107253, The Lakers DID NOT go into this season *trying* to tank...in fact Posted by vee-lover, Mon Apr-25-16 11:39 AM
they had expectations on making the playoffs...at least as a 7th or 8th seed which is perhaps why Scott's contract did contain win incentives
I saw Kareem give an interview before the start of the season and even he said the Lakers were going to surprise everyone on how much they had improved from last season and that they would be a playoff team
What happened was no one expected Kobe to be as bad as he was (not even Bean) and once it became apparent he was done pretty much a few gms into the season Scott *WILLINGLY* went along for the ride and gave Bean carte blanche to ignore the team's needs and made the entire season ALL abt Kobe
No, Byron Scott does not deserve to continue coaching this team because that was NEVER the intent in the 1st place - he was ALWAYS a stop gap - the way in which he *publicly* ridiculed the young players in the media is enough to give him the boot...I'm almost certain none of the returning (young) players want him back. He's always had a reputation for wearing his welcome out particularly w/star players (J Kidd/CP3)
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