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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:09 am Post subject:
I really wonder what kind of role she or the Rambii have in the latest round of moves. My guess is this is all Klutch and Rob. And most owners/governors of teams don't meddle too much in these things (with some notable exceptions around sports). But I'm glad Jeannie is not one of them. _________________ "We got a new universe coming and he's going to control all our universes. We're going to put our universes together" - Metta World Peace
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:35 am Post subject:
richsmith wrote:
CervantesRises wrote:
Took Jimmy 5 years to never reach the playoffs.
Took Jeanie 2.5 years to win a ring.
Facts dont have feelings.
This should just be quoted every time VLF rears his ugly head.
Then it'll be quoted hundreds of times a day because the guy has a bizarre obsession with going to a forum where most people dislike him. _________________ "Chick lived and breathed Lakers basketball…but he was also fair and objective and called every game the way it was played."
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In fairness to the previous FO, they did have to go through a let down after the Kobe retirement/end of Kobe era that most franchises go through. You have seen it with San Antonio since Duncan retired as well, and Duncan was much more cap friendly and easier to build around late in his career than Kobe was.
I do not think the 5 years vs 2.5 years is a fair comparison. and I've seen Jim Buss as an incompetent since 2012 when he enforced D'Antoni on a team that was much better suited to be playing for someone like Phil Jackson. All out of personal bias against the greatest coach in NBA history.
If Jeanie had been in charge from the get go, I would assume it would have taken her more than the 2.5 years to get the championship as well as there was always gonna be a downturn with Kobe retiring/close to retiring in decline. What I think the major major difference here is this. And I said this when Dwight left in 2013. Sure maybe in hindsight we dodged a bullet when Dwight didn't stay in 2013. However at the time when I was reading up on Dwight's comments, one of the things that struck me was how well he spoke of Jeanie. Immediately I sensed that Jeanie understood what her dad did. You make the stars feel at home, and you make them feel like family. Only Jeanie did this. Jim didn't have this. He didn't have the personality, especially combined with Mitch's personality to draw anyone in free agency or make players feel like this was home. Think about the Lamar Odom communication, after the failed CP3 trade. Instead of making things right with LO, they just sent him packing for a trade X, hurting Bryant's chances at title #6. Sure LO was done, being a good player, but the league did not know that at that time, and you could have gotten a good player back to give Kobe a shot at #6. Instead they make a rash decision, and send the 6MOTY and Kobe's 2nd best/valuable teammate after Pau away for no impact player coming back in.
To me it's never been that Jim can't get the team into the playoffs or the timelines or anything like that. I think it's selling power and brand identity. As well as communication with players. Jim and Mitch were so bad at this, that at one point they end up with Moz and Deng as their best FA signings. I just don't see Bron ever coming to the Lakers if he had to deal with Mitch and Jim. That's the real problem those dudes had, not that they could not win. Mitch/Jim put together a lot of great teams around Kobe being coached by Phil. But if you look at it deeply, most of it was via trade/draft and a lot of it was influenced by Phil's coaching. Mitch traded for Pau. Jim wanted Bynum drafted and molded. Mitch had traded for Odom/assets in the Shaq trade. No major FA signings. Phil influenced a lot of what went on as well as shadow GM, giving them direction.
Jeanie gets that you have to let the star players feel like this is their thing, and they are a family. Dr Buss made Magic his son, as he did Kobe. This is ultimately why she won against her brother, IMO. The star players love Jeanie, and want to come play for Jeanie's team. They couldn't for Jim's. Since Jim had no selling ability, even if he were committed to the job and had the team's best interest at heart (in his mind).
To me it's never been that Jim can't get the team into the playoffs or the timelines or anything like that. I think it's selling power and brand identity. As well as communication with players. Jim and Mitch were so bad at this, that at one point they end up with Moz and Deng as their best FA signings. I just don't see Bron ever coming to the Lakers if he had to deal with Mitch and Jim. That's the real problem those dudes had, not that they could not win. Mitch/Jim put together a lot of great teams around Kobe being coached by Phil. But if you look at it deeply, most of it was via trade/draft and a lot of it was influenced by Phil's coaching. Mitch traded for Pau. Jim wanted Bynum drafted and molded. Mitch had traded for Odom/assets in the Shaq trade. No major FA signings. Phil influenced a lot of what went on as well as shadow GM, giving them direction.
Jeanie gets that you have to let the star players feel like this is their thing, and they are a family. Dr Buss made Magic his son, as he did Kobe. This is ultimately why she won against her brother, IMO. The star players love Jeanie, and want to come play for Jeanie's team. They couldn't for Jim's. Since Jim had no selling ability, even if he were committed to the job and had the team's best interest at heart (in his mind).
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 12:38 pm Post subject:
I found Jeanie's appearance on All the Smoke to be a really engaging interview to listen to.
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 2:53 pm Post subject:
It's soooo nice not to hear any of the Busses undermining the organization anymore. No annual Jeannie pre-Free Agency sabotage. No Jim boasts and spin. The recent silence is purple and golden.
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:02 pm Post subject:
danzag wrote:
wolfpaclaker wrote:
To me it's never been that Jim can't get the team into the playoffs or the timelines or anything like that. I think it's selling power and brand identity. As well as communication with players. Jim and Mitch were so bad at this, that at one point they end up with Moz and Deng as their best FA signings. I just don't see Bron ever coming to the Lakers if he had to deal with Mitch and Jim. That's the real problem those dudes had, not that they could not win. Mitch/Jim put together a lot of great teams around Kobe being coached by Phil. But if you look at it deeply, most of it was via trade/draft and a lot of it was influenced by Phil's coaching. Mitch traded for Pau. Jim wanted Bynum drafted and molded. Mitch had traded for Odom/assets in the Shaq trade. No major FA signings. Phil influenced a lot of what went on as well as shadow GM, giving them direction.
Jeanie gets that you have to let the star players feel like this is their thing, and they are a family. Dr Buss made Magic his son, as he did Kobe. This is ultimately why she won against her brother, IMO. The star players love Jeanie, and want to come play for Jeanie's team. They couldn't for Jim's. Since Jim had no selling ability, even if he were committed to the job and had the team's best interest at heart (in his mind).
I agree.
The difference is that Mitch inherited a great team from Jerry West and simply needed to turn it into a dynasty, which he did, even though it looked bad at first when he traded Shaq. Mitch is a solid GM in that situation, but if you're starting from scratch, he's not the guy.
When you're starting from scratch, you also need to build a culture, and Mitch/Jim had no idea how to do that. _________________ Lakers 49ers Chargers Dodgers
Jeanie always did an amazing job of telling her father's story and the history of the franchise. Then she takes the keys and puts it in the hands of the star player and say, now you need to carry this legacy.
A player of star power and vision would eat that up and run with it if they want to become a legend. Very few of those in the NBA but then again there's ONLY one Laker franchise.
We are in good hands folks. Rob is running a tight ship with Jeanie's trust.
To me it's never been that Jim can't get the team into the playoffs or the timelines or anything like that. I think it's selling power and brand identity. As well as communication with players. Jim and Mitch were so bad at this, that at one point they end up with Moz and Deng as their best FA signings. I just don't see Bron ever coming to the Lakers if he had to deal with Mitch and Jim. That's the real problem those dudes had, not that they could not win. Mitch/Jim put together a lot of great teams around Kobe being coached by Phil. But if you look at it deeply, most of it was via trade/draft and a lot of it was influenced by Phil's coaching. Mitch traded for Pau. Jim wanted Bynum drafted and molded. Mitch had traded for Odom/assets in the Shaq trade. No major FA signings. Phil influenced a lot of what went on as well as shadow GM, giving them direction.
Jeanie gets that you have to let the star players feel like this is their thing, and they are a family. Dr Buss made Magic his son, as he did Kobe. This is ultimately why she won against her brother, IMO. The star players love Jeanie, and want to come play for Jeanie's team. They couldn't for Jim's. Since Jim had no selling ability, even if he were committed to the job and had the team's best interest at heart (in his mind).
I agree.
The difference is that Mitch inherited a great team from Jerry West and simply needed to turn it into a dynasty, which he did, even though it looked bad at first when he traded Shaq. Mitch is a solid GM in that situation, but if you're starting from scratch, he's not the guy.
When you're starting from scratch, you also need to build a culture, and Mitch/Jim had no idea how to do that.
You just don't "build a culture" in half a year.
We didn't have the patience to wait the growth of our top lottery picks, and I understand that.
But Mitch was doing a solid job in rebuilding through the draft.
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Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:30 pm Post subject:
cencio_999 wrote:
slavavov wrote:
danzag wrote:
wolfpaclaker wrote:
To me it's never been that Jim can't get the team into the playoffs or the timelines or anything like that. I think it's selling power and brand identity. As well as communication with players. Jim and Mitch were so bad at this, that at one point they end up with Moz and Deng as their best FA signings. I just don't see Bron ever coming to the Lakers if he had to deal with Mitch and Jim. That's the real problem those dudes had, not that they could not win. Mitch/Jim put together a lot of great teams around Kobe being coached by Phil. But if you look at it deeply, most of it was via trade/draft and a lot of it was influenced by Phil's coaching. Mitch traded for Pau. Jim wanted Bynum drafted and molded. Mitch had traded for Odom/assets in the Shaq trade. No major FA signings. Phil influenced a lot of what went on as well as shadow GM, giving them direction.
Jeanie gets that you have to let the star players feel like this is their thing, and they are a family. Dr Buss made Magic his son, as he did Kobe. This is ultimately why she won against her brother, IMO. The star players love Jeanie, and want to come play for Jeanie's team. They couldn't for Jim's. Since Jim had no selling ability, even if he were committed to the job and had the team's best interest at heart (in his mind).
I agree.
The difference is that Mitch inherited a great team from Jerry West and simply needed to turn it into a dynasty, which he did, even though it looked bad at first when he traded Shaq. Mitch is a solid GM in that situation, but if you're starting from scratch, he's not the guy.
When you're starting from scratch, you also need to build a culture, and Mitch/Jim had no idea how to do that.
You just don't "build a culture" in half a year.
We didn't have the patience to wait the growth of our top lottery picks, and I understand that.
But Mitch was doing a solid job in rebuilding through the draft.
It's true it takes more than half a year to build a culture, but in the process, others around the league see that you're building one, and it will attract someone like LeBron to finish that job.
Look at the Knicks - Thibs hasn't been there a full year yet, but we know they're building a culture thanks to him, and now there's chatter that Zion might want to go there soon. _________________ Lakers 49ers Chargers Dodgers
To me it's never been that Jim can't get the team into the playoffs or the timelines or anything like that. I think it's selling power and brand identity. As well as communication with players. Jim and Mitch were so bad at this, that at one point they end up with Moz and Deng as their best FA signings. I just don't see Bron ever coming to the Lakers if he had to deal with Mitch and Jim. That's the real problem those dudes had, not that they could not win. Mitch/Jim put together a lot of great teams around Kobe being coached by Phil. But if you look at it deeply, most of it was via trade/draft and a lot of it was influenced by Phil's coaching. Mitch traded for Pau. Jim wanted Bynum drafted and molded. Mitch had traded for Odom/assets in the Shaq trade. No major FA signings. Phil influenced a lot of what went on as well as shadow GM, giving them direction.
Jeanie gets that you have to let the star players feel like this is their thing, and they are a family. Dr Buss made Magic his son, as he did Kobe. This is ultimately why she won against her brother, IMO. The star players love Jeanie, and want to come play for Jeanie's team. They couldn't for Jim's. Since Jim had no selling ability, even if he were committed to the job and had the team's best interest at heart (in his mind).
I agree.
The difference is that Mitch inherited a great team from Jerry West and simply needed to turn it into a dynasty, which he did, even though it looked bad at first when he traded Shaq. Mitch is a solid GM in that situation, but if you're starting from scratch, he's not the guy.
When you're starting from scratch, you also need to build a culture, and Mitch/Jim had no idea how to do that.
You just don't "build a culture" in half a year.
We didn't have the patience to wait the growth of our top lottery picks, and I understand that.
But Mitch was doing a solid job in rebuilding through the draft.
Sorry but none of the young guys we had had that "IT" factor. Ingram and Randle were talented. Zo could have had "IT" but he doesn't know how to communicate or speak. DLo was an idiot. Clarkson loved to party.
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