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<blockquote data-quote="Second and Chalmers" data-source="post: 1212205" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>You mean Greg Monroe.</p><p></p><p>I think it depends on the player and the situation, and the no state income tax is a bigger factor than people realize, but in a league in which the compensation for elite players is artificially held below market value (gee, where have I heard that before?) being able to make a pitch and play the backroom politics game matters. The Lakers have always been great at that, with Jerry Buss and Pat Riley and then Phil Jackson all having that gravitas and that back room ability. Under the new regime their pitch to LaMarcus Aldridge (offseason LA resident, by the way, like many many NBA players) was such a disaster that he told them thanks but no thanks without even taking other visits and leaked to the press what a mess they were.</p><p></p><p>That can't happen. The Los Angeles Lakers are going to succeed because great players want to play there. With John Calipari, that would be restored. Whether he's a good enough coach to win 7 game playoff chess matches against the best coaches in the world is a different question of course. He's heavily underrated by mopes who need him as their bogeyman for their crybaby NCAA Stockholm Syndrome nonsense, but I don't think anyone would accuse him of being Gregg Popovich either.</p><p></p><p>I don't think he's a guarantee to succeed and I'm not sure he's the right guy. Nor am I sure that he'd actually want the job. I just think it's a really intriguing idea and I'd be excited to watch it play out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Second and Chalmers, post: 1212205, member: 527609"] You mean Greg Monroe. I think it depends on the player and the situation, and the no state income tax is a bigger factor than people realize, but in a league in which the compensation for elite players is artificially held below market value (gee, where have I heard that before?) being able to make a pitch and play the backroom politics game matters. The Lakers have always been great at that, with Jerry Buss and Pat Riley and then Phil Jackson all having that gravitas and that back room ability. Under the new regime their pitch to LaMarcus Aldridge (offseason LA resident, by the way, like many many NBA players) was such a disaster that he told them thanks but no thanks without even taking other visits and leaked to the press what a mess they were. That can't happen. The Los Angeles Lakers are going to succeed because great players want to play there. With John Calipari, that would be restored. Whether he's a good enough coach to win 7 game playoff chess matches against the best coaches in the world is a different question of course. He's heavily underrated by mopes who need him as their bogeyman for their crybaby NCAA Stockholm Syndrome nonsense, but I don't think anyone would accuse him of being Gregg Popovich either. I don't think he's a guarantee to succeed and I'm not sure he's the right guy. Nor am I sure that he'd actually want the job. I just think it's a really intriguing idea and I'd be excited to watch it play out. [/QUOTE]
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