Another Episode of "As The Lakers Turn"

Let's review what we have seen in our latest episode of "As the Lakers Turn," the ever popular soap opera starring the Los Angeles Lakers. First we saw the team fire head coach Mike Brown on Friday, and it seemed to be a forgone conclusion Phil Jackson was going to be hired as the man in charge of  leading them to the promised land. Then came Sunday night-Monday morning, when the decision came for the Lakers front office to hire Mike D'Antoni as the coach instead of Jackson, who has won 11 NBA titles, 5 with the Lakers. We are still awaiting D'Antoni's coaching debut and are still wondering why Jackson was not hired by the Lakers. The D'Antoni hire was a curious one in my eyes because, to be honest, I don't understand how this makes the Lakers better. I would even go as far as to say this is Mike Brown in reverse. Brown had the reputation of being a good defensive minded head coach, but the offensive was left do be desired. D'Antoni is the oppos...