We Will Rise Again: Official 2014 Laker offseason thread

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We should at least admit that Kobe's prime wasn't maximized :yeshrug:

The first half of his prime wasn't maximized but the 2nd half sure was.

I get cats are unsure or even upset with Mitch and the FO right now but to sh1t on what he's done in the past which resulted in fielding a championship team is
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We should at least admit that Kobe's prime wasn't maximized :yeshrug:


They trade Bynum because they finally had realized that bynum wasn't a franchise player . That's the only reason why they traded him. They had an opportunity to get Melo(Denver) but said no b/c they didnt' want to trade bynum. Same Melo they were just trying to sign this off-season. shyt they lucky Bynum and his agent got greedy or we'd have been on the hook for a 5 year near max contract extension :dead:
CP3: Jeanie said if they had call her, she would have told them to wait a little bit :heh:

Everyone knows Jim Buss is the reason they didn't trade Bynum for Carmelo. We were all shocked he got traded for Dwight because of him.

Mitch is a good GM. He's made bad moves and they did waste three years of Kobe's prime by surrounding him with trash, but Mitch has done more good than bad.

I refuse to believe any of the coaching hires/problems since Phil are because of him. Even this current fiasco reeks of the Buss siblings. Mitch has been around far too long to think having a coaching vacancy this long is a good idea. :aicmon:
 

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Everyone knows Jim Buss is the reason they didn't trade Bynum for Carmelo. We were all shocked he got traded for Dwight because of him.

Mitch is a good GM. He's made bad moves and they did waste three years of Kobe's prime by surrounding him with trash, but Mitch has done more good than bad.

I refuse to believe any of the coaching hires/problems since Phil are because of him. Even this current fiasco reeks of the Buss siblings. Mitch has been around far too long to think having a coaching vacancy this long is a good idea. :aicmon:
Name me a good GM that lets an owner('s son) who knows nothing about basketball override his decisions? Lets not forget how word got out 2-3 years ago about how he was thinking about leaving b/c of Jim too.
 

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Name me a good GM that lets an owner('s son) who knows nothing about basketball override his decisions? Lets not forget how word got out 2-3 years ago about how he was thinking about leaving b/c of Jim too.
Money talks. He knows they aren't gonna fire him, but at the end of the day, those knuckleheads own the team. Fans are gonna be upset, but it's really not his problem/fault.
 
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