Ex-Coach Luke Walton Discussion

Does Brown still answer his post game presser questions with his head looking down at his game stat sheet? Come on GS .... look no further .... you've already got your guy.

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Wasn't Doc traded for like 2 draft picks?

 

Nah, I'm still here.

 

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That's gotta be me once Luke's gone .... old school. I'm back baby!! Gimme the link!!

 

Klay will get them B-Shaw at best

 

Am sure Luke doesn't want to be called Puke again around the hood.

 

NO you jerk. It was fake news. Here's how Magic feels about Luke Walton. Bug off Warriors!


Lakers News: Magic Johnson Told Jeanie Buss They Should Build Team Around Luke Walton
By Corey Hansford -

04/26/2017

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Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Over the past calendar year for the Los Angeles Lakers there have been a number of major changes to the franchise. The first big one came when the team hired Luke Walton to be the new head coach. Arguably the biggest however, was Jeanie Buss firing her brother Jim, and placing Magic Johnson as the president of basketball operations.




The move signaled a huge shift for the Lakers franchise and Magic, along with new general manager Rob Pelinka, has been hard at work trying to turn around the team. The Lakers have some potential with a number of promising young players on the roster, but it is still a question as to whether any of them will become a true star.

That belief is something that is shared by Johnson, at least when he originally took the job. While appearing on the Open Run Podcast with Jesse Williams and Stefan Marolachakis, Jeanie said that she asked Johnson who he would build the team around, and his answer wasn’t a player:


“I think that he has a vision of what he wants to accomplish with basketball. The type of players that he wants to come and play. That very first night I asked him who he would build the team around. He thought about it for a second and he said, ‘I don’t know if you have the player yet.’ He goes, ‘I would build the team around Luke.’”

The front office clearly has a ton of belief in Walton as the team’s head coach. Pelinka has said that he believes Walton is a championship-level coach and Magic’s statement to Jeanie when he first took the job basically echoes that sentiment.

This doesn’t necessarily mean that Magic still believes that the Lakers don’t have a future star on their roster as this comment was made when he first took the job back in February. After the All-Star Break a number of young Lakers looked much-improved.

Brandon Ingram stands out most as someone who looked like a future star, but D’Angelo Russell and Ivica Zubac also showed serious potential while Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr., and Julius Randle had excellent moments as well. Now the question is simply if anyone will actually make it to that level.

 

LOL Luke isn't going anywhere. He's gonna be the head coach here for the next 10-15 years.

He had his growing pains, but same is the case for any rookie coach.

He's gonna be a great coach for a long time to come.

 

Think about it like this, if we lost more games than Phoenix we would have dropped down to 4th and the sun's would have went up to 2nd pick. It's a great message to the NBA that tanking is bad

 

Time to rescue Luke from page 2.

http://www.silverscreenandroll.com/...ack-nba-finals-golden-state-warriors-playoffs

 

This is why I believe having patience and letting the young guys grow is better then getting an older player to get an 8th seed