Thoughts on this? It's true the clippers haven't won a championship but they've had more wins than us every single season except for 2020. I'd take an owner that will spare no expense to win over one that cuts corners to save costs.
I also don't think it's fair to use Jerry Buss' Lakers as an example. That was a different era with a different owner that had different priorities.
by Theoneandonlylog
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“The general opinion around the league”
We are witnessing Frank McCourt part two!
The Lakers have always been a small exclusive club. Changing that into a large corporate bureaucracy certainly messes with the soul of the team.
The last paragraph of the screenshot is what you should’ve highlighted, starting with “fair rebuttal”
All that money got the Clippers… ::checks notes:: no rings, no draft picks, James Harden and Russell Westbrook. PJ Tucker and Bones Hyland… Come On Down!
Literally no sensible lakers fan wouldnât want the team to spend more money on the staff
it really shows based on the bad fit players that get added midseason to play roles they arent suited for
this opinion has been held by a lot of people for years, though.
Dr Buss was all in on the team succeeding and entertaining fans because he believed heâd always win that bet. With that said the Lakers have never had the financial capital that Balmer has. They donât have business outside the Lakers. Compared to the other owners the Buss family is operating at a deficit.
If you remember revenue sharing this was a big deal even though Dr Buss agreed to it because he felt it was better for the health of the league.
I almost wish this whole Reddit would shut down till the coaching search is over. Yall are too much
how many chips did those more wins vs us do the clippers have over the years I’m curious
This is such a dumb take. What point is there to send out scouts to NBA arenas to scout NBA players? You can easily pull up full game replays and scout a player much more effeciently. As long as they have scouts for overseas and college prospects there really is no issue (and all signs point to them having this).
Sounds like the team literally just hopes for free agents to come save this franchise instead of the draft period
Until the buss family sells, this team will be mid
The bad decisions taken year after year shows the organization has been mismaneged. From Jeannie, to Pelinka to the bottom.
Sure, the Lakers are not like other franchises, but the vast majority of other franchises don’t win. Sometimes you don’t want to be like every other franchise.
In terms of a pro personnel department and scouting, I believe that the Lakers cover these areas in unconventional ways, but they still have it covered. There is no right or wrong way to do those things.
Weve drafted pretty well. What are you talking about? Then we flipped them for ad. Won a ring. Jesus what else do you want?
This is nonsense. How many good players we drafted in lower first round and second round for last 10âyears?
Kuz, Austin R, Alex C, Josh H, Nance.
While our high first round picks may not be a superstar but they are alls star at one point. DLo, BI, Randle.
I donât know how it compares to other teams, but scouting has not been their weakness
Itâs called best practices. Itâs not always a no brainer to do them because of the costs involved. Itâs a no brainer for the Ballmer Clippers, who have billions.
You can argue that the clippers havenât won anything. But more times than not, you canât expect to outperform the competition if youâre the one cutting corners. But this was happening even under Dr. Buss, itâs not new to Jeannie. But the rules are now stacked against them where itâs unrealistic to expect them to land another Shaq or LeBron in free agency to bail them out.
I honestly believe Dr Buss would have sold the team if he were alive and saw the insane valuations NBA teams now receive. Jeannie should keep that in mind if she feels she has to keep it to honor dad.
Cheap as fuck
Except they have as many or more other types of scouts than other teams. So, I guess in the same breath, theyâre not being cheap?
It has already been mentioned a lot that the job of a pro scout might just be handled by other people. Pelinka himself handles a lot of what a pro scout would do. And, in terms of the results, I donât think the teamâs track record in terms of signing or trading for other basketball players has been that bad outside of trading for Westbrook. The team they put together in 2019-2020 was good, the team they put together in 2020-2021 was good, the Westbrook trade fucked up 2021-2022, and they recovered as well as can be expected from the trade in 2022-2023. I thought the 2023-2024 roster was well built outside of maybe needing one more bruising big. So, for all this talk about not having a pro scout, they seem to be targeting decent players.
What has Rob actually done as a GM? I know some of this is heinsight but after 2020 he made mistakes signing Gasol Drummond Trez Schroder Mathews instead of bringing the team back or maybe jus doing 1 move.Â
Then the dreaded Wb trade not even the player just the contract and knowing what it would do to the team knowing u canât surround those guys with 3/D wings or any shooting or another big man to help AD.  Â
The  u trade Wb and fans rejoice but imo they shoulda moved him for 2 way guys instead u move Russ and some mins for 1 way guys like DLO beasily and Vando then Nunn for Rui which is a great trade but Rui again is a 1 and a 1/2 way player u need 2 way guys.Â
In 2018 Magic brought Bron and 2019 Bron brought AD. The other guys were either laying there from the yr before or signed as FAâs Rob didnât do anything. So tell me again what good has Rob ever done?
When you google the lakers profit and find the 22/23 season revenue, which is 516, and the operating income was 159, would that mean that Jeanie only made 17.49 million in 22/23 from owning the team? Each buss owns 11% so that would mean that they would be making less than dlo even though they own the team. I canât find if that revenue figure is missing like the tv deal or something else but Iâd think they would be making more than that from owning the lakers.
I’m okay with Jeannie effing off
They posted that behind the scenes video of the film guys working during a game and they didnât even have desks lmfao. All huddled around with computers in their laps. Poverty franchise