“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey

If you know me you know I am a basketball junky. I love the game. Even when the Sonics were here in Seattle, I always checked to see what the Los Angeles Lakers were doing. Why? Because let’s face it, the Lakers and Celtics have won hella titles over the years so in reality you really cannot help but to follow the teams.

Like a Hollywood drama, there is always something going on with the Lakers. This year no difference. They started the year 1-4 under head coach Mike Brown and then BAM! Brown is fired. Ex Sonic coach Bernie Bickerstaff has taken over the team until new coach Mike D’Antoni takes over. We all thought of course that NBA legend and Hall of Fame member Phil Jackson was going to take over.  WRONG!!

The new coach of the Lakers is D’Antoni. He is a fan of runnin and gunnin basketball. Grab the board and run and shoot the rock somettimes in 7 to 10 seconds. This might be the return of “Showtime” in L.A. If you are too young to remember, “Showtime” was led by Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabber, James Worthy, Byron Scott and others.

The problem was everyone thought Jackson was going to be the head coach again. And we were shocked that he was passed over for D’Antoni but we were not the only one who was shocked. Jackson was shocked too! He thought he had a set deadline to make up his mind and if he decided to take the job it was his job. But Phil got a call from Laker management to say thanks but no thanks Phil.

How can this happen to a basketball legend who has so many rings he has ran out of fingers to wear them. This is unreal readers. So we will see what happens with the Lakers when D’Antoni takes over and intalls his run and gun offense. I am sure it will be very exciting to watch. Let’s see what happens with the Mike D’ Antoni led Lakers. This is a big ole soap opera for real!!