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[kingfoamnyc]

Shaq is a clown

 

[thachosen123]

Shaq is such a ******g clown

Dude says anything for shock value.......deandre's improvement is clearly visible, but for shaq to say dude is the best center in the west right now is blatant hate towards D12. Its a shame he continues to make himself look like a damn fool

 

[laker4lifeman]

Shaq is Glenn Beck to me now

 

[mrdieselfuel09]

DeAndre is the best center in the LEAGUE!!!!!!!!




BROOK LOPEZ BROOK LOPEZ!

 

[geoff2005]

Same here.
The dudes who call me out for panicking after game 2 are just in denial. Pretending like they know the Lakers in and out.
The Mavs have 4 new starters and 9 new players. They kicked our butt on opening day without Dirk and so far have won more games than us.
Anyone who still think the Lakers are going to win a championship under Mike Brown right now should go get their head check

exactly what I was thinking, even wolves are doing good without kevin love and a few changes to their roster.

heat did a lot better than this, sure its still early but come on with that much talent on your roster and your not doing good this early with a full camp and preseason....

 

[CHAOSE57]

^Dwight agrees

 

[lynchpin33]

saw this on the NBA thread

That is funny, the thing I like about it is that right after he blinks he eyes start glowing, and it builds up to a full glow of the eyeballs. Kind of like Halle Berry in X-Men

 

[don ramon]

Shaq is Glenn Beck to me now

basically

 

[essential1]

Welp Mike Brown's son got death threats... Two years in a row someone takes it wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too far.

 

[senorroboto2k5]

The biggest problem so far is the bench... They just can't score. They have high activity (Hill) but they can't do anything on offense, even with one of Dwight/Pau in the game.

They have no player who can simply get buckets. Blake, Morris, Ebanks, Hill, and even Jamison can't put the ball in the basket consistently. Honestly if Meeks were in the game for a stretch, he's a guy that can always get hot... the second unit needs that...

Jamison could be that guy, but he's is severely limited if you're only using him as a perimeter player (he needs to post up sometimes)

 

[essential1]

Lakers' Mike Brown on hot seat

Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown's job would be in immediate jeopardy if the team's six-game homestand is unsuccessful, according to sources close to the situation.

Sources told ESPN.com that the Lakers, while having publicly expressed support for Brown in the wake of a 1-4 start, have privately grown sufficiently concerned about the state of the team to the point that management is prepared to look seriously at a coaching change at this early juncture if L.A. can't take advantage of what look to be multiple winnable games in the upcoming stretch.

The homestand begins Friday night against the banged-up Golden State Warriors, who'll be without injured center Andrew Bogut and key reserve Brandon Rush, and continues through Nov. 20 with games against Sacramento, San Antonio, Phoenix, Houston and Brooklyn.

The Lakers have had a healthy Steve Nash in the lineup for only 1½ of their five games so far thanks to a leg injury, while fellow newcomer Dwight Howard has acknowledged that he's still recovering from the back surgery that brought a premature end to his 2011-12 campaign and knocked him out of the London Olympics. Kobe Bryant has also been playing through a foot ailment.

Yet sources maintain that patience in the organization is starting to erode as the wait continues for signs of improvement in the Lakers' play.

The Lakers are off to the worst start in the Western Conference despite carrying the league's largest payroll at just over $100 million, which would trigger an estimated luxury-tax bill at season's end of nearly $30 million.

On Wednesday, in an interview with ESPNLosAngeles.com's Ramona Shelburne after a 95-86 road loss to the Utah Jazz, Lakers executive vice president Jim Buss said of the mounting pressure on Brown: "You don't start 0-3 for the first time since we've owned the franchise without being on top of it. No matter what you have to be aware. That doesn't mean change is coming. That just means you have to be aware."

Buss, though, did insist that he still has confidence in the coach he pushed for harder than anyone else in the organization when Phil Jackson retired from the Lakers' bench for the second time after a humbling second-round exit from the 2011 playoffs.

"I have no problems with Mike Brown at all," Buss said. "He just works too hard and he's too knowledgeable for this to be happening.

"So either the (new Princeton offensive) system is flawed or something's going on. Or, like the Triangle, it's very hard to pick up and understand. I'm not a basketball mind like he is or the players are, and the players are fine with it, so I just have to be patient."

The challenge there is that heading into the season, Buss acknowledged that "this team was built to win now," raising questions as to how patient the Lakers are willing to be.

"You have to give it time to understand (what's going on)," Buss said. "I don't know if there's an actual game total that would make me impatient. I know if we're 1-15, I don't think that would be very good. I'm sure that would be a panic button. But at this time, I'm fine with what's going on. It's a learning process for the players. As long as everybody is on the same page, I think we're fine."

After practice Thursday, Bryant admitted that he's dismayed by the first 1-4 start in his 17-year career but labeled himself as Brown's "biggest supporter" in the organization.

Brown, meanwhile, told reporters he remains convinced that his players "still believe" that a turnaround is forthcoming as the team builds continuity and returns to health.

"For us, (belief is) the biggest thing right now, especially while we're trying to find our way," Brown said.

Said Howard: "Right now, there's a lot of noise. We're trying to figure out how to play with each other. We're trying to figure out where we're going to get our shots. Everybody is trying to just figure each other out and how we can put this thing together. So once the noise is settled, we can all just have a clear mind. We'll be fine."

Although there are numerous quality coaches available for hire, sources stress that it's not yet clear what sort of direction L.A. would pursue if it decides that an early season change on the bench is unavoidable.

Mike D'Antoni, Nate McMillan, Jerry Sloan and Howard's outspoken former coach in Orlando -- Stan Van Gundy -- are among the accomplished coaching names who are presently unattached. The prospect of Jackson's third stint coaching the Lakers is also sure to be talked about if the star-studded roster continues to slump.

The Lakers' projected starting five of Bryant, Howard, Nash, Pau Gasol and Metta World Peace have combined for 33 career All-Star selections. The additions of Nash and Howard via trades in the offseason marked just the fourth time in league history that any one team acquired two players with at least six trips to the All-Star Game.

In Friday's editions of the Los Angeles Times, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said: "Expectations are high, there's no doubt. The city is impatient. At what point do you lose patience? Is it 1-15? Is it a higher number? A lesser number? I don't know right now. But we have a game Friday night and we're going to win it and try to build off that."

Kupchak continued: "Nothing's unfair. Everybody has an opinion and they have a right to their opinion. You're free to decide what you think is fair and not fair.

"I think it's fair to say after five games we didn't think we'd be 1-4, but we have a lot of new players, we have some injured players and we're introducing some new concepts. All these things get factored in. We'll continue to monitor the team and we understand expectations."

 

[denni5themenace]

we're back to having sources again

 

[tonelow]

Ok so if he ends up getting fired, is Phil the only choice? Would he have time to implement the triangle?

Who else would be a good fit?

I know Sloan would have them playing a lot harder at least.

 

[ag 47]

if the team's six-game homestand is unsuccessfu

Define successful? 3-3? Is that a success? Do we have to lose ALL 6? ugghhh

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Ok so if he ends up getting fired, is Phil the only choice? Would he have time to implement the triangle?
Who else would be a good fit?
I know Sloan would have them playing a lot harder at least.

Don't know that Phil would take the job in the middle of the season.

 

[tonelow]

if the team's six-game homestand is unsuccessfu

Define successful? 3-3? Is that a success? Do we have to lose ALL 6? ugghhh

I think he needs a winning record, the sooner they get to .500 the better.

Ok so if he ends up getting fired, is Phil the only choice? Would he have time to implement the triangle?
Who else would be a good fit?
I know Sloan would have them playing a lot harder at least.

Don't know that Phil would take the job in the middle of the season.

Thats what Im thinking.

 

[pmatic]

He's gone.

 

[grandtheftbike]

He's gone.

my buddy just texted me

any truth to this?

 

[(*Fin)]

Finally no excuses now...

 

[Chester McFloppy]

CP lookin' like

 

[jf04]

They fired him. Whoa!

 

[grandtheftbike]

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/...les-lakers-fired-coach-mike-brown-source-says

 

[EddieWinslow1983]

FIRED!!!!!

 

[the natural mystic]

Wow that was fast. Lol

Hopefully things change now.

 

[D StaXX]