N/P Byron Scott Officially Lakers New Coach

THIS JUST IN: Lakers agree to terms on 4-year deal with Byron Scott to be next head coach. (via @ramonashelburne) pic.twitter.com/xt2fbw1z5Y

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) July 27, 2014

LOL

Like the guy but he never saw why he'd make an okay coach. 4 years is a long contract for a team still paying for 2 past head coaches still.

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Originally Posted by Jabberwalker

Like the guy but he never saw why he'd make an okay coach. 4 years is a long contract for a team still paying for 2 past head coaches still.

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tough to see if his teams were successful b/c he coached up PGs Jason Kidd and CP3... or was he successful only b/c of PGs the caliber of Jason Kidd and CP3

Byron Scott is the 7th former Laker to become coach. Of the previous 6 only Pat Riley & Jerry West coached more than 1 season with LA.

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 27, 2014

That's 3 coaches they will be paying in one season, right? And only one will actually be coaching.

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Originally Posted by NOLa.

That's 3 coaches they will be paying in one season, right? And only one will actually be coaching.

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They bought out the others.... so they are only paying 1. But that's still a lot of money to be paying out to coaches on a yearly basis

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Originally Posted by LouisianaPride

They bought out the others.... so they are only paying 1. But that's still a lot of money to be paying out to coaches on a yearly basis

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That's still mind blowing, but I guess their philosophy is "shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars.... sooner or later"

Not like they cant afford it, but your right.

Byron is not a bad temporary option if they just want to Keep Kobe quiet. Once Kobe goes blow it all up and find yet another coach lol

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Originally Posted by LouisianaPride

Byron is not a bad temporary option if they just want to Keep Kobe quiet. Once Kobe goes blow it all up and find yet another coach lol

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How long you think until Kobe decides he wants to be the coach?

December

For the money they gave him I'd expect him to coach as well lol.

how this guy keeps falling backwards into nba head coaching jobs I will never know
at least we know the lakers will be a poisonous mess now

And they say gms and the like know so much more than the average fan...

Right. Not always uh?

great news.............




















............for the rest of the league

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............for the rest of the league

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This had me laughing more than I care to admit. 10 pointer sir

Also why do so many coaches get recycled in this league? At least fail with someone new

I actually don't think it's a bad hire. Think about it, the Lakers are pretty much in purgatory for the next two years and are already paying 2 other coaches and no shot to win the championship. So you bring in a low risk guy like Scott to take a bunch of vets thrown together to play. Next year's pick is top 5 protected, which would be finishing worse than they did last year with a worse roster and without Kobe. So i'm assuming they see that and want to make that as bad as can be and while we know Scott isn't the best coach, you know what you're getting. Scott's contract is 3 years with a 4th year option and they can easily fire him once Kobe's contract is up and start fresh. I thought it was a pretty good hire but maybe 1 year too long.

And to add to this, what coach in their right mind even wants that job right now? It's a no win situation.

Swaggy P better get ready to get the Marcus Thornton and JR Smith treatment!

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Swaggy P better get ready to get the Marcus Thornton and JR Smith treatment!

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Swaggy P is the FUTURE of the Lakers.


I didn't say the future would be good.

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LOL

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Originally Posted by BallSoHard

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So i'm assuming they see that and want to make that as bad as can be and while we know Scott isn't the best coach, you know what you're getting. Scott's contract is 3 years with a 4th year option and they can easily fire him once Kobe's contract is up and start fresh.

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I thought I heard that the Lakers had an out in his contract after just one year? Maybe just me or the guy I got the third-hand information from heard it wrong.

Otherwise, your thoughts echo my own.

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Originally Posted by Kibner

I thought I heard that the Lakers had an out in his contract after just one year? Maybe just me or the guy I got the third-hand information from heard it wrong.

Otherwise, your thoughts echo my own.

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Here;s where I read it:

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...ome-head-coach

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Sources told ESPN that Scott agreed to a four-year, $17 million contract with the Lakers, who hold a team option on the final year of the deal.

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^ Thanks. It may have just been a pre-official deal rumor I had heard.

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Originally Posted by NOLa.

How long you think until Kobe decides he wants to be the coach?

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I don't see Kobe as a successful coach. Plus for all the Buss $$$, Lakers wouldn't be able to pay him what the networks will be willing to shell out.

is it just me or is Little Buss a Big Bust? this dude is awful.

- mike brown
- he let d'antoni pull a mike shanahan and drive kobe into injury
- he kept d'antoni
- jeremy lin and carlos boozer
- byron scott