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Lakers: Doo Doo Brown
Kobe Bryant now has his 6th head coach in his long NBA career. Welcome to the Los Angeles Lakers, Mike Brown.
Former coach of the Lebron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers, Brown and the Lakers have agreed in principle to a four-year, $18.25 million dollar deal, according to league sources. Brown will be the 22nd coach in Lakers history and Kobe’s 6th. The deal is a three year deal with a team option for a fourth year. Brown is guaranteed $2.5 million if the Lakers decide not to pick up the option.
Despite Lakers assistant Brian Shaw appearing to be the heir apparent after Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson retired, Brown catapulted his way up the rankings with a strong face-to-face interview Saturday with Lakers executive Jim Buss. Brown himself has been to the NBA Finals and the Eastern Conference Finals twice during his 5-year tenure with Cleveland. He was the all time winningest coach in Cavalier history with a record of 272-138. Much like his mentor Spurs head coach Gregg Poppovich, Brown’s teams were known for their defense but his offensive schemes left much to be desired. This simple fact alone makes this hiring an interesting one.
Its great that the Lakers are placing an emphasis on defense. Kudos to them (yes I just said Kudos). I question bringing in a coach when his offensive system overly depended on 1 player (Lebron) with little to no involvement from his teammates (the Cavs). Doesn’t that seem like a disaster for the Lakers? Do you really want an 80-yr old Kobe leading the offense for 82+ games? Can you imagine the end game scenario for the Lakers? Kobe dribbles the ball for 17 seconds at the top of the key in a ISO set…the other 4 Lakers players stand and watch…Kobe tries to drive to the basket but his legs betray him…he “elevates” for a 22-footer that misses everything…its a scary sight but we saw this happen with some frequency in the Lebron era in Cleveland. We’ll have to wait and see what Brown does but hopefully he will implement an offense that is more San Antonio and less Cleveland.
In case you were wondering, Kobe has no comment on the hiring and is “surprised” by the decision to bring Brown in…not exactly a ringing endorsement is it?…
