Lakers are done ZENMASTER already quit

[elnutsmalljaws]

No way Lakers come back on the Mavs and they may not win a single game. Phil Zenmaster Jackson has already quit on his team and is coaching less than normal, which I did not think was possible. Arrest being Artest, Bynum saying they got trust issues, Gasol is a cream puff, Jackson has quit coaching, no point guard. Kobe can't carry this team against the Mavs. Hard to believe the Lakers have absolutely fallen apart. Their dynasty is over and won't win another title for many years. If Blake stays with the Clippers they will be the better LA team in about 3 years

[DJD]

Yep I think they are done. Prolly win one game but they are a mess. I'm loving the idea of Blake doing well. Bledsoe will be a year wiser and who knows how the draft will affect them. Could workout pretty good for them.

I see the Lakers getting rebuilt to form a super team like the Heat. Heard one talking head say Dwight Howard could be swayed to the Lakers.

[elnutsmalljaws]

Howard is going somewhere especially since the Magic owe Gilbert Arenas and Jason Richardson a Gazillion dollars ( these 2 fellas made $31 Million alone this year) and salary cap space will be an issue. I don't know who will take on these salaries in a trade. Throw in Turkolu's $10 Million and a lot of coin is tied up in overrated washed up players. Not sure he will head to LA just because Kobe is getting older, no point guard to get him the ball, plus the Lakers are OLDER across the board. The Nets with Deron Williams and wherever Chris Paul ends up will be pushing hard for Howard

[Tim_T]

I am not going to write them off just yet. They still have the best active player in the game and they are playing the Mav's, a team of perennial choke artists. 2-0 is a tough hole to climb out of though.

[elnutsmalljaws]

Break out the brooms fellas because the Lakers are about to be swept out of the NBA Playoffs. I am not talking about the little hand broom that you clean off your workbench in the garage. I am not talking about the industrial wide pushbrooms. I am talking about the Street Sweepers that are used to clean what else the streets. Mavs Thunder final in the West will be a great series.

[Tim_T]

Break out the brooms fellas because the Lakers are about to be swept out of the NBA Playoffs. I am not talking about the little hand broom that you clean off your workbench in the garage. I am not talking about the industrial wide pushbrooms. I am talking about the Street Sweepers that are used to clean what else the streets. Mavs Thunder final in the West will be a great series.

Okay I change my mind!

[elnutsmalljaws]

Lakers up 7 with 5:05 left in the game and that lose by 6. Turn out the lights the party is OVER. I thought is was pretty funny that Jackson was getting all over Gasol giving him lip service and even smacking him in the chest.

Goodbye Phil, enjoy your retirement.

[DJD]

Lakers up 7 with 5:05 left in the game and that lose by 6. Turn out the lights the party is OVER. I thought is was pretty funny that Jackson was getting all over Gasol giving him lip service and even smacking him in the chest.

Goodbye Phil, enjoy your retirement.

Yeah that moment with Gasol was odd. That team has some real issues that will take money to fix. Just looks like the team isn't buying into Jackson anymore.

[MsgMills]

Good riddance to the Laker's getting beat.....Time for a new King of the Hill....

[elnutsmalljaws]

Did not have much respect for the Lakers in the first place but after the cheap dirty shots they took at the end of today blowout to end the series put them in the negative on respect for them. Good riddins Phil, now take your 147 championship rings Montana, Wyoming, Hong Kong, Bermuda or wherever you want to meditate. When you get bored in a couple of years and want to "coach" again, I am sure some team with the best players in the game will hire you. Jordan put 6 rings on your finger and we saw how many you won the couple of years he tried Baseball, ZERO, then Kobe and Shaq put a few more on your fingers but Kobe can't carry a team in today's game. The Lakers underachiever all year long and getting destroyed by the Mavs and the cheap shots they took at the end of the game proves the Zenmaster has lost control of his team

[mhall]

Woody I agree those cheap shots could have got sombody seriously hurt. Bynum is a PUNK, he has always been a PUNK and he always will be a PUNK. Artest is a PUNK also. In fact I think that whole team is a big bunch of crybaby's. If you can win like champs you better learn to loose like champs to, they disgraced the entire league yesterday and I say fine the HELL out of them. Phil Jackson did nothing to stop it either he just sit there with that stupid grin on his face.

I would say they disgraced the city of LA to but you can't tarnish that gas station toilet bowl.

[DJD]

It is sad to see those kind of crappy cheap shots especially from Bynum who is a nobody in my book. He is a big guy with the heart and mind of a 10 year old (sorry to all the 10 years olds!).

I kinda liked Phil (more in his younger years). He was the guy that Jordan, Pippen, the worm, Shaq, Kobe, Kerr, Kukoc, Paxton and others needed at that appropriate time. Not alot of coaches can take those kind of personalities and mold them as a team.

Shaq and Kobe were prolly the hardest since they were riding on the wave of Jordan and Pippen with Phil at the helm.

Gotta respect what the man has done...don't have to like it but NBA viewers got to watch a legend of the game coach over the last 18 years.