The last couple of seasons the Lakers have intrigued for many of the wrong reasons. Be it a head coach who had local and national observers alike making the chin-stroke emoji face, the constant checking of tank-a-thon dot com, the declining-yet-still-defiant Kobe Bryant, or whatever other random story popped up. People wanted to talk about the Lakers, but for mostly bad reasons.
This season feels different though, doesn’t it? A new coach, another lottery pick, former lottery picks looking primed for a leap, and a team without Kobe for the first time in two decades has everyone at least a bit interested in what comes next — even if that doesn’t translate to a huge jump in wins.
I got a chance to talk with Keith Parish of Fastbreak Breakfast (@fastbreakbreak) of the Hardwood Paroxysm Basketball Network on all this as well as what I eat for breakfast (which is important! eat more breakfast!). Give it a listen after the jump.
anthonylborn says
Darius, great job of disarming a Laker hater who only wanted to talk about “rhetoric” as you so eloquently phrase it.
david-h says
Darius:thanks for another
nice share.Makes us feel warm and fuzzy…..i
think you’re calling can also be director of public relations if it isn’t
already.
You know you’re in Daly City when on a typical day you can
wake up to blinding fog, then rain, then bright sunshine then back to fog.And that’s just the typical morning
forecast.You can also see that happening
across the bay from Berkeley.
The difference between coach Walton and coach Scott is that
if and when the young players fail before they get better is that coach Walton will
own their failures and place blame squarely on the coaches (including
himself).His logic and intelligence
tells me this.Who in their right mind
would not want to play their hardest for this coach?Improvement will be imminent with this
mindset.And, by the way, your optimism
is contagious.
The over/under for me is also at 30 this upcoming nba laker
season.Last season in late December I thought
18 wins would be laker’s ceiling.Did not
know at the time my sarcasm would prove to be true.
Nice to hear your voice again.Keep up the great work.It’s inspiring to say the least.
Go lakers
John Citizen says
Very reasonable talk from yet Darius, yet still with lakers passion and fire.
Thanks a lot, enjoyable. We are the fans understand logic but we are here to hope for something remarkable.
FredP says
This was a nice, thoughtful interview. The biggest problem is the discord among the owners. The coaching staff and players look like they are ready to write the next chapter.