In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I discuss the Lakers front office situation — specifically Rob Pelinka’s positioning as key decision maker in the wake of Magic Johnson’s resignation and why Jeanie Buss seems to be aligning herself with Pelinka as closely as she is. You’ll want to listen to […]
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Lakers Moving on with Coaching Search, Tyron Lue and Monty Williams the Favorites
I’ve wrung my hands about these Lakers a lot lately. Luke Walton did not have his best year as a coach and showed flaws over the course of his 3 seasons in Los Angeles, but I’m sad to see him let go since I believe he is still a good coach (the Kings also seem […]
Rob Pelinka Expected to Conduct Search for Luke Walton’s Replacement
Earlier today we told you that it was time for Jeanie Buss to start to look outside her inner circle in an attempt to gather information on how to move the Lakers forward in the wake of Magic Johnson’s resignation. Then, well, the Lakers and Luke Walton decided to “mutually part ways”. So, this seems […]
Luke Walton, Lakers Part Ways
Those wondering if Magic Johnson’s sudden and surprising resignation would offer Luke Walton a reprieve so he could remain on as Lakers head coach have gotten their answer. To quote myself, nah. The Lakers and Luke Walton have mutually agreed to part ways the team announced via a press release on Friday afternoon. So, Luke […]
Jeanie Buss It’s Your Time Now
With the regular season past its sunset, organizations around the league are making decisions on what their tomorrows will look like. The Kings have fired their head coach. As have the Cavs. The Grizzlies took things one step further, not just canning their coach, but demoting their GM and moving another top level front office […]
Report: Marco Nuñez out as Lakers Athletic Trainer
With Magic Johnson stunning the basketball world by stepping down as President of Basketball Operations Tuesday night, it was easy to speculate that more changes would be on their way. You simply do not have a shakeup in the leadership of your organization in that way without more fallout occurring. Well, it didn’t take long. […]
Magic Johnson Resigns as Lakers President of Basketball Operations
On November 18, 1981 Magic Johnson walked into the locker room, basically called an impromptu press conference, and asked to be traded. Growing ever more disgruntled with then coach Paul Westhead, Magic basically said “him or me” and shocked the basketball world just a little over a year removed from winning the NBA championship as […]
Report: Lonzo Ball Chooses CAA as new Agent Representation
Lonzo Ball has had a rough go in his 2nd season. It began with adjusting playing next to LeBron James and then transitioned to him starting to play the best basketball of his career, only to all be cut short by a season ending ankle injury. Then, in the past month, it was discovered the […]
The Greatness and Limitations of *this* LeBron James
These Lakers will not make the playoffs. We’ve known this for some time. Before the Nets officially eliminated them, we knew. Probably even before they lost a key game to the last place Suns way back on March 2nd, we knew. Or at least we should have. While the Lakers’ season has hit the skids, […]
No one to do the little things
Considering the current state of the Lakers — you know, the fact that whatever hopes they had to make the playoffs are gone — it’s difficult to meaningfully write about what is now the portion of the season that feels like the last 35 minutes of your Friday workday before an extended weekend. This team […]