Jim Buss interview recap

[kobeslaker (It's the end to me)]

Jimmy Buss recap:


- On Jerry West.

The Icon leaving has nothing to do with him (Jim Buss). If West is available,
Lakers will entertain and consider bringing him back.


- Who's to blame?

Not only 1 person to blame. Mitch, Jim, Jerry, Phil are the decision makers.
Maybe the coaches didn't coach a young team well, maybe Kobe should be more
of a playmaker - different ways of approaching decision making. It takes a
full year or 2 to see the full outcome about the decisions they've made. May
22nd time to make decisions this year.


- Any player on the table aside from Kobe?

Absolutely! Misconception to protect Bynum from being traded is false. But
saying that he made a great move by drafting Bynum.


- Kobe to be more of a voice regarding a sense of urgency for this team?

No. Kobe just was in the heat of the moment when he made that statement. Kobe
doesn't realize how much he's involved, but he is involved with some of the
decision making.


- Will Kobe opt out?

Almost every player has an out on his contract to negotiate. Kobe's opt out
has nothing to do with him leaving the team. Understands Kobe voicing his
frustrations but believes Kobe is a Laker FOR LIFE.


- If Kobe was traded/Shaq to Miami:

Talks if Kobe would ask for a trade, they'd try to get the best player of
each team, i.e. KG if he was traded to Minny. Talks about how Miami was
fortunate that Wade became the player he is. But the Lakers took the great
player the Heat currently had.


- Phil Jackson on ripping players:

Feels uncomfortable about Phil ripping players in the media, but believes in
Phil and doesn't really "care for it." He has a meeting with Phil Jackson
next week. Will talk to Phil about players like Kwame Brown and his injury,
etc.


- Making trades:

Agrees with the fans that Lakers need to make a MAJOR change. Will try to go
for a BIG NAME player. But winning is more important than just trying to get
a big name player. Says Dallas is probably in a worse situation than the
Lakers right now.


- Style of Laker's play:

Talks about GS. Says GS is playing good defense. Don Nelson is probably a
different (better?) defensive coach than Phil.


- Phil's contract:

Phil is the right coach for this team. He has an open ended policy on his
contract. Wants Phil to keep coaching because that means Phil believes in
this team.


- Luke Walton re-signing:

Believes Luke will be back. Fully confident. But he also said that he
believed Derek Fisher will be back a couple years ago when Fish was a FA, but
that didn't happen. So nothing he can really say about it right now.


- Shaking the roster up?

No fear to shake up the roster. Kobe is the pillar of the team. Will do
anything to go back to winning.


He ends by saying he'll be back on the show to answer questions from the fans
after the Draft.


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推 Eiichirou:頭推  不過我很好奇  當初如果換Wade來湖人  他能有所發
→ Eiichirou:揮嗎??前面卡一個老大  勢必壓縮到他的上場時間
推 capriole:Wade打PG也是ok的
推 jimli:WADE跟老大的後場應該是全聯盟最強火力吧他可以打pg的
推 bradad:PG-wade SG-kobe 超夢幻的後場組合.....
→ jimli:另外禪師不想教最好去找大范或是卡萊爾吧
推 wasibei:kobe不是有欽點過wade嗎 是熱火自己不給 看過wade第一次打
→ wasibei:季後賽的表現時 湖人就超想要他的吧
推 wasibei:另外~不知道kwame到底有沒有受傷~不過要是沒有的話...
→ wasibei:應該頒個奧斯卡最佳男主角獎給他
→ wasibei:因為他的表情看起來真的很痛...
推 Cj3636736:這些事情的真相 等到暑假過後就會大白了
推 ted0217:所以以後不要罵Mitch 改罵Jim..
推 Friendx:第一點 感覺非常的官腔
推 Falair:看完這篇感覺很糟
推 mikehu:這樣看來Kobe、Turiaf、Farmar是我們的核心  表示其他人
→ mikehu:動的機會比較大
※ 編輯: kobeslaker      來自: 163.25.118.133       (05/11 16:32)