LeBron Reportedly Staying Out of the Lakers' Coaching Search. Is this Believable? (Spoiler: No)
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
- Brian's lost his voice, but Harrison Faigen (SBNation) took his place to discuss- after an "Earth 2" victory lap about being "proven right" that the Lakers would be in the Western Conference Playoffs had they listened to him and tanked vs. the Pelicans during the play-in to avoid Denver - Shams Charania's report that LeBron James, despite all appearances and common sense, is not the driving force behind JJ Redick being the reported frontrunner for the Lakers coaching job, even though he's never coached a game in his life. Is this believable? No. Does this feel like Team Klutch trying to dispel a narrative where LeBron gets the blame if this goes sideways? Yes.But here's the thing. The version of events where this is true and Redick managed to jump the line this dramatically without LeBron's push is arguably even less comforting.
HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky, with guest Harrison Faigen (SBNation)
SEGMENT 1: Harrison says "I told you so!!!" and LeBron reportedly isn't pushing for Redick... or any coach.
SEGMENT 2: Why it's not believable LeBron's relationship with Redick hasn't pushed him to the front of the line... but also, if that IS true, that's arguably worse.
SEGMENT 3: Anthony Davis' voice (spoken, implied, or otherwise) is reportedly also under heavy consideration these days.
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Lebron reportedly not being involved in The coaching hire is BS and anyone with half a brain knows it. The only things on JJ Reddicks resume is that he has a podcast with Lebron and he was thrown out of his 8 year old sons game as a coach, yet he’s somehow the front runner for the job??
Lebron has figured out that if he doesn’t take public ownership of his decisions, he won’t face any accountability, just as he hasn’t his entire career.
At least Giannis was man enough to own up to the fact that he played a major role in the hiring of Adrian Griffin. The hiring obviously didn’t work out, but at least Giannis took ownership of his decisions.
But then again, it’s always been like this with Lebron. Instead of taking responsibility for ANYTHING, whether it be his poor performance in a crucial games, or his LeGM decisions, he always deflects blame to someone else, whether it’s coaches, refs, injuries, etc.
Did you see his press conference after the game 5 loss to the nuggets? He deflected blame if the failed season and embarrassing loss to the nuggets on injuries and nothing else. Not once in that press conference did he say “I wasn’t good enough” or “I could’ve been better”. As always, lakers fans completely looked pass his excuse making, yet when Darvin Ham blamed the season on injuries, lakers fans were outraged at Ham and demanded he take accountability for his poor coaching.
Reggie Miller was 100% correct when he contrasted Lebron and Anthony Edwards regarding their level of self accountability. I just wish Reggie Miller would’ve directly mentioned Lebron by name.
Organization has turned into a complete mess. 🤦🏾♂️
Not really lol. Drama queens
Been a mess since summer 2021
Been a mess! This isn’t new!!!
@@richborn6700way before that!
@@mescudi971the only drama queen is Lebron and if you can't see that this organization is a complete mess. You're most likely not invested in what happens to down the road because all you care about is what Lebron can benefit from the Lakers. And that doesn't fly with real Laker fans
"Visionless front office", love it. Faigen is really funny and on target.
Ready for Bron to ride off into the sunset.
Every damn year its constant turnover with roster and coaches. We canthold on to a coach longer than 2 years.
Same posts past six years
Same common denominator
Can I ask why every body riding JJ but won't speak on the fact he doesn't even mess with AD don't even have him as a top defensive player but want him as a coach smh this franchise turning into a clown show daily
Lebron staying out of coach search is bs cuz he done already having JJ as his partner in theirs podcast.
What AD didn't like or want Ham? I thought it was all Lebron lol
So I don’t get how someone would say losing intentionally during the play in would have better when the other two teams they would have played were very capable of better them. It wasn’t remotely guaranteed they would have won. Crazy
I didn't want to go too far down the rabbit hole for time reasons, but as we discussed in real time during the play-in, neither of us bought into this strategy, especially considering the odds of them ending up in a single-elimination format against the Kings, who I would argue they've struggled against just as badly as the Nuggets. Way too presumptive to pencil that in as a win. AK
@@LockedOnLakers exactly. In a single gm elimination, the lakers can very well lose to the Kings, warriors , or the pelicans. The kings beat a warriors team without two key role players. Plus, you know players miraculously get healthy before they play the lakers so there is always that beat the lakers factor.
I’m not for or against hiring JJ but to be fair the lakers being interested in him has nothing to do with the podcast. He’s been interviewed for several HC jobs and has turned them all down. There’s real interest in JJ around the league. The podcast thing is being blown out way out of proportion. If JJis hired it will be because the lakers like the way he will play not because of a silly pod lol
Like I said in this show and others, I don’t have an issue with them being interested in Redick, and I definitely can see why he’d be intriguing on paper. He’s obviously got appeal. For me, the issue is process. Given both his lack of actual experience and the Lakers’ decade-plus issues landing on a coach that can stick for longer than three years, I have questions about them becoming reportedly so fixated on Redick without even having spoken with them. In certain respects, my skepticism is much more about them than Redick. Again, it’s a process issue. I don’t trust theirs. Doesn’t mean they won’t land on the right guy, Redick or whoever, but I think the lack of trust is earned.
Appreciate you watching.
AK
@@LockedOnLakersfair enough and I’m with you. A decade of picking the wrong coach is a real issue. Their current process is interesting to say that least but I still believe if JJ never did a pod with Bron the lakers would still be interested. I just wanted to point out JJ has real qualities that it seems like a decent amount of teams were/are looking for. Thanks for reply and thanks for the show. Love your work.
Lakers organization is a 🤡 show
It's ran like a mom pop joint
I believe lakers organization don't care about winning. All she care about is money! I'm a life long laker fan, but it's getting to a point, we're I'm know longer in support of this dysfunction
Can we get a " you know" counter on Harrison
I’m a huge Bron fan, but doing a podcast with JJ is a tell no matter what he says. If Lue is available it’s him too😆
Lebron is on the JJ Reddick podcast. Yeah, I get they are partners. Still, the podcast is JJ's idea and plan. JJ is running the show. The Lakers are interested in JJ because of JJ not Lebron. JJ sees himself as the boss, not the assistant.
How many pro teams have retained their organizational structure through 3 coaching changes? In most sports, the entire front office is fired after two failed coaching hires. Why is Pelinka able to pick a 4th coach when the Lakers have fielded some of the worst rosters in the league on his watch? It just doesn’t make sense unless my theory that Jeanie and the think tank that ruined the Knicks for 10 years are acting as GM for the Lakers and Pelinka is just a figurehead.
Well, to be fair, this is just Pelinka’s third coaching hire. He was hired with Walton in the fold. But your overarching question is certainly valid. AK
We a ll call bs
No way Lebron is staying out of it
None of what Harrison had anything to do with the why lol
Sam Cassell...
Andy why are you trying to push a narrative when you hear the words from the horses mouth
They hating lol never seen a franchise hate on its own players this is all part of the Lakers problem from front offices to the media coverage they all hate on themselves get rid of everyone including the media team!
This episode was full of very bad jokes. (Extremely annoying)
Also, I believe that if Lebron wanted JJ. Then JJ would have been interviewed and hired. Coach K would not have been needed.
I believe Lebron has fell back and left things in Palinka's hands. I believe Lebron is frustrated with the front office. They are slow to make moves. They are slow to make trades, slow to signing FAs, slow to making decisions with hiring coaches. Players have been available for trades, FAs and coaches were available to sign and the Lakers sat on their hands every time over the last 3 years. And failed to resign needed Players.
I agree 100%
If you say so lebronsexual, always excuses
No one believes him
They can't talk about their white Jordan
LAKERS NEED KAI SOTTO AS THEIR MAIN CENTER EVEN THEY GET DRAFTED BRONNY KAI SOTTO CAN HELP LEBRON AND BRONNY WINNING NBA CHAMPIONSHIP..
Can’t beat the kings anyway
The only guy who could coach this team is sadly no longer with us and that man was Kobe Bean Bryant. He's putting up with any of Lebron's bs, every player respects him and his ability to break down the game in real time is some of the best that I've ever seen.
Trade Lebum
JJ could be the next Pat Riley. If Lebron respects him and plays hard for him, the team will respond.
He has home run grand slam potential but he’s also got strike out potential in too. A complete hit or miss
JJ IS NOWHERE NEAR THE NEXT PAT RILEY
@@robertcoburn3208and how can you say that definitively?
Riley had a 24 year old Magic Johnson, and Kareem was 35, but the most durable big man of all time. Lakers have a 40 year old James, and AD has always been made of glass.
@@robertcoburn3208 how can you be so sure??
All you guys need to look 👀 at yourself for believing one man controls everything damn stupidity of believing a lie first been going on for years I get it the lie is more entertaining and easy to believe smh! Prove me wrong!!!
Nobody and I mean nobody believes this. The Lakers sold their souls to James aka The Devil. And for what? An exhibition tournament masquerading as an NBA Finals on the Disney campus. That no one respects. And an in season tournament that no one understood or cared about. To make matters worse the Lakers hung a banner for that joke of a in season tournament. Why? The coach who won the Bubble Ring got fired, the coach who won the in season tournament got fired too. That’s how important and significant those accomplishments were perceived by the organization.
Here’s another racist. Now he has to be the “devil” okay dude
@@confidentc… stop it you lebronsexual
Facts💯 and his fuckin fans are annoying as well
@@confidentc And here is another low IQ bottom feeder who has to resort to pulling the race card, because he can’t formulate a counter argument. Congratulations on being both ignorant and lazy. Well done 👍
@@confidentc Here’s another victim playing the race card.
It's funny he started the fire, and now the Lakers have to put out the fire.
I'm tired of this brin mess. I'm ready for him to be gone. To much drama involving him. He's holding lakers hostage
How?? Yall sucked before he got there
@@moonman0506they never had a chance to develop the young group because of the free agent obsession. Some teams have to suck for awhile but LA always tries to expedite success regardless of the results
@@richborn6700 facts
@@moonman0506 I rather suck for a couple years. Than be with a toxic environment cause of a aging superstar
@@gregorybrown5419 so I guess when Kobe was aged and stunk up the joint the last 4 years of his career it was ok ??? It’s cool you’re just a lebron hater and I get it but that man is keeping y’all relevant and only the nuggets can beat them in a 7 game series … the man almost 40 still killing .. him and ad ain’t the problem it’s the other who didn’t show up… dlo and reeves did not show up and that’s that