LAKERS NEED CACHET! 🏅 Stephen A. describes his PERFECT FIT for next Lakers head coach | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Brian Windhorst and Shannon Sharpe discuss the desirability for the Los Angeles Lakers’ head coaching job and what top qualities in a candidate the Lakers should be looing for in their next hire.
0:00 How desirable is the Lakers job?
3:27 Stephen A.’s perspective
6:54 Head coaches need to be empowered
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41 Comments
The only situation that can hold LeBron accountable is if you have MJ as an owner, Pat Riley as President of basketball operations and GM, Pop as the head coach, Charles Oakley and Karl Malone as the assistant coaches, Jerry West as the team advisor, and Kareem as head of players development. That's the only way you can hold LeBron accountable.
No head coach that coaches a Superstar is empowered over the player. Coaches got fired with Jordan, Magic, Kobe and other stars, but it's NEWS because it's Lebron James.
Lebron Should Coach The Team Then Like Bill Russell Did
Mark Jackson left the Joker off of his MVP list last year, he should never get any job let alone coaching job
Mark Jackson should get the coaching Job then… cause there is nobody else
I would give Penny Hardaway a call
Good point Shannon. It's a young man's game. Can't coach em old. Get rid of Lebron. 😂😂
So the Lakers kept the same coach from the time Phil Jackson quit until the time the Lebron got there? No they didn’t
What year did George Karl win a championship ( bubble or not)
Man, what are we talking be out here?The guy is forty years old. Let him coach by himself
ITS SIMPLE!. We have to stop clicking on the videos that has Lakers in the title maybe they would stop. But complaining in the comments is only helping LeESPN
The Lakers need a new GM too
Lakers need to get young and bring in a coach/es that have both offensive and defensive skills. Lebron and AD will selectively play when they want to, that doesnt work and isnt fair for the rest of the players that play and try every day. Minnesota plays GREAT TEAM DEFENSE and will be a team to be reckoned with for years, dont see how AD and LeBron can beat this young team as well as OKC
Steven A has to be the biggest hypocrite on TV. He ran off Max Kellerman because he didn't want the competition.
Fire the gm. the team is trash. Look at the backcourt
For the first time in IDK how many decades…..It's actually better to be a Knicks fan than a Lakers fan.
Ever since Jeanie buss has taken over the lakers, they have been the worst ran team in the league
The only reason that the Lakers head coaching job is not desirable is because of LeBron. The head coach of that team is basically a place holder and a scapegoat for LeBron when they don’t win.
Preach Shannon. He's the ONLY one on ESPN touching on the heart of the matter. "Holding players accountable, despite their resume." But you can't criticize outright he who shall not be named. Shannon speaking in code, telling the truth, and not wanting to end up like Michelle Beadle.
Lakers needs 3 things;
1. Aggressive defense
2. Add'tl. Center position player
3. Good coach like Mike Brown and Eric Spoelstra
As a Lakers fan always thought it was weird that the Lakers hired rob Lowe as a GM he as no experience as a GM he was a agent that is totally different.
If i were a coach I would not go to lakers. Too much pressure too much expectations and too much drama!
The construction of the team is garbage. the gm must be fired!!!!!!
TIme to trade LBJ and AD for the future. Get draft picks and a young star or 2
Until Rob Pelinka is gone, and you have a gm that work with the coach you gonna keep hiring a new coach frequently
Facts they need to Go after Mark Jackson not Monty Williams
The media owes Bron billions. He’s out of the playoffs and is still making them money
8:04 Preach Shannon❤ I’ve been loving him here on ESPN and Nightcap with Ocho 😂💯
Same George Karl that never won squat 👎🤫
They should just announce they're starting over..trading AD to chicago for picks, letting bron go, will build around picks, max, reaves..let the next decade belong to the up and comers
There is no perfect coach for bron. He left the only reliable firm coach when he left spoelstra in Miami. He doesn’t respect his own coaches cuz he will always place blame on them when things don’t go right.
Sup with that music
Mark Jackson wouldn't take it if he didn't have full control anyway I do believe that's what Bron needs at this stage. Spo would be my next pick. Lue would be third and JJ last. Lakers should bring in guys like Tyrese Maxey Devin Vassell and Steven Adams with that dawg mentality… Move AD back to the 4, put Adams at C with Maxey/ Vassell at the back.
Get rid of Dlo/Prince and have Dinwiddie/Reeves/Rui/Vanderbilt/Hayes coming off the bench. That along with one of the coaches above preferably Jackson or Spo will be the only way the "Lake Show" is gonna broadcast anytime soon again.
Why dont lebron just player-coach the team.
I would not wanna coach bron
No one can coach Lebron except himself…
If coach will accept the job for lakers I think coach value will be less after 1 to 2 years…
LAKERS’ ownership, the laughingstock of the NBA on how they are being fooled and their legs pulled by Richie Paul and James. 🤡🤣😝😂
They kept cutting off windy with their stupid jokes and commentary 🤦♂️ why can’t he speak
You can’t empower a coach who doesn’t demand power. Coaches that demand power are very few. Most coaches are like puppets.
I wish bucks didn’t hire doc. So that he could coach lebron for the rest of his career.