^ Yea, but it also made us forget about how inept this organization really was/is. The people running the show prior to 2019-2020 are all still here. We honestly lucked out on Lebron. Which is why I remain grateful to him.
^ i never forgot I was happy Jeanie took the reigns from her brother but Magic, Kurt and even Rob are not the guys, i would have hired.
The problem is they always keep it in the laker family. it was working before. i really didn’t mind Mitch, sucks that he was part of the Jimmy fallout
i think i caught a lot of guff on the board back then because i didn't think replacing jim with jeanie wouldn't do much. but i guess that alone maybe got lebron, so there's that. but otherwise, more of the same, tbh.
I really thought Jeanie would be a big improvement over Jim. I expected her to surround herself with sharp basketball people like her Dad did. He leaned on Jerry West, Bill Sharman, Pat Riley and Chick Hearn. Jeanie leans on the Rambii. I was clearly wrong.
We won a Championship ring 18 months ago didn't we? I know that goes against the all is lost and we're totally incompetent narrative, but damn that is what actually happened. I'm not sure Jeanie is in anyway responsible for the injuries, Kurt either.
We did. But remove that season and the past decade has been largely a massive failure. Both before and after the ring.
I can't argue about the past decade. You are absolutely correct, I always post that we've had 1 good season out of the last 10. However I'm going to give Jeanie some flex here, she made some changes and got us a ring. Unfortunately the injuries have derailed the train but I'm going into this offseason with an open mind, and I will judge on the results as we go along.
Jeanie rolled the dice on Lebron and we did get that championship. We all knew the other side would be ugly, just not this ugly. Injuries and age caught up with Lebron. This is why I don't like the idea of building everything around one guy. Sam Cassell is going to turn this all around.
lol, not going that far on any of the points, but i get the sentiment. to me, lebron wasn't a gamble at all. he was a sure thing. and results support that. now he's a gamble, and you have to act accordingly. it's a delicate dance with aging stars. i actually think how we handled kobe (despite media trashing us for it) enabled getting lebron. so just dumping him is a terrible idea. but we have to find a way to merge interests going forward instead of just doing what lebron wants.
Agreed other than with injuries always a possibility there are no sure things. But yes, dumping Lebron wouldn't work, unless he can be convinced to actually take a lessor role instead of just saying it we are doomed during the rest of his time here. In my mind he has not earned the leeway Kobe got. I wouldn't sign him for more years. We will regret that if we do.
Jeanie got herself one. Good for her. That's more than the Clippers and a few other teams. But my comparison was to her Dad. He won 10. He didn't luck into ten. He surrounded himself with a FO filled with the best and the brightest. I'll be surprised if Jeanie ever wins another ring, because the people she has surrounded herself with are not the best or the brightest. Doc Buss developed two dynasties. I'm not sure what Jeanie is developing, but I would not describe it as a dynasty.
Well, she did just preside over the worst Season in Laker history. I would call that the exact opposite of creating a dynasty.
right. does jeanie really view kurt rambis as a bill sharman type figure? or worse a jerry west? i mean, that's insane, right? rambis has nothing close to the resume either had before becoming influential front office guys. this is another reason to miss kobe. he might have gradually become someone whose voice carried weight behind the scenes and influenced general organizational direction.
yeah, lots of former players aren't good at managing, so maybe it wouldn't have mattered. i just feel like maybe it's possible to operate on the old model (keep it in the laker family) without it meaning rambis and magic. there's no one with historical ties to the team that actually has a gift for talent evaluation and management, etc.? rambis is it? magic is the lone external confidante?
