Real Deal

Gotta run, and we're just going to hop back and forth on the issue, anyway. You think Nash can run an offense at 39, that it should be built around him, and I'd rather see an offense that allows for our four passers to do something with the ball. Kupchak stated that he wanted an offense that was a bit easier to learn, but still involved all of our players...almost hinting at the triangle. It's not like the triangle can't be ran without a shoot-first PG, it would just need to be stressed that the Lakers would go P&R out of it quite a bit, with Nash/Dwight and Kobe/Gasol, or even Nash/Gasol...and that's fine. At this point, we're both speculating what would be better. Nash, in a halfcourt offense, has failed...once with Shaq, and currently with us. He pushes fast-paced, uptempo offense, as we all know...and if you're suggesting against that (and I know Kobe would, as would Gasol, Artest and Jamison), I think the triangle would fit best. That's just my stance.

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Well, Nash is probably the worst player he has been in years, playing less than 30 minutes a night for us, and he's no longer the MVP Nash he was in 2006. The triangle isn't going to give ball-handling duties to just one player...that's just it. But if you believe an offense around Nash would be good with two superstars and a PF who need the ball in their hands to maximize their potential, that's fine. I'd rather see Nash taking more wide-open shots, seeing that he's highly-efficient. And if an offense is going to be ran through Nash, then D'Antoni will more than likely be the coach...and D'Antoni doesn't coach defense (as you know). LA's defense has been a train wreck, and is one of two player-associated reasons (turnovers being the other) that we've been losing games. Phoenix wasn't THAT bad, defensively, by the way. They were in the middle of the pack when they were contending, 13th one season. They didn't have a big man defensive anchor, but neither do the Heat...and Marion, Bell, and Kurt Thomas could have provided enough defense to propel them into the Finals, with the offense they possessed. Marion and Bell aren't LeBron and Wade back on defense, but I could argue that the duo was pretty close back in their primes. I'm not saying Phoenix had to be the Miami Heat on defense, either, or that they were a top three...but they had enough to get there, especially when Dallas reached the Finals in one of those seasons with a defense that was also out of the top ten in the league.

I don't think you can build an offense around Nash, while maximizing Kobe's scoring ability, or even Dwight's. It's a nice track record, but it has never landed Steve Nash into the NBA Finals. Dwight got there using an offense catered to him, by SVG, with less talent than Nash has had...and Kobe, with Gasol and Odom (Bynum out), won a championship with an offense built around him. Sounds like a huge mistake to me, and if we are keeping Gasol, we are giving full facilitating responsibilities to a PG, despite having three others (Kobe, Dwight and Gasol) who are some of the best passers at their positions.

Nash will be free to do more in the triangle, though, and I'd argue that the triangle will be easier for us to learn. So the easier it is to learn, the quicker we'll be able to work outside of it whenever we want. But, even Mitch Kupchak said it in the interview...it wasn't exactly the Princeton we were running. It was a heavily-modified version of it...and from what I've seen, we depended on Kobe and Gasol to make all of our plays, and turned the PG position into a shoot-first, shoot-second, shoot-third, and pass-fourth (if you know what I'm saying, lol). Kobe and Gasol broke the triangle so many times, running a two-man game, P&R, and ignoring everyone else, during our championship runs. Nash will most definitely get his opportunities. We just can't run an uptempo offense. Maybe if we trade Gasol for Josh Smith (Dwight's friend), and we have Dwight and Smith running with Nash, and Kobe will just have to push through...but otherwise, we can't.

That's okay, because if you were given the boot, you could have had an extravagant life living off of welfare, you Libtard. Don't you realize how much we all dream about that kind of money? It was my fault, though. Paypal didn't show a transaction, and when I paid it, I wasn't at home or near a decent network, and I had a feeling it didn't go through correctly.

Sorry for all the posts, just keeping you guys updated (and I'm excited).

Mike Brown releases a statement: Pretty much similar to what most all coaches say.

Marcus Vick tweeted that he just now saw Phil Jackson at LAX, returning to LA. He's an idiot, though, but please be true, and not a coincidence.

Lakers management will hold a meeting with the players, to ask for coaching preferences...and Dwight wants Phil? YESSSSSS.

Had to make a separate topic about it, since this has more to do with our offense (and it makes me wonder if Eddie Jordan is history). Head coach position is emptied, but Eddie Jordan is not fired...and the offense is scraped??? Triangle offense, and Phil???? :o

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And... http://www.fa-mag.com/fa-news/12863-alan-alda-replacing-phil-jackson-at-schwab-impact.html

They are talking Phil Jackson on ESPN. PLEASE. Sloan would also be awesome.

First time I've seen him cry.

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...the halftime show.

Glad I was too busy not watching, lol.

So, yeah...don't ever try doing that, if you own a site. Sorry about the downtime, guys.

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Maybe I'm misunderstanding you. The Princeton is a read-and-react offensive system. Also, being torched by PG's isn't anything new. That has been happening since Ron Harper left. It seems like Mo Williams drops 50 on us every season, and Lakers fans like Randy Foye because he usually doesn't struggle against us...for the same reason they liked Steve Blake when he was in Portland, tearing up Fisher (and then he came here, and those fans found out why he was doing so good). Eddie Jordan may shove the offense down their throats, but if it's not going to work, EJ won't last long. Dwight is here for one season, as of today. The Buss family won't risk losing him this summer, and won't risk giving Kobe an option to leave in two years (rather than take less money). That's why people are awaiting the firing of Brown, and this early in the season, it won't shock me if Jordan is eventually told to move out of the way, to stand aside and watch Sloan or D'Antoni coach (and if we bring in D'Antoni, we would likely bring in Rambis for defensive purposes).

Kobe and Drew played in the triangle for most of their careers. Last season, the Lakers looked to the "four out, one in" offense, and we ranked in the top ten on defense the entire season, finishing 6th. In our first 20 games last year, we allowed just four teams to score 100+ on us: Clippers, Kings, Blazers and Bucks, all on the road. In that first 20, we allowed 91 PPG. First five games this season, two teams over 100 points (three if Dallas scored one more point), allowing an average of 98.8 PPG. There's really no excuse for it, in my opinion, aside from the fatigue and bad rotations.