanie will advocate for him for a good while longer. In season change is not what I want here yet.
Also I hate Bron making coaching decisions completely and don't like who's available (F jackson and both van gundy's, and especially Ty Lue).
The other thing is Luke is a better recruiter for most players on the market- especially Klay.
Edrees wrote:Fake news? Show me one quote where he said something like this about luke. Looks like a bull article.Danny Darko wrote:basically a total turnaround from what he said before the season. Part of the problem really is Lebron's 3 and D, which i'm sure will come together at some point.
The Luke specific issues are:
-team not buying into D (wasn't an issue last year hmmm)
-not finding rotations yet (it's early with this much player turnover)
-late game coaching plays, time outs, and situational personnel choices
Really i think adding a Tex style guy for the late game situations and who can echo the concern for D would be better than letting Luke go. I also think Jeanie will advocate for him for a good while longer. In season change is not what I want here yet.
Also I hate Bron making coaching decisions completely and don't like who's available (F jackson and both van gundy's, and especially Ty Lue).
The other thing is Luke is a better recruiter for most players on the market- especially Klay.
The team is buying into the D. The issue is that we miss Randle's defense and Lopez's box outs. We could have had both these guys on our roster. Magic has no one to blame but himself. He accepted not signing these guys so we can go for max free agents next year. Suddenly he wants his cake and to eat it too here.
TheRealKaboom wrote:Edrees wrote:Fake news? Show me one quote where he said something like this about luke. Looks like a bull article.Danny Darko wrote:basically a total turnaround from what he said before the season. Part of the problem really is Lebron's 3 and D, which i'm sure will come together at some point.
The Luke specific issues are:
-team not buying into D (wasn't an issue last year hmmm)
-not finding rotations yet (it's early with this much player turnover)
-late game coaching plays, time outs, and situational personnel choices
Really i think adding a Tex style guy for the late game situations and who can echo the concern for D would be better than letting Luke go. I also think Jeanie will advocate for him for a good while longer. In season change is not what I want here yet.
Also I hate Bron making coaching decisions completely and don't like who's available (F jackson and both van gundy's, and especially Ty Lue).
The other thing is Luke is a better recruiter for most players on the market- especially Klay.
The team is buying into the D. The issue is that we miss Randle's defense and Lopez's box outs. We could have had both these guys on our roster. Magic has no one to blame but himself. He accepted not signing these guys so we can go for max free agents next year. Suddenly he wants his cake and to eat it too here.
Randle's defense is missed? What? He's an absolutely atrocious defender. And Lopez is cooked, look at him rotting away on the Bucks.
Luke's problem is minimizing the team's best defender and 2nd best offensive player, Ball, in favor of Rajon Rondo of all people. The sooner Luke realizes that, the sooner he can stop worrying about his job status.
Danny Darko wrote:basically a total turnaround from what he said before the season. Part of the problem really is Lebron's 3 and D, which i'm sure will come together at some point.
Danny Darko wrote:so Magic's real problem was that we aren't running an effective offense? Ok that is horse ****, even if I agree the scheme looks slap dash early and did take time last year, too- the Laker's issue is not offense. FFS.
