After only 5 games, the Los Angeles Lakers fired head coach Mike Brown last season. They had the opportunity to sign back legendary coach Phil Jackson to coach the Lakers super team which consisted of Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash. Instead the Lakers went with Mike D’Antoni as head coach and the results were very ugly.
Last season, even with the team they had, the Lakers had to fight their hardest at the end of the season to steal a playoff spot. Things actually went all the way down to the very last game of the season for their playoff hopes to be determined. Steve Nash was broke down for most of the season and Kobe got hurt at the end of the year.
The next year, with Howard gone in Houston and Kobe hurt for all but 6 games the Lakers didn’t do that well either. The Lakers were actually the first team to be eliminated from the playoffs. They finished the season with a 27-55 record.
Now for the first time in a long time the Lakers will be rebuilding. They’ll have a lottery pick in the upcoming draft and some cap space to get some free agents as almost every player on the roster will be a free agent. This team is going in a new direction and apparently Mike D’Anoni wants nothing to do with it.
Last night D’Antoni resigned as head coach. There was always people calling for him to get fired and even Magic Johnson was happy about D’Antoni stepping down. I can’t say that this isn’t a good move because things simply haven’t been working. The Lakers will probably get a high profile coach this year to replace D’Antoni. We can all agree the last two years have had to be rough on Laker fans.
Everick Davis Jr.
Was good though, it's me Everick Davis Jr. Born and raised in Portsmouth Virginia, I'm currently a senior at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. I watch every sport (not so much golf) but I am huge on the NBA. My favorite players right now are J.R. Smith, Russell Westbrook & Nick Young. Drinking beer and watching sports is my favorite past time and I do it year round! I used to play basketball on the regular until everyone else kept growing and I still stood at 5'6. So that's when I channeled my efforts into becoming the next Stephen A Smith or anything close to that. I currently write for "The Carolinian" newspaper in Greensboro, NC and intern for http://theurbantwist.com/ Random Fact about me, I love anime, my favorite one is One Piece! Second random fact, I got beatz! check me out http://www.reverbnation.com/ielabs
