Upon being drafted, the Jheri-curled Green, 21, was thrown to the wolves. And his randy teammates did whatever they could to tempt him. “We’d say, ‘A.C., come on, go out with us,’ and he’d say, ‘No, I won’t go out with you guys but I’ll pray for you guys,’” says a chuckling Michael Cooper, Green’s teammate, in the film. “We joked about how long it would last before he had sex,” adds teammate James Worthy. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar remembers how Green would carry a Bible around with him at all times. – via The Daily Beast They started a pool during his ’85-’86 rookie season to see if he’d cave and it got as high as $600. “You don’t get laid once in two months, the money’s yours,” said Magic. “But there’s no fucking way…” They even went as far as sending a gorgeous, scantily clad woman to his hotel room during a road trip, but Green remained steadfast. “So, you get a knock on your hotel room door. You look through the peephole and you see a half-naked woman who wants to come in. What do you do?” asks Ferrell in the film. “I would just start saying prayers super loud,” Green replies. – via The Daily Beast
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojVerticalNBA The Los Angeles Lakers have fired coach Byron Scott, league sources tell @TheVertical Don't let the door hit you on the ass you dumb sack of shit!
ESPN reporting the Lakers dont owe Byron anything because he did not meet criteria based on performance "But Byron has a clause in his contract that allows him to be terminated after this year if the lakers dont win 47 games" Yall know BG be the plug right
Byron was a small part of the problem. Hate to see him go out like this after his on the court achievements with the Showtime Lakers. He was the wrong hire from the get go. I don't expect an enlightened hire from the Jeannie and Jim Boy.
might of been the wrong hire though he will always remain a Laker star but lest we forget he's still an improvement over Pringles
Their father, greatest owner in sports and would be role model, knew the value of delegating. The kids are turning a great franchise into a laughing stock and should get over themselves and remember where they came from. It's not like they'd lose equity.
Woj mentioned Luke, Messina, Ollie and JVG as possible replacements I'd like either one aside from maybe JVG since I'm not sure he can/would adapt to the modern NBA and I'm generally not to supportive of retreads Ollie has the tightest connection to durant out of all the options Luke fits the laker profile and is the hot name rn. Still would prefer him to have more experience. Blatt could also be an option i suppose. Unfairly fired in Cleveland imo cause lebron But tbh either way anyone's better than Byron. Shoulda let him finish the tank though and secure that #1 pick
No veteran star wants to deal with Thibs and his demands. Nobody's crying over a dude who got ran out of CHI, guy has no experience in running things and our current FO is decorated with all-star draft selections and championships.
No doubt. I hate the way Showtime Byron is tarnished becauseof failed coach Byron. He was a key component of the best Laker teams ever.
