2012-13 Around the NBA thread

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Originally Posted by Kindoy

Come on man... Phil is basically the only coach Kobe's ever played for anyways. And the years he played for Rudy T & Frank Hamblen (Who? exactly.) 04-05, 05-06 he had a league scoring title. If you measure success by scoring, then that's success - if you measure success by winning, no player would have won with that team... you can't dispute that.

Also, Dwight has been quoted multiple times saying he want Kobe to bring the dog out in him. The main reason he asked for Phil was because he wanted to learn how to be a winner. His "aloofness" is not a problem, his "aloofness" helped him carry his Magic to an NBA finals.

Nobody measures success by scoring- if that were the case, Jerry Stackhouse and Glenn Robinson are Hall of Famers. You don't get to say, "no player would have won with that team" as the counterpoint. The data is states he can't win without Phil, so your theories hold no weight. Kobe's excited about the new coach because he now has a green light to fling it. And we see what happens when Kobe goes 1 on 5 (81 points against the mighty Raptors in the regular season, withstanding).

And I wouldn't take Dwight's quotes seriously... after what we've seen the past few years, would you? His "aloofness" was fine when his teammates weren't named Kobe Bryant.

I think Laker fans are in denial. D'antoni has no use for the post game and his short rotations are made for young legs. Let's be real- the Lakers are going to look exciting and they'll win a lot of regular season games... And then, the playoffs will tell another story. There's a reason why Lakerland is praying for Nate McMillan- you guys are doomed without a defensive assistant. ("But... but, we have Dwight. And MWP!" lol)