LOS ANGELES — On Friday the Lakers finally pushed Luke Walton out of the ride like Ole Eddie Kane Jr.. Now we all know that it was a push but boyz are playing nice by saying that they mutually agreed that he would jump out of the moving vehicle head first.
After just three seasons with the Lakers, Walton is back on the block like Quincy Jones. The franchise went 37-45 this season but it probably wouldn’t have made a bit-a-difference what the record was. He wasn’t going to stay because he wasn’t hired by Magic and Rob Pelinka. He was hired by then-Lakers executive vice president Jim Buss and then-general manager Mitch Kupchak. Had they made the playoffs and Magic hadn’t pulled the sucker move and quit three days before this foolishness. They would have pushed him out of the ride anyway. The only difference is that Magic would have felt better about it having made the playoffs. And let’s talk turkey, if LeBron hadn’t missed 18 games they would have made the stupid playoffs.
Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Walton was simply the recipient of being in the right place at the right time when he got the job in the first place. The dun literally sat in for Steve Kerr at Golden State while ole boy was having back problems and the team went like 30-1. The Lakers fell for the Oakey Doke and gave him a five-year deal worth about $25 million. The first four years of it was GUARANTEED.
Luke was doing as much coaching at Golden State as I was bruh. I can remember during that stretch of 30-1 the Warriors came to Indianapolis to play the Pacers. During pre-game interviews I looked that dun in the face and asked him straight up “How much coaching are you really doing bruh?” He looked me square in the face, smiled and said “not much at all.” Ain’t no sense in lyin’ to me because I could have coached that team and won those same 30 games.
What’s so crazy is that the Lakers are about to fall for the Oakey Doke again. The rumor mill says that Tyronn Lue and 76ers assistant coach are the front runners for the Lakers’ job. WHAT!!? Ty Lue? He did as much coaching in Cleveland as Luke Walton did at Golden State!!!
Isn’t Ty Lue the same dun that was coaching in the Finals last year and didn’t know how many timeouts he had at the end of regulation? Yeah I know that he’s LeBron’s boy but I keep telling y’all that LeBron’s probably the greatest all-around basketball player we’ve ever seen but he’s the worst general manager breathing. Stop listening to that dun while making personnel decisions.
If you want LeBron to be the general manager then just hire him to be the general manager but understand that it’s going to be some foolishness. He’s going to hire his boyz and it may not end well.
In my Terrell Owens voice, “Get Ya Popcorn Ready” because it’s about to get interesting in LA. Stop me when I start lyin’!
Playas Thesaurus:
1) Dun: noun – the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It’s whoever I’m talkin’ about and its non-gender specific.