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Woj: “Here’s what the Lakers will have to look at: what is the marketplace, who is available to them out there….The Lakers have not shown necessarily a willingness to pay for a head coach.”



Woj: “Here’s what the Lakers will have to look at: what is the marketplace, who is available to them out there….The Lakers have not shown necessarily a willingness to pay for a head coach.”

by aingenevalostatrade

29 Comments

  1. CorleonMentality

    FO not willing to own up to their mistakes. 

  2. KingNephew

    Pelinka fired Vogel and by all reports, Ham was a Pelinka hire. If he fires Ham just 2 years in, he’s officially next if the next hire goes wrong.

  3. NotGonnaGetCaught

    So they’re probably not paying for Tyronn Lue if he’s available

    Probably another assistant coach. Hopefully David Adelman

  4. Because I know no one will watch the video and this thread will be flooded with low effort “cheapie Jeanie” posts, Woj is *speculating* that the Lakers aren’t willing to pay >8 mil for the top HC on the market who is Buldenholzer.

    This isn’t news. In fact it’s so carefully worded to draw clicks its laughable. Woj has plausible deniability to say the quote is in reference to past Laker HC contracts and that’s it. Because if this were actual news, he would be saying that he’s hearing this new information.

  5. That’s a lot of words to say he doesn’t know anything.

  6. Several_Piano_8777

    Nah nah eef all that jamal murray chicken curry, mcdonalds Mcflurry lakers in 7

  7. epicdickeater

    Why has Phil Handy never gotten a shot at any head coaching positions yet? But Darvin Ham can after being apart of the bucks success. Handy has had many parts of successful teams.

  8. It’s not necessarily Ham, it’s the assistant coaches. Other than Handy the rest needs to go. Recruit Rondo and see if he’s willing to take an assistant role.

  9. Ok_Board9845

    We need to know if Lebron/AD/D’Lo are going to be on the roster next year. If not, then get a rebuilding coach because Ham has already lost the trust of the young players. If they are and we’re still looking to be somewhat competitive, having a guy like Ty Lue wouldn’t be worse than Ham

  10. Dagenius1

    I do not know why so many people look up to this Woj guy. He says a lot of words without saying anything and y’all just eat it up.

  11. GoalPublic3579

    What the fuck does Ham have over the media and the front office?

    Nick wright the only one to call him out

  12. Loud_Ad393

    Woj mentioned trading 3 draft picks as part of a trade for a guard. I know Trae Young has come up but Woj was alluding to an on-point defender. Who would that be? I agree with Perk (for once), this is a Pelinka problem. He failed to improve the team last offseason with the MLE and 17th draft pick. I definitely don’t trust him with making a mega-trade that would mortgage our future post-Lebron.

  13. Wise_Ad_112

    The problem isn’t just money, it’s that no one is good at finding the right coach. It’s incompetence, they have ppl in positions they shouldnt be in because they’re Jeanie friends. Franchise is not run like a professional billion dollar business.

  14. nottherealstanlee

    And maybe they’ve been right? I’d have preferred Lue and I don’t like Ham, but Vogel about to get fired too like I told yall he would lol Vogel isn’t a great coach either. 

    If we had a shot at Spoelstra? Sure. We’re being cheap if we don’t back up the truck there, but who are we supposed to pay big money for? Glen? Budenholzer aka Papa Ham? Atkinson?

    This sub doesn’t have a lot of answers for what to do besides Ham. It’d be a retread or another unproven coach. Short of Ty Lue, I don’t see a clear option that’s better. 

  15. Perkins actually nailed it…we don’t have a damn center on the team, plus he let Schroeder who was their best slasher/scorer at guard walk away for nothing…Twice!
    Lakers won is 2020 will McGee and Howard doing work, he let them walk too. We didn’t need McGee and Howard this year but we needed bigs…not to mention giving away Zubac for free

  16. myzticaznfool

    As a chargers fan, we’ve seen cheaping out on HC for the longest time. Hiring Jim Harbaugh is super refreshing. Hope Jeanie will just pay up for a quality HC.

  17. imnotknox

    Where’s the portal to the alt universe where we gave Lue 4 years and never went through this damn circus

  18. Did Perkins not hear that Pelinka locked himself in a room with Ham during roster construction? Both are equally to blame but saying Ham doesn’t have anything to do with the roster is straight false.

    Now onto the FA HC prospects:

    Sources say Pelinka has been in contact with Bob Myers. Is Pelinka searching for a replacement or someone he can learn under? Hmmm

    Now for the HC. We need someone who’s more accomplished than Ham. Someone with a long resume and unquestioned respect from the players. Coach K is the only one who comes to mind with these requirements that might be available. We would need Lebron, AD, Jeanie, and the entire organization to move heaven and earth to convince Coach K to take the job.

  19. Imaginary_Ad_3912

    Is Woj an introvert or camera-shy? I have never seen anyone look so tortured as they tried to make a point on TV.

  20. bruticuslee

    There is no way Bud will take the job if it means pushing out his former assistant Ham. When Frank Hamblen took over for Rudy T in 2005-2006 season, Phil Jackson mentioned he wouldn’t take over until the next season to get Frank a chance as he used to be Pjax former assistant. I imagine the same would apply here, and Bud wouldn’t join as long as Ham is still on contract.

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