Outside The Lines Airing Special, "The Decline Of The Lakers Franchise"

......featuring interviews with Byron Scott, Matt Barnes, and Jeanie Buss



The casting couldn't have been any better.

 

Decline? Is that what they call the radioactive hole in downtown L.A. where the tactical nuke landed on them?



Byron Scott is being brought in to detail how he kept lobbing grenades into that smoking pit doing his best to finish them off?



And Laker Girl on how she deliberately tried to sabotage the team's chances in free agency this year?



Matt Barnes? WTF? Why Matt Barnes?

 

Because nobody cares about the Knicks. The Lakers are like the Dallas Cowboys. Everyone is obsessed with them and they'll get kicked when they're down and people hate to see them win granted the Lakers have only been in a drought for six years as opposed to 20. It'll be sweet when the Lakers are back on top again and seeing the haters dissapear faster than LeBron did in the Finals against the Mavs in 2011.

 

Very selective casting I see. Are they going to ask Byron about his part in the "decline".

Its been 6 years since our last championship, I'm actually kind of flattered they think not winning another in 6 years is a decline. Luke and the kids, let's prove them wrong.

 

This must be the story of Jimmie Buss.

 

This "special" could be aired in 5 years if we still suck as a team .

Our downfall has been brutal and historic but it's only three seasons .

It happens ( maybe not that bad) to every legendary team in sports

 

I won't be watching

 

1. can't they just reprint the original paul trade veto story and be done with it? will they mention how well the lakers recovered from that unprecedented, unethical, and obvious political takedown, only to be foiled by two essentially career-ending injuries in the span of about 18 months? the direct result of those injuries was disgruntlement of the other two star players, one who then bolted in FA, and the other who quie playing basketball until he bolted in FA? cuz, uh, that's the story. it's not about jim buss.

2. who else are they doing to interview? mike bibby and doug christie? bill simmons? smush parker?

3. i look forward to the next installment in the series about the decline of the portland trailblazers, whose bungling ineptitude hasn't yielded a title since bill walton was mobile!

4. you know what's funniest about this stuff is that they'll discuss how the lakers aren't a FA destination anymore. uh, they really only signed one huge FA in the last 20 years: shaq. and if you read the recent retrospective, that was a bizarrely perfect storm. they're still--even as bottom dwellers with no more money to offer--on every single big name FA's short list (save durant's last summer).

 

Someone needs during this undoubted hit piece mention Stern and the rescinded Chris Paul trade. Lakers themselves rarely if ever bring it up. I'm curious for anyone who watches to see how Jeanie approaches this considering her actions of late.