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Jerry West was ready to return to the Lakers; Jeanie said no

Started by Majesty , Mar 10 2017 04:22 PM

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#61 Jody Smokes

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Posted June 15, 2017 - 02:12 PM

The casual observers and a lot of Laker fans give a lot of credit to Jerry for this. The new regime wants to start a new. A new perspective. If I take over Microsoft tomorrow I don't want to consult with Bill Gates. I want to carry out MY vision. Sometimes there is no room for another voice. Magic and Rob have a vision and their staff and Jerry West simply doesn't fit. He's almost 80 as well. If he's not doing day to day things most of it is just a beauty contest.

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#62 Majesty

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Posted June 15, 2017 - 03:02 PM

Watch Jerry bring Lebron to the Clippers

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Seems to be the buzz surrounding it actually.. and Wade just shared the banana boat picture. The bananaboat being Cp3, Wade, LeBron and Carmelo.

So... if West is able to keep CP3 on the Clippers, Wade has a termination option this off-season and is a free agent next off-season, Lebron is a free agent next off-season as well, and Carmelo has an early termination option, all in the same off-season.

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#63 Artest37

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Posted June 15, 2017 - 03:07 PM

I'm for getting him back into the Lakers fold just for what's he's meant and given to the franchise in a token role.
But I think he's not the type of person that would take a token position though, if he came his voice and opinion would have to be heard, and the Lakers front office already seems to have too many spoons in the pot.

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#64 RobBlake

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Posted June 15, 2017 - 04:29 PM

I would hire west just for no other team to have his bball knowledge

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#65 Ventiquattro

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Posted June 15, 2017 - 04:32 PM

Ryan might join his dad ..

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#66 kball

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Posted June 15, 2017 - 05:38 PM

The casual observers and a lot of Laker fans give a lot of credit to Jerry for this. The new regime wants to start a new. A new perspective. If I take over Microsoft tomorrow I don't want to consult with Bill Gates. I want to carry out MY vision. Sometimes there is no room for another voice. Magic and Rob have a vision and their staff and Jerry West simply doesn't fit. He's almost 80 as well. If he's not doing day to day things most of it is just a beauty contest.

I woulda gone with Steve Ballmer in this example.

But i get that to some degree.

Excited for 1. Lebron! (Still love me some Kobe, but damn this guy is amazing) 2. Another big get (Whether in FA or in a trade we need some attractions and closers) 3. Young Guys making big jump (Assuming we have anyone left after more necessary moves either genius ones or in desperation).

READY FOR SEASON!!!

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#67 kball

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Posted June 15, 2017 - 05:40 PM

Seems to be the buzz surrounding it actually.. and Wade just shared the banana boat picture. The bananaboat being Cp3, Wade, LeBron and Carmelo.

So... if West is able to keep CP3 on the Clippers, Wade has a termination option this off-season and is a free agent next off-season, Lebron is a free agent next off-season as well, and Carmelo has an early termination option, all in the same off-season.

This would remind me of that houston team w barkley pippen hakeem etc...maybe too old at that point on legs that cant do what they once did (except Lebron)

Excited for 1. Lebron! (Still love me some Kobe, but damn this guy is amazing) 2. Another big get (Whether in FA or in a trade we need some attractions and closers) 3. Young Guys making big jump (Assuming we have anyone left after more necessary moves either genius ones or in desperation).

READY FOR SEASON!!!

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#68 UKUGA

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Posted June 16, 2017 - 06:25 AM

As much as I love Jerry West, for some reason, this just doesn't bother me all that much.

We are moving forward as an organization, and he made the decision to leave a long time ago. Even though he and PJ didn't get a long, he didn't have to leave.

Admittedly, it would bother me more if he were 60, rather than 80.

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#69 Tensai

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Posted June 16, 2017 - 06:35 AM

2011 - Phil Jackson retired.

2013 - Jerry Buss died.

2016 - Kobe retired.

2017 - Jim Buss was ousted.

Maybe it is time to move on from past. Showtime, West, Phil, Kobe were good once. And nothing is forever.

We gave Magic a chance to save us from the hole we dug over the years. He has as good of a chance as anyone else has to make it.

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#70 kball

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Posted June 16, 2017 - 08:03 AM

Sure.

As long as we dont look back on his coaching stint.

Excited for 1. Lebron! (Still love me some Kobe, but damn this guy is amazing) 2. Another big get (Whether in FA or in a trade we need some attractions and closers) 3. Young Guys making big jump (Assuming we have anyone left after more necessary moves either genius ones or in desperation).

READY FOR SEASON!!!

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#71 martin90

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Posted June 16, 2017 - 09:10 AM

As much as I love Jerry West, for some reason, this just doesn't bother me all that much.

We are moving forward as an organization, and he made the decision to leave a long time ago. Even though he and PJ didn't get a long, he didn't have to leave.

Admittedly, it would bother me more if he were 60, rather than 80.

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#72 lakerfan98

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Posted June 16, 2017 - 10:10 AM

My take on this is that we weren't going to be able to keep Ryan West forever without promoting him. If Magic decided to make Ryan West GM and bring in Jerry as a consultant I would have been cool with that. He decided to hire Rob Pelinka instead which I'm also cool with. Assuming this ship gets turned around in the next few years it's reasonable to assume that Rob will be here for a long time. I'll ask again isn't it naive to think that Ryan is going to just wait around for Rob to either be fired or move on? He already turned down the King's GM job, which is understandable, but sooner or later a good gig is going to open up and he is going to take it regardless of what happened with his father. Just my two cents.