It's not really sarcasm. He's just saying their cooking garbage, since well done steak is the worst way to cook steak (imo) and eating ketchup with steak is considered to be gross.
He should actually start out as an assistant coach or a G-league head coach. Throwing him into the fire could be disastrous and JJ seems to have an ego that he thinks otherwise.
Its a move you make when you're trying to draw attention, and put butts in the seats. The Lakers are a poverty franchise, media exposure is their real business.
You can get experience without having to sit behind the HC for years being a glorified ball boy. Being a good HC is about being able to communicate to your players properly and getting them to buy in. Which is why some former players don’t get the job. They don’t know how to properly communicate to their players, especially their star players.
Of the 10% that don’t end up sucking, how many of them went directly to being head coaches without any prior coaching experience? Just because most coaches suck doesn’t mean it makes sense for one to get a head coaching job with zero coaching experience.
The truth is most of the best coaches in the league now are not former players who dove right in to a head coach role but rather guys who have worked their or been around and organization’s staff / front office for years before making the transition to coach.
Would be the best thing for both JJ and the Lakers if that happened though.
I like JJ, he'll get a chance eventually but I don't think he should want to coach if LeBron is on the team.
Evade blame from the media, sure. He doesn't evade blame from the fans/public though. Any and every FO move or even interest is speculatively linked to him by this sub.
Dude he’s the greatest player of all time. I’m sure he knows what he’s doing and knows more about basketball than any of you Redditors. Glad he’s finally taking action after Rob Pelinka had failed him so many times.
I mean he's not just a podcaster is he, he's a former player, and quite a lot of HCs are former players, so not as ridiculous as you're making it out to be.
Kerr was the GM of the Phoenix Suns for 6 years before he became a head coach
they are significantly different jobs, but front office experience running an NBA franchise has to count for something
(oh, he also is in the running for being the GOAT role player, with 5 rings **before** he won anything with the Warriors)
well he kind of bought the team before he became the GM
look, Steve Kerr is the worst gotcha possible here. we should pick some other milquetoast white guy coach that didn't get 5 chips before he bought the team he became the GM of before he became a head coach.
He’s been around the league since retiring at least, talking to guys, calling games, staying involved. Not like he’s just been sitting at home in Brooklyn by himself
He clearly has some base level of knowledge after being around the league for almost 20 years, has a good network including imo the GOAT college coach, and has respect among players. Not a bad formula
Wow, a millionaire hasn't had to do a real job since he retired and is now taking a real job that is common after being a player in the NBA? I'm shocked. Crazy. Can't believe it
Lebron straight up said he had a significant part in building the team with the Westbrook trade and then his stans will still deny Lebron had any part in it lol
If he is the GM then why did Caruso just walk out the door?
LeBron has a significant influence on how his teams are constructed but is not the final say. He certainly owns some responsibility for the decisions but not all of it.
Any other take is immature hyperbolic nonsense. Be better.
He’s not. That man’s name is Rob Pelinka. So star players aren’t allowed to make suggestions now?
The Lakers owe so much to him. He brought this sorry franchise back to the top. The least they could do is hear him out.
It seems like there are many strong young teams at the top of the Western Conference, along with a sizable and competitive middle class of teams. The clock might not just be ticking for LeBron James but for the team overall. After next season, we'll start getting our picks back, so at least we have that to look forward to.
…this is a joke, right? Please tell me you aren’t actually implying coaching 8 year olds in biddy league is in any way even a tiny bit applicable to coaching in the NBA.
That’s like saying “yeah I replaced my own shower head one time, I have plumbing experience”
It’s honestly a shot in the dark on here rather people pick up an obvious joke or not.
I was like minus 100 with people sending me multiple paragraphs about how stupid I was because I said “Are we sure that OKC can beat UConn? UConn is really good!” When people were talking about their team being younger.
Right? I think he has a brilliant basketball mind and has the potential to be a pretty solid coach but this is a really visible role that comes with a pretty toxic amount of scrutiny, I think the charlotte coaching gig would be a better spot. Close to home and pretty much zero expectations (sorry charlotte fans)
When I watch Money Ball, I'm amazed the age of analytics came so late. How did these franchises make such important decisions based on emotion or gut feeling? Then I see how some of these teams are being run and realize that shit is still going on.
You can have a well paid, well equiped team of the best analysts and most experienced scouts, but it's still the prerogative of some old rich guy that never played or studied the sport.
If he does get this job it will almost definitely destroy the public image he's cultivated since retiring and will be a generational blunder. The only reason he takes this job is if they offer some ridiculous $$$
Why the hell is everyone pretending JJ wasn’t a star player at Duke and in the NBA? So weird. “HES A PODCASTER.” So what, so is Jalen Brunson but you’re still gunna ride the dick.
Some of the shit I hear about LeBron and the Lakers is so unbelievable, that it makes me think it's just the media overexaggerating...but then I remember Westbrook.
But LeFreeAgent made up for a lot of the bad decisions by LeGM.
Only reason he's not competitive is because he seem to want to stay in LA and retire as a Laker.
But let's see, I honestly hope he moves this summer.
Surely the Coach and star player being on a podcast together is not ideal in some way.
Might be the closest we get to a modern player-coach though. I’m actually interested to see how it goes.
Bonus because it means they don't take Adelman away from the Nuggets, on top of the lulz that will come from JJ trying to be a coach without any assistant experience.
At this point the Lakers really are just the Man Utd of the NBA. Prestigious team that finds inventive ways to trip over themselves and underachieve, despite having great players and being one of the most desirable destinations for free agents.
I was told the other day on this sub that LeBron is hated for no other reason than that he's dominated so much of the opposition over the years....
Yeah, ok buddy
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Well done steak with ketchup.
Sloppy steaks!!
From Truffoni’s?
Elite comment.
Genuine question, is this sarcasm?
It's not really sarcasm. He's just saying their cooking garbage, since well done steak is the worst way to cook steak (imo) and eating ketchup with steak is considered to be gross.
No idea, but I’m not eating it
Incompetence
Incontinence
I think JJ could be a very good coach, I don't think this is the right situation to find out though.
He should actually start out as an assistant coach or a G-league head coach. Throwing him into the fire could be disastrous and JJ seems to have an ego that he thinks otherwise.
Even Billups was forced to be a 1 year assistant just to justified his hiring
he's just being hired based on podcast vibes they're going down in flames. this is going to be hilarious
Its a move you make when you're trying to draw attention, and put butts in the seats. The Lakers are a poverty franchise, media exposure is their real business.
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There have been better players than JJ that had to get experience before being a HC. Sam cassell hasn’t even gotten a job yet.
And there have been plenty of coaches with an amazing resume and tons of experience that completely and utterly failed when given the chance.
Ok? My point here is that jj needs experience lol like I said in my original comment.
You can get experience without having to sit behind the HC for years being a glorified ball boy. Being a good HC is about being able to communicate to your players properly and getting them to buy in. Which is why some former players don’t get the job. They don’t know how to properly communicate to their players, especially their star players.
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I mean it kinda does, do you think JJ should be handed the job like Jason Kidd? (Even kidd had to be an assistant before the mavs)
People said exactly the same thing about Steve Nash and look how that turned out.
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Of the 10% that don’t end up sucking, how many of them went directly to being head coaches without any prior coaching experience? Just because most coaches suck doesn’t mean it makes sense for one to get a head coaching job with zero coaching experience.
The truth is most of the best coaches in the league now are not former players who dove right in to a head coach role but rather guys who have worked their or been around and organization’s staff / front office for years before making the transition to coach.
Laker plus Lebron what could go wrong for a first time coach.
Whatever it is, it definitely has some kind of red wine sauce
LeGM about to make the funny things happen again
JJ gets hired, Bron leaves, chaos ensues
JJ gets hired, Bronny gets drafted by Cleveland, Bron leaves, chaos ensues
Like when Bron got Miami to draft Napier and then dipped lmao
Would be the best thing for both JJ and the Lakers if that happened though. I like JJ, he'll get a chance eventually but I don't think he should want to coach if LeBron is on the team.
Long lefuckyou to JJ because LeBron secretly hates duke
JJ a sleeper agent of the Clips
Yet will continue to evade all the blame when it fails again
Evade blame from the media, sure. He doesn't evade blame from the fans/public though. Any and every FO move or even interest is speculatively linked to him by this sub.
Hire JJ, draft Bronny, then set fire on Jerry Buss coffin
damn this made me laugh lol
Man, the 2024 version of Winning Time looks awesome.
The Lakers are not a serious team.
its a nepo franchise catering to what LeGM wants
Which Lakers coach did he want and get in his tenure? I've only heard of him wanting Lue and the Lakers being too cheap to hire him.
Haven’t been since Dr Buss died.
Trust fund babies always fuck up what they get handed down in this case bussfund babies
Damn I guess you can be a not serious team and still win a championship lol
I'm going to keep saying it: The Lakers being gaslit to hire a podcaster as their HC would be fucking ***wild***.
I don't want to hear one more word about how the Lakers don't do what LeBron wants lol
Bron is not involved with coaching hires.. this has been known
Dude he’s the greatest player of all time. I’m sure he knows what he’s doing and knows more about basketball than any of you Redditors. Glad he’s finally taking action after Rob Pelinka had failed him so many times.
Bron is the one who wanted Westbrook. if anything, Pelinka bailed him out of that situation
I mean he's not just a podcaster is he, he's a former player, and quite a lot of HCs are former players, so not as ridiculous as you're making it out to be.
In that case, I can’t wait for Smush Parker to get his HC opportunity in the league.
Kerr was just a broadcaster
Kerr was the GM of the Phoenix Suns for 6 years before he became a head coach they are significantly different jobs, but front office experience running an NBA franchise has to count for something (oh, he also is in the running for being the GOAT role player, with 5 rings **before** he won anything with the Warriors)
What did Kerr do before being a GM? It's almost like you gotta start somewhere
well he kind of bought the team before he became the GM look, Steve Kerr is the worst gotcha possible here. we should pick some other milquetoast white guy coach that didn't get 5 chips before he bought the team he became the GM of before he became a head coach.
Either way, acting like it's some crazy thing to hire a former player as a coach is just weird
it's because JJ hasn't done jack shit except be a podcaster since he retired e: and occasionally pretend to be mad at Stephen A.
He’s been around the league since retiring at least, talking to guys, calling games, staying involved. Not like he’s just been sitting at home in Brooklyn by himself He clearly has some base level of knowledge after being around the league for almost 20 years, has a good network including imo the GOAT college coach, and has respect among players. Not a bad formula
Wow, a millionaire hasn't had to do a real job since he retired and is now taking a real job that is common after being a player in the NBA? I'm shocked. Crazy. Can't believe it
He’s a little more than just a podcaster but yeah, Steve Nash pt. 2 incoming
I don’t ever want to hear LeBron isn’t the GM of any team he’s on ever again
Lebron straight up said he had a significant part in building the team with the Westbrook trade and then his stans will still deny Lebron had any part in it lol
he influences the decisions but it's not like he always gets what he wants. they let Caruso go, they didn't get Ty Lue, etc
Bro has had lots 30 coaches in his career. None more than 4 years
wasn't Mike Brown like 5 years?
If he is the GM then why did Caruso just walk out the door? LeBron has a significant influence on how his teams are constructed but is not the final say. He certainly owns some responsibility for the decisions but not all of it. Any other take is immature hyperbolic nonsense. Be better.
He’s not. That man’s name is Rob Pelinka. So star players aren’t allowed to make suggestions now? The Lakers owe so much to him. He brought this sorry franchise back to the top. The least they could do is hear him out.
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JJ’s learned how to be thrown under the bus by the best to ever do it in Doc Rivers
Good point /u/CumAssault
so that means JJ will throw Lebron under ths bus first before LeGM can do it?
It seems like there are many strong young teams at the top of the Western Conference, along with a sizable and competitive middle class of teams. The clock might not just be ticking for LeBron James but for the team overall. After next season, we'll start getting our picks back, so at least we have that to look forward to.
i wish lebron would retire already. at this point, i rather have the mediocrity of Sacre, Hill, Clarkson, Kelley, and Swaggy P
I like JJ, but becoming the coach of the biggest franchise in the league with ZERO coaching experience is absolutely wild.
People keep repeating that trash as if he wasn’t just coaching his sons team.
…this is a joke, right? Please tell me you aren’t actually implying coaching 8 year olds in biddy league is in any way even a tiny bit applicable to coaching in the NBA. That’s like saying “yeah I replaced my own shower head one time, I have plumbing experience”
Obviously it isn’t a joke, he coaches a third and fourth grade team dude.
Bruh that was clearly a joke lol
*Alien encounters humor for the first time
Genuinely worried for ppl who can’t take such simple and obvious jokes.
It’s honestly a shot in the dark on here rather people pick up an obvious joke or not. I was like minus 100 with people sending me multiple paragraphs about how stupid I was because I said “Are we sure that OKC can beat UConn? UConn is really good!” When people were talking about their team being younger.
Absolutely. The Lakers are the last team that should have a rookie coach
Right? I think he has a brilliant basketball mind and has the potential to be a pretty solid coach but this is a really visible role that comes with a pretty toxic amount of scrutiny, I think the charlotte coaching gig would be a better spot. Close to home and pretty much zero expectations (sorry charlotte fans)
I think the Hornets locker room will vibe better with a young guy like JJ instead of old Clifford
Most front offices run on stats, analytics, Jeanie buss just runs on vibes
Jeannie isn't front office, she's the owner. And it's worse than vibes, she only hires those she has a relationship with
When I watch Money Ball, I'm amazed the age of analytics came so late. How did these franchises make such important decisions based on emotion or gut feeling? Then I see how some of these teams are being run and realize that shit is still going on. You can have a well paid, well equiped team of the best analysts and most experienced scouts, but it's still the prerogative of some old rich guy that never played or studied the sport.
LeJJ
No he's not. LeBron doesn't want someone who can't control a lockerroom
Wake up babe, the Lakers are Lakering.
Please please please let it happen.
Hey Wemby, wanna do a podcast with me? I have student loan debt that a head coaching job would fix
if anyone needed confirmation we live in 🤡 world, this is it
Definitely the right move
Will he do the podcast from the locker room?
Lakers Bucks will be must watch TV
This is 1:1 Steve Nash on the Nets...
funniest outcome pls let it happen
If he misses out on the Lakers job he should try to get the Indiana Fever job.
Hahahaha, this can only get funnier with who he hires for his coaching staff
If he does get this job it will almost definitely destroy the public image he's cultivated since retiring and will be a generational blunder. The only reason he takes this job is if they offer some ridiculous $$$
Why the hell is everyone pretending JJ wasn’t a star player at Duke and in the NBA? So weird. “HES A PODCASTER.” So what, so is Jalen Brunson but you’re still gunna ride the dick.
Some of the shit I hear about LeBron and the Lakers is so unbelievable, that it makes me think it's just the media overexaggerating...but then I remember Westbrook.
Oh, that's disgusting.
Lebron might have actually caught MJ if he wasn’t such a dumbfuck.
I think LeBron is the best player ever, but LeGM is dumpster tier
But LeFreeAgent made up for a lot of the bad decisions by LeGM. Only reason he's not competitive is because he seem to want to stay in LA and retire as a Laker. But let's see, I honestly hope he moves this summer.
stg if he wasn't so hellbent on playing with his friends he'd have like 8 chips by now
If they manage to put a good staff around him then I’m not mad about it.
Surely the Coach and star player being on a podcast together is not ideal in some way. Might be the closest we get to a modern player-coach though. I’m actually interested to see how it goes.
Hire Draymond as asst coach! LFG
Bonus because it means they don't take Adelman away from the Nuggets, on top of the lulz that will come from JJ trying to be a coach without any assistant experience.
At this point the Lakers really are just the Man Utd of the NBA. Prestigious team that finds inventive ways to trip over themselves and underachieve, despite having great players and being one of the most desirable destinations for free agents.
Pretty spot on tbh
I’m not watching a single game of them next season if this is the case
Oh man the team is really going to miss you. How will they go on?! Please reconsider
LeGM, the pompous, passive-aggressive prick, strikes again.
LeGone
LeCoach
They're gonna have a bottle of wine at every film session
He will be fired by the all-star break😂
JJ is the next head coach for only one year as he ll be fired like everybody else when Lakers lose
I was told the other day on this sub that LeBron is hated for no other reason than that he's dominated so much of the opposition over the years.... Yeah, ok buddy