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OS Sports Morning - D'Antoni a Laker Stuck

Posted on November 12, 2012 at 10:48 AM.

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Today's Headlines
Lakers Hire D'Antoni
NASCAR Drivers Brawl in Garage after wreck
Oregon vs. Kansas State for All of the Marbles?
Brian Kelly votes Irish #1...Hopes
Lance Armstrong formally cuts all ties to Livestrong by stepping down from Board
Week 10 NFL Recaps
Alabama loses, falls all the way to...fourth?
SEC Bias in Polls
SEC on the outside looking in
Saints hand Falcons their first loss
A tie?!
NHL on verge of becoming completely irrelevant
Dodgers Big $25.7 million for South Korean Lefty

Question: Do you think hiring Mike D'Antoni will lift the Lakers chances this year or hurt them?

Comments

# 1 Spaced Ace @ Nov 12

Horrible decision. D'Antoni likes to run a fast-paced offense, and with almost every member of the Lakers being at least fifty years old, this is not going to be good for LA.

# 2 aracena170 @ Nov 12

One of the few that likes the idea... However, Lakers needs to beef up the bench to go along with D'Antoni's offense.

# 3 Joobieo @ Nov 12

Terrible move, D'Antoni loves pace, Lakers don't have that and why in the world would you pass on the arguable the best coach in NBA history for this guy...

# 4 Gramps91 @ Nov 12

yea, I don't like the decision either. The Laker team won't be able to run like D'Antoni's Suns did a few years back. It'll be like another Knicks fiasco for D'Antoni.

# 5 The_Wise_One @ Nov 12

Lakers need to get some younger players now

# 6 inkcil @ Nov 12

Never made sense to me that they would want Phil when a.) ev'one close to team syas Jim Buss wanted Phil out less than 2 years ago b.) they failed to hire Brian Shaw to replace Phil and c.) the triangle offense is considered just as complicated as the version of the Princeton Brown was running.

# 7 SonicBoom2040 @ Nov 12

why dont we let them play a few games first, then judge the GM...by the many years of experience combined by the few people above who have GM'd before, let the man do his job, see how it plays out. kinda reminds me of how NB2k gets complained about every year before anyone ever even plays it...sheesh...yes you are entitled to ur opinions, but so am I

# 8 s_dot8701 @ Nov 13

mike brown took LeBron and the Cavs to the finals.... D'antoni has never appeared in the finals, in my opinion D'antoni is a worse coach..

# 9 ParisB @ Nov 13

You could say the same thing about Doc Rivers, Rick Carlisle, Erick Spolestra, or even Phil Jackson way back then. Even the great coaches had to start somewhere, usually with some failing before they start winning. Mike D'Antoni never had a roster like this. People also say the Spurs are old, but they run at a fast pace.