Good read on lakers situation ( Grantland)

[handle]

Bill Simmons ✔ @BillSimmons

D'Antoni always made the most sense - great relationships with Nash/Kobe, Howard can protect him defensively, used to the spotlight...5:56 PM - 12 Nov 12

[Tymathee]

Croon posted it? Must say something negative about D'antoni and Kobe and something positive about Pau.

[LakerSemper]

Croon posted it? Must say something negative about D'antoni and Kobe and something positive about Pau.

Actually it's a very thorough article about the current Lakers situation

[handle]

Regarding Dwight's athleticism and Simmons hinting that he will never be the same again: The way I've always understood back injuries is that you can recover from them enough to go out and play well, but it can still take a long time (a year or more) until you regain your full pre-injury level of athleticism.

[Hellcrooner]

Croon posted it? Must say something negative about D'antoni and Kobe and something positive about Pau.

Negatives bout dantoni = yes
Positie bout pau ( and TRUE negatives) = Yes. Mostly states some FACTS on , WHeN and WHY did all go to **** with him and the team. Hint, it likes bowling.
Negative bout kobe? = Not really.

[Vinylman]

Bill Simmons ✔ @BillSimmons

D'Antoni always made the most sense - great relationships with Nash/Kobe, Howard can protect him defensively, used to the spotlight...5:56 PM - 12 Nov 12

best post in thread... just show that simmons is an opportunist...

there is an article out today that said Dantoni was very much AGAINST the Knicks pursuing Howard the last two years...

bill simmons has no core beliefs because he never played the game and is fundamentally just a spoiled private school kid from the connecticut suburbs... his insights are non-existent when you understand his life experience.

good find handle

[ssnsocalfan]

" Here's a good rule of thumb: If you're a professional basketball coach and your system is telling you, "I should play Earl Clark more than Pau Gasol," you need a new system."


That pretty much sums it up right there.

Regarding Dwight's athleticism and Simmons hinting that he will never be the same again: The way I've always understood back injuries is that you can recover from them enough to go out and play well, but it can still take a long time (a year or more) until you regain your full pre-injury level of athleticism.

best post in thread... just show that simmons is an opportunist...

there is an article out today that said Dantoni was very much AGAINST the Knicks pursuing Howard the last two years...

bill simmons has no core beliefs because he never played the game and is fundamentally just a spoiled private school kid from the connecticut suburbs... his insights are non-existent when you understand his life experience.

good find handle

So Pau, is our best Center, Dwight will never be old Dwight, and Dumbtoni should have never been hired! Great article!

[Grabmeone2]

I didn't read the whole thing, do they mention anything about Pau's pathetic defense?

Simmons is a Laker-hating punk... believe me when I say he's enjoying every minute of the Lakers season. He probably had a hard-on while answering most of those questions.

So read the damn thing and stop asking stupid questions.

[Vinylman]

So read the damn thing and stop asking stupid questions.

actually, reading it is pretty much a waste of time and there really isn't any new insights offered...

sorry, but that is reality...

[grouch]

bottom of it all....................JIM BUSS SHOULD BE FIRED!!!!! IT'S ALL HIS FAULT....THE CHOICE OF THE COACH FROM MIKE BROWN TO D'ANTONI.

[Grabmeone2]

actually, reading it is pretty much a waste of time and there really isn't any new insights offered...

sorry, but that is reality...

No the reality is that its ****ing annoying when someone posts an article and somebody comes in to comment and their first words are, well I didnt read the article but I still plan on giving my opinion about it.

[LakerSemper]

No the reality is that its ****ing annoying when someone posts an article and somebody comes in to comment and their first words are, well I didnt read the article but I still plan on giving my opinion about it.

Thank you for for putting this pompous jerk in his place

[KillaInstinct24]

makes some...... sense for us, not tons of it but some.

for the nuggets....meh.

It helps our perimeter defense but not our perimeter shooting

[Vinylman]

No the reality is that its ****ing annoying when someone posts an article and somebody comes in to comment and their first words are, well I didnt read the article but I still plan on giving my opinion about it.

You are letting your hate for Handle blind you to the reality of the article: two pasty non-athlete prep school douches discussing the NBA whose only goals are to sound smarter than the next guy when in reality their documented comments in the past support the opposite position of their current argument.

the definition of elite opportunists

[LakerSemper]

You are letting your hate for Handle blind you to the reality of the article: two pasty non-athlete prep school douches discussing the NBA whose only goals are to sound smarter than the next guy when in reality their documented comments in the past support the opposite position of their current argument.

the definition of elite opportunists

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