Irwin: An Eastern Conference executive who said the following quote..: ‘If they hire JJ and it doesn’t work out, Rob Palinka can basically tell Jeanie Buss the hire was for LeBron and get another chance at hiring whoever comes next. This is technically the safest hire he could make’
by aingenevalostatrade
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I think JJ might be mid the first season but when he learns like Kidd did coming straight from being a player with no coaching experience he’d be very good for whatever post-lebron team they put together with younger players.
This is who Rob is. He’s never taken responsibility for any of his many mistakes they’re all someone else’s fault.
Idk if Jeanie is too incompetent to realize or she just doesn’t want to because she can’t bring herself to fire one of Kobe’s best friends.
You guys all have to understand that the coaching pool right now is fucking horrible lol the Wolves and Nuggets lead assistants are the only guys with any real buzz on them at the moment. I personally wouldn’t mind JJ if he had a strong staff around him because I truly think JJ is a good basketball mind the same way I felt Kerr would be good as a coach too. Borego and Cassell just don’t seem like inspired coaches who can out game plan other top coaches but I don’t have any real proof to back that up except the last time they were coaches they were both awful.
Bullshit. Nobody is saying this. People are calling for Pelinka’s firing right now, nobody is blaming LeBron if they hire JJ. Off season narratives get lazier every summer.
This makes no sense because Lebron has already made clear it’s not his call.
This sounds like pure speculation and a lazy narrative.
Yip.
A man more interested in staying in the job than excelling in the job.
Man, Irwin and Faigen have turned into such hacks. Irwin just parrots any bs he can pull out to get him clicks, Faigen went on a publicity tour after suggesting we should intentionally lose to the Pelicans like it was some genius idea.
I don’t buy it. He’s still the general manager or whatever. No matter what he’s still in charge so that shouldn’t absolve him from anything like the Westbrook trade.
These are the kind of stupid ass hot takes we post though? As if she doesn’t talk to LeBron. To assume the organization is that compartmentalized, nothing we do is going to matter.
There’s too much consideration of BS like this, which is essentially office politics, and I’m not sure Pelinka is even thinking along these lines. Just hire the best guy for the job. If it’s JJ, then it’s JJ, and nothing else should matter.
Nah man. I’m a bit surprised that Pelinkas seat wasn’t at least warmed up publicly but this would be the last coaching hire he will make if it doesn’t work out.
So Anthony is quoting the speculation from someone who is not in any way involved with LeBron’s camp or the Lakers front office. This guy is such a hack…
>Anthony Irwin
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Palinka strikes again!
Lazy ass “journalism”.
Hearsay and rank bullshit.
Reminder to folks. The media loves to talk about two things. The Lakers and LeBron. Take ‘drama’ stories with a large grain of salt, they just want views and/or clicks.
He could tell Jeanie whatever he wants.
She could fire him because he’s a puppet that can’t make his own decisions.
Stop posting this chubby bullshit artist on the subreddit please he’s just keemstar with Lakers colors
Irwin’s losing whatever credibility he had. His content is losing to insightful/meaningful creators and he’s turning to speculation and clickbait.
That’s why LeBron’s podcast exist. Too much speculation, next please.
Turdwin
Honestly I kinda feel bad for JJ in all this,
All my man wanted to do was educate people on basketball with a podcast and now he’s likely being set up as a sacrificial lamb.
Maybe, maybe not. Irwin is a tool.
Irwin has a very clear agenda against the FO and it makes it hard to trust his “reporting”
Irwin is a buffoon. Wasn’t he the one that reported ‘Lakers likely to keep Ham even if they are out of the playoffs early’
Why the fuck do I care about what an eastern conference executive’s opinion is about the lakers. Dude just be trying to make anything news to rile ppl up.
Here’s a headline “A high level executive (I consider high ranking, he’s just a guy) somewhere from some team that’s irrelevant to the lakers was shopping and I saw him and we started shooting the shit about basketball and I just asked what he think lakers going to do. He thinks rob’s gonna blame lebron and it’s a set up so he doesn’t get fired, teams a fucking mess, he should trade ad and Lebron to the team I work for, for scraps, hope the lakers sucks and I’m gonna plant this, so report it as news and hope it causes problems within the lakers and fansbase, bye”
Robs gotta a lot of work to do and the lakers as a whole, but these stupid narratives gotta stop, this guy and another few of these guys with podcasts think the rob and Jeanie are out to destroy the lakers and it’s a conspiracy and Lebron is the scapegoat. Pathetic so called journalism
Isn’t this dude full of shit?
This guy has no sources people. None.