imagine owning the Lakers. How would you fix this s*** show?

Threatt_Level · Starting Rotation Joined: 30 Jul 2014 Posts: 467

1. Fire Luke, Magic, Pelinka

2. Hire Sam Hinkie and Jay Wright - No more "Laker family" B.S. Just get the most qualified people. Hinkie would finally institute a real analytics department within the organization.

3. Talking about getting rid of LeBron is stupid, so we have to stick to the current plan. Preferably, we'd sign Kawhi, Klay, or KD and just let Lonzo develop. If not see if the AD deal is there, take it, and fill out the roster with great role players using the 3rd "max" slot.

4. Regardless of what happens in step 3, see whatever deal is out there for Brandon Ingram and trade him. He's never going to be a star player and he's not good enough at all other aspects of the game to excuse his poor outside shooting. It's time to move on from him. Maybe we can get an unprotected pick.

Lakers_Jester · Star Player Joined: 17 Sep 2012 Posts: 5366

Stop punting every damn year

Dr. Funkbot · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:09 am Post subject:

jb2 · Franchise Player Joined: 03 Dec 2014 Posts: 11043

Great and fun thread. I've read through everyone and will be incorporating some of the early ideas.

I'd immediately let it be known that there is a 'new sheriff in town' to set the tone LeBron/Klutch doesn't run the franchise. Display to Kawhi more than anything.

I'd quietly start the search for brightest and best minds in analytics, strength/conditioning, medical staff, coaching, assistants, marketing, player development, etc.

Rest of Season

1) Force Luke to hire Thibs as associate HC for the rest of the year. to run the defense.

2) Sign Morris and hope Deandre Jordan comes available. If so, cut Muscala for him. (Thanks Magic).

3) Let this season play out and hope we can make the playoffs. Whatever happens happens.

Summer 2019

Approach: Understand we have LeBron and while he's not the same, know he brings in the big bucks and do so as the 1st/2nd piece on a championship team. While I'd somewhat be open to the idea of moving him, I'd rather build around him for the next 3 years.

1) Find out from Jerry West if he would come consult with us if we fired Magic/Pelinka and making Ryan West GM. If he says yes, then bye bye Maginka. If not, promote Ryan West to assistant GM, and Jesse Buss to President while releasing Magic but keeping Pelinka. As new owner, I'd get very involved with basketball ops.

2) Fire Luke- part of me wants to force him into a better staff, but the other part of me would want a clean slate so the players know that this is going to be a new start and we want a new attitude. Maybe Luke is too stale and we need a new voice.

3) First and foremost, I'd make a HUGE push to get Jay Wright. Offer record money if need be. But he's my guy. Brings stability, culture, great schemes, class, integrity, etc. If I couldn't get Jay, I'd try and poach Quinn Snyder or Eric Spolstra. When that inevitably fails, I'd open the coaching search and cast a wide net. Whoever I'd hire I want to bring on the best staff possible to make up for their weaknesses.

3) Hire best available person/people to run the infrastructural components of the organization. Medical staff, strength and conditioning, analytics, player development, marketing, client relations, PR, etc. I'd splurge on these areas. I'd purge every single department we currently have.

4) Target Kawhi, KD, Kyrie, and Klay in that order. Any of those guys get a max. With Kawhi, I'd make him feel like this is his team and that LeBron is hid sidekick. He can offensively play the Pippen role to Kawhi as Jordan. Ideally we sign DJ with the remaining cap after Kawhi. If none accept, I sign guys who can help us become a strong playoff teams to very fair deals- guys like Vuc.

5) AD- Depending on who we sign, I make a final offer to NO that only includes 2 of our young players (Kuz, BI, Lonzo) + picks. If that doesn't work, cool. Wait out until he's a FA in 2020 and if we need/want to, we can then move the fair value contracts we signed in 2019.

6) Player development Player development Player development - make these kids the best they can be.

7) Get rid of the stupid white jerseys and the black stripes.

Ideal roster heading into next season:

Jordan | Wagner
LeBron | Kuzma
Ingram | Bullock
Kawhi | Hart
Lonzo | Rondo

but totally fine with a lesser roster as long as it's competitive with he top 4 of the west. Once LeBron comes off the books, use that cap space to get a star if possible but if not, add pieces that can help win games and hopefully by then we've developed some stars.

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smoothazsilk · Starting Rotation Joined: 21 Jan 2008 Posts: 826

System and Player development.

get someone or some team that can do the above. We have talent but they look out of sync or our of position.

If we had the players playing like they're capable the Davis trade going public would not have mattered.

That what makes the great teams great, they have an effective system and get the right players to run it.

Keep Magic as the front man like he is on the Dodgers, but he has no right making basketball decisions.

We need a basketball operations guy/gal who knows the business and has the relationships needed.

We need to move out the past and into the future with some innovative thinking..like the Rams and McVay.

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Lucky_Shot · Star Player Joined: 10 Jan 2016 Posts: 5172

I'd make luke get a new staff and add a shooting coach to fix and tweak their shooting forms. Revamp the anyalitcs department

Besides that I wouldn't do anything and just wait to see how the summer goes. After that I would reevaluate the team to see if we need any big changes.

TrueBlueLakers · Starting Rotation Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 310

I'd hire Jerry West as a consultant if he's available.

West would have final say over Pelinka.

I'd hire Mark Jackson as coach, provided he understands that we need experienced assistant coaches and lots of player development.

I'd let every player know that anyone shooting under 67% from the FT line will not see much playing time next year. 75% is the minimum goal for everyone on the team.

I'd try to sign one or two top free agents this summer, if not, I'd try again next summer. The key is we will be developing our talent in the meanwhile and getting better as a team.

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greenfrog · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 1:23 pm Post subject:

VicXLakers · Franchise Player Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 11823

Does the FO of any team any sport hire assistants for the head coach? serious question

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TheBlackMamba · Star Player Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 9058

Nothing will change so long as Jeannie is in charge. That's the problem with hiring people you're personally close to. I can see her firing Luke eventually if enough pressure is applied from the other decision-makers, but Magic? He's going to have to step down himself if we want to be rid of him. Unfortunately, that probably won't happen until the worst damage is done.

I'd love to get Hinkie in here as a consultant, though. That's assuming, of course, that he actually has real influence on the moves we make.

For coach, we almost HAVE to trade Lebron if we want to get someone who would be allowed to do his job, but in that case I'd prefer to get someone on the younger side who's proven to be a capable assistant on a successful team - both schematically in some capacity and as a leader/mediator (someone said Udoka, and that's a good candidate). Bring someone with experience like a Mike Brown (not him specifically, but as an example) to be lead assistant, and/or at least try to fill in the gaps of the head coach's skillset with different assistant coaches. Guys with a solid history of player development should be a must. (Gosh, I'm realizing how our current staff is the exact opposite of an ideal one...)

Obviously, the organizational infrastructure outside of management/coaching needs to be upgraded substantially like GT said. That's been a long time coming.

Ah...it is nice to dream, isn't it? But as I said above, most of us this just can't happen with Jeannie, Magic, and Lebron around, and chances of that changing are miniscule.

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Huey Lewis & The News · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:27 pm Post subject:

>dump LeBron in any way I can

>use all available means to seduce Jerry West until he agrees to bind his soul to this organization once and for all

>end the ridiculous pageantry of the starting lineups intro at Staples Center

>re-emphasize the Lakers band

>dump Magic and buy out all of his shares

>commission a statue of Jack Nicholson inside the concourse

>go back to the home gold and purple away uniforms, burn all jerseys designed after 2008

>begin construction of gulag and re-education camp for Clippers fans deep beneath the Staples Center. 2nd generation Clippers fans and their parents go straight to the gulag where they will serve life sentences. 1st generation Clippers fans go to re-education camp which is a gulag but with left handed desks for seating
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VicXLakers · Franchise Player Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Posts: 11823

What is Michael Coopers rep as a coach?

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Lakers_Jester · Star Player Joined: 17 Sep 2012 Posts: 5366

I think it's still premature to judge maginka so harshly without giving them enough time to implement their vision. At the beginning of the year the focus for us as well as from them was summer 2019. All of a sudden everyone wants them gone asap. Rome wasnt built in a day and they've added the biggest piece in lebron and drafted some good guys already.

The only issue I really have has been the constant punting but I dont want maginka gone for it lol.