I was responding to the notion that the roster was garbage. They won 47 games in the west with a garbage roster. How many more wins do you think Hurley gives them if he is a better coach than Ham? 2? 5? 10?
Does it matter how many more regular season wins? The NBA is about the playoffs - not the regular season. A team like the Lakers its all about winning in the playoffs. The NBA invented "Load Management" for that very reason.
A huge issue is that Lebron and Davis are going to a year older which means they will be a year worse. And there is no way LA / and LeBron are going to stand for a rebuild. They are into reloading. What new acquisitions do you see them getting that's going to put them over the hump? All-the while if they don't do extremely well next year - the time clock of LeBron and Davis keeps wearing them down. Before this year Davis averaged under 50 games played the past 5 years. Now because Hurley comes he will magically transform into a healthy player?
Unlike the Knicks and Brunson, they are in the loaded West. The entire group of LA FO, Fan Base and Players are expecting winning yet theses superstars that are aging is not for the better. There is only so much Hurley can do.
And more of a priority than playing for the Lakers is that players wnba to get paid. n particular FA's want to get paid. Thus when you go FA the highest bidder or even if not highest - you overpay them. The Lakers these last few years have overpaid and how has that worked out for them?
Time always wins out. Time is coming hard at the Lakers. This is not good for Hurely.