Chances Howard Bolts After This Year?

[passengershawn]

With the current state of the team, I'm getting very nervous about the chances of Howard walking away from the Lakers after this season. D'Antoni is CLEARLY not his kind of coach, and his system doesn't lend itself to the kind of game D12 plays...it's simply a bad fit.

So...if that's the case, and Pringles doesn't change his system to fit the players he has....why would D12 want to stick around playing another 2-3 years with Kobe taking 30+ shots, and Dwight getting 10-12 shots per game?

[joeystats]

34.1098765432101% chance he bolts

[Mcdoh]

he wont stay positive..

[handle]

10% chance that he leaves. The poll choices suck, by the way: No, he leaves, or he PROBABLY stays.

[Lakers4life08]

Really big, no one wanna play with Kobe and his 1 vs 5 offense,Kobe is getting older and older ,but he still wanna average atleast 25+ points a game until he retires,and he will need more and more shots to do that,becouse of fatigue and not getting younger....Howard won't be Tyson Chandler,and won't watch Kobe blaming him and others for losing a game,when he shoots half of team shots

[bluefire7002]

Of course if their record stays similar to how it is now (they probably dont even make the playoffs), or if they get knocked out early in the playoffs than he's gone. This team needs to get healthy though. Winning will cure a lot of things.
Similar to how everyone was pissed at Lebron or saying he messed up by going to Miami... Sure enough they win a championship and now they are just considered a beast of a team.

[clifborder4fm]

I think we should try and sit kobe for a few games and see how the team performs..

[Iron24th]

Chances we see a thread like this after every loss?

[Snakeyestx]

Saying D'Antoni's not his kind of coach (offensive-minded) ...

...coming from Stan Van Gundy (defensive-minded) coaching.

Are you implying he's uncoachable?

[handle]

I think we should try and sit kobe for a few games and see how the team performs..

No Kobe, no Nash, no Gasol.... teams hacking Dwight if the game is under 50 points in the 4th... even ******** bench depth. I don't think you really want to see that.

[Lakerland USA]

There is a $25,000,000.00 chance he stays.

[bluefire7002]

Chances we see a thread like this after every loss?

Very high hahah... I know everyone is frustrated (definitely including the players) but we will get our **** together. book it.

[passengershawn]

[QUOTE=Snakeyestx;24593219]Saying D'Antoni's not his kind of coach (offensive-minded) ...

...coming from Stan Van Gundy (defensive-minded) coaching.

Are you implying he's uncoachable?[/QUOTE]

Yes Pringles is offensive-minded, but he's not a post player-friendly coach. His system is great for running teams and spot-up shooters (ala college hoops), but for a team like the Lakers with size, age and lead feet...it's an awful system.

If D12 could shoot like Amare, then it would be different because Dwight can run with Amare...he just has zero jump shot.

[still1ballin]

if its true about what he is saying on how he wants a ring and nothing else, I can see a really good chance of him leaving if Lakers don't turn it around.

He clearly said he wanted Jackson to coach the Lakers and that didn't happen so.

[MickeyMgl]

Kobe is getting older and older ,but he still wanna average atleast 25+ points a game until he retires,and he will need more and more shots to do that

Hmmm.... Yet he's actually needing less.