Mike D’Antoni to Replace Mike Brown and Coach the Lakers? Other Names: Coach K, Brian Shaw, Jerry Sloan and Obviously, Phil Jackson
As Lakers ownership has been considering firing of Brown, Mike D’Antoni has been a prominent name discussed as replacement, sources tell Y!
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) November 9, 2012
Mike D’Antoni replacing Mike Brown as head coach of the Lakers makes plenty of sense – he knows Kobe well, and Steve Nash thrived in his system – but D’Antoni is recovering from knee replacement surgery. D’Antoni, whom I liked in New York, got screwed by Carmelo Anthony and is probably very eager to start winning again.
Coach K is a longshot. .0001 percent chance he bails on Duke on the eve of the college basketball season. His legacy would be tarnished for abandoning the program. Brian Shaw will be a popular name from the media, but upper management has never seemed enamored with him. He was passed over for the Brown job (which Kobe was never asked about).
Jerry Sloan and Phil Jackson seem to be likely candidates. As many have surmised, the Lakers probably don’t pull the trigger on the firing without having some type of deal in place with someone else. If Jerry Sloan couldn’t co-exist with Deron Williams, how do you expect him to deal with Kobe and Dwight?
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November 9th, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Coach K is a longshot. .0001 percent chance he bails on Duke on the eve of the college basketball season.
Why would you even bring his name up when it is impossible that it will happen. It’s like me saying, “Cotton Fitzsimmons is a longshot.”
November 9th, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Billingsley on Broadway, bitches!
November 9th, 2012 at 1:58 PM
Could personalities like Kobe and Sloan co-exist?
November 9th, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Do you really believe he would walk out on Duke just as the college season is starting? Really?!
November 9th, 2012 at 1:59 PM
I have no idea why Phil Jackson would want to come back. Does he need the money or something?
November 9th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
His hair was so white, I thought it was dyed when I was a kid.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Dammit, forgot to put on the sarcasm light again.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Some dickshit on Twitter brought up both K and Roy Williams.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:01 PM
And, do you really believe J-Mac would pass up on the chance to include his name in the headline? Really?!
November 9th, 2012 at 2:01 PM
also longshot candidates to replace Mike Brown: Red Auerbach and Jim Leyland. I’d give either of them about a .0001 percent chance of taking the job.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
D’Antoni’s son is about to start his Senior season in high school, and he wants to be at those games. He isn’t doing anything until after this year. This has been stated before.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Adrian Woj also tweeted that Sloan just had knee replacement surgery just two weeks ago…not ready to do much of anything for many weeks.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Stan Van Gundy?
November 9th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Some idiot on Twitter completely carries us past common sense and gives the right to suggest that’s a possibility.
Obviously it’s either D’Antoni or Phil is on his way for a Victory tour.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
Shit not Sloan…D’Antoni
November 9th, 2012 at 2:02 PM
I could see Jerry Sloan doing well with that team. He hasn’t had a real PG since Stockton retired, I would think he’d be salivating at the idea of coaching Nash with Pau, Dwight to run pick and rolls and Kobe just hanging around being the SGOAT.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Mike D’Antoni replacing Mike Brown as head coach of the Lakers makes plenty of sense
Except that Adrian Wojnarowski’s next tweet said that D’Antoni had a knee replacement surgery and isn’t on his feet yet.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Also, that was in the post.
Just some great reporting by me.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:03 PM
And, has Calipari issued any cryptic tweets on the subject matter?
November 9th, 2012 at 2:03 PM
I think this is Shaw’s job at this point.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Kidding by the way. It would be fun to see Dwight cry…
November 9th, 2012 at 2:04 PM
Anyone really think Phil Jackson is coming back to coach with no hip? I’d say D’Antoni would be the favorite of the list you named.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:06 PM
Larry Browns Tea House.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:08 PM
One of the best defensive point guards of all time, to Steve Nash, who’s not going to have a healthy season and is one of the worst defensive point guards of all time. Irresistible.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:08 PM
Does Jerry Sloan have access to a phone, where he lives?
November 9th, 2012 at 2:11 PM
I sense sarcasm here. I thought they only taught that at Dickinson for undergrad.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:13 PM
If Kobe regained enough power to have Brown fired, then the next coach of the Lakers will be Brian Shaw, the dude he wanted in the first place.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:14 PM
Wait a damn minute, the fuck is Deron Williams “not a real point guard” for?
November 9th, 2012 at 2:16 PM
[citation needed]
November 9th, 2012 at 2:19 PM
He’s up there.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:19 PM
D’Antoni’s son is about to start his Senior season in high school, and he wants to be at those games. He isn’t doing anything until after this year.
This is the Lakers, not the Pistons.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Princeton style offense to a Mike D’Antonio offense would be quite the transition. And really what could go wrong with this transition on the defensive side of the ball. To quote the man over here with 2 first names, Lakers are fucked.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Obviously he’s no Walt, but you don’t have hands that fast and not be up there. Plus the built in white hustle!
November 9th, 2012 at 2:21 PM
He was okay to pretty good defensively, but one of the best of all time?
November 9th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Back in late ’90 I bought my Taurus SHO from him. And that, kids, is my Cotton Fitzsimmons story.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
One of the best defensive point guards of all time
[citation needed]
He is the all-time steals leader
November 9th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Would you say it’s your claim to fame?
November 9th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
He gets steals sure, but he gets a little too much credit I think. I just remember him trying to stay in front of guys like Terry Porter, Kevin Johnson, Gary Payton, etc., in the playoffs and getting eaten alive year-in and year-out.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
He probably wouldn’t be if it weren’t for the fact that the stat wasn’t recorded for a long time, but yeah, you don’t create more turnovers than anyone and not get into the top tier.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Back in late ’90 I bought my Taurus SHO from him. And that, kids, is my Cotton Fitzsimmons story.
‘Tis a better story than mine. I bought a copy of Beckett Basketball once when I was a kid and they had a Cotton Fitzsimmons card with a drawing of a tuft of cotton where his head should have been. It was their joke of the month or something.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
When did the Lakers move to the east coast? Two posts in a row
November 9th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Stat accumulator. I never saw him lock anyone down. If anything it was the opposite.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Anyways my point is Steve Nash is fucking awful at the thing the Lakers have the biggest problem at.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:29 PM
One of the best defensive point guards of all time
Jason Kidd.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
I’d say calling Nancy Grace Soused’s favorite word was my pinnacle, with the car being a fun anecdote that I can bring up whenever someone mentions Cotton, which is not as often as, well, this is the first time I think I’ve mentioned it since he died.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
if only urban meyer were available…if only.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:31 PM
At your hands?
November 9th, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Obviously.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:32 PM
What I mean is that I comment on the blog of a dude who had a class with Lindsay Czarniak. Also, based on her old appearances on Kornheiser’s radio show, she’s awesome.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:33 PM
If you still have it, your Cotton memorabilia is worth more than mine. I added a supercharger to it and it eventually blowed up.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:39 PM
He’s working on flipping an Auburn recruit today.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:39 PM
D-ho, coach killer
November 9th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Isn’t Shaw an assistant in Indiana? I doubt they’d let him go midseason.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
I endorse making this a thing.
What a hilarious mess. Phil aint coming back, no chance. Sloan, meh, too straight laced for LA, best years were a long time ago.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Gene Chizigan: My God! We’re defenseless, like fish in a barrel.
Pat Dye: Options?
Gene Chizigan: My instinct is to hide in this barrel, like the wily fish.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
What is JMac’s obsession with D’Antoni? The Lakers defense sucks right now and he thinks the defense-ignoring D’Antoni would be a good replacement?
November 9th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Also even though they deny it, didn’t Sloan get run out of town by Williams? If he can’t handle Deron Williams why would anyone think he can handle Kobe and Dwight “Coach Killer Qu’est-ce Que c’est” Howard?
November 9th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Allen Iverson is 12th all-time in steals and led the league twice. Enough said. Stockton never made 1st team all-defense.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Your neutralness disgusts me.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
truth.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Pssh Iverson’s still five behind Stockton in second team all defense!
November 9th, 2012 at 2:46 PM
It would be sweet if they could flip Reuben Foster, Lawson or Liner but those boys have already been paid in full. Trey Johnson would be a good get. LB is a huge need. Hopefully Mike Mitchell commits.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:47 PM
hahaha…your neutralness, it’s a beige alert!
November 9th, 2012 at 2:47 PM
more accurate
November 9th, 2012 at 2:49 PM
f I don’t survive, tell my wife “Hello.”
November 9th, 2012 at 2:49 PM
Wow I really McGovern’d that copy and paste.
November 9th, 2012 at 2:51 PM
would you watch a bender/zapp brannigan spinoff? i sure as hell would.
November 9th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Wow great piece on Coach Killer.