Jim Buss will be on the Mason and Ireland show around 3pm PT

@Lakers exec VP JIM BUSS joins @LAMase & @LAIreland in an hour to talk about the ‪#Lakers‬ highly-anticipated offseason

https://twitter.com/ESPNLA710/status/208303863139282944

Jim Buss on ESPN710 says he views Andrew Bynum as All-Star center you can build a franchise around. Just let the kid mature. Supports Mike Brown, says he did a fantastic job. Doesn't see a reason to make a play into the draft, except at the unavailable #1 pick. Left that option open re: draft, saying he hasn't spoken to all scouts, mitch, yet - premature. Doc Buss getting healthier, expects him at games next year. Lakers hired Glen Carraro as Asst GM

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^^^ really? Because he doesn't go along with your plans on shipping out Bynum he's stupid? Yeah okay.

i found it interesting that jim only cares about HOW a team wins, not which team, specifically between OKC and SAS.

Speed vs. Traditional team ball...I wonder if the outcome of that series will influence the direction he tries to take this team. maybe if OKC win's he'll realize that we need more speed and shooters to surround kobe and drew.

^^^ really? Because he doesn't go along with your plans on shipping out Bynum he's stupid? Yeah okay.

Jim Buss: "I think it’s pretty obvious how I feel about Andrew Bynum. He’s an incredible All-Star center and you can build the future around him." ... I keep referring to Phil [Jackson]. Phil said, 'Let the kid grow up.' He’s still young at heart. I don’t know what else to say about him." ESPN.com

Completely agreed. When's the last time you had a young all-star caliber center. They are rare nowadays and people want to trade him? The only eye catching 7 0 center is MAYBE zellar in the draft. Believe me you guys hate Bynum being on the Lakers but soon you will hate Bynum on the other team. When you have potential like this, don't trade it away please

You guys want to trade him for dwill. There are so many pg's who can match up with him. Drose, Westbrook, cp3, rondo. There is only 1 other center even in the talks against Bynum offensively and defensively...

Completely agreed. When's the last time you had a young all-star caliber center. They are rare nowadays and people want to trade him? The only eye catching 7 0 center is MAYBE zellar in the draft. Believe me you guys hate Bynum being on the Lakers but soon you will hate Bynum on the other team. When you have potential like this, don't trade it away please

You guys want to trade him for dwill. There are so many pg's who can match up with him. Drose, Westbrook, cp3, rondo. There is only 1 other center even in the talks against Bynum offensively and defensively...

Can't really tell if Bynum is better then other centers. There have been other centers that have looked like super stars when going against Bynum. McKee comes to mind as being just one who looked better in the playoffs then Bynum. When the Lakers played against the Thunder, the shorter Perkins was pushing Bynum around and out rebounding him. Mosgov, Petrovic and others have made Bynum look bad. So just because he is big does not mean he is a good player. Remember Benoit Benjamin?

Lakerdude! You might be impressed with Bynum, but a lot of folks that know how the game is played are getting tired of waiting. It has been seven long years of pure agony waiting for the potential to erupt. But being a Laker fan I will cut him some more slack IF they decide to keep him. The thing is that Kobe is getting older and the window for winning another championship is closing down real fast. Players like Kobe come around only once every decade or longer. If we do not win a championship within the next two years, you will probably have to wait another twenty years before the Lakers win anything.

Right now the Lakers with the right pieces surrounding the greatest shooting guard in the world Kobe Bryant can still win a couple of championships if the owners had the b***'s to pull the trigger and trade Bynum for Howard, and Pau for Deron Williams. Get a couple of good shooting role players and we are set to win it all.

But as long as Jim Buss in in love with Andrew Bynums size, then we will only go to the second round at most and get eliminated again. I agree that size does matter, but only if he is effective. If the athlete does not know how to use his body size, it is useless. Another Benoit or Kwamme. I will wait and see what transpires with the Lakers this summer, and whether they keep Bynum or not I will still support them. Might not be happy with a lot of the moves they make, but I will still support the Lakers.

But for now I am supporting the other sport that I love and that is to watch the Angels.

Right now the Lakers with the right pieces surrounding the greatest shooting guard in the world Kobe Bryant can still win a couple of championships if the owners had the b***'s to pull the trigger and trade Bynum for Howard, and Pau for Deron Williams. Get a couple of good shooting role players and we are set to win it all...

Easier said than done.

In baseball, which you love, you always change thje manager when a team loses. You don't stick with a losing manager no matter wholse fault it is. Easier to change the manager than the players.

Why Jim Buss is giving one of the most storied franchises in the world to be coached by Mike The Clown is beyond me. He did less with more than any coach in the NBA.

I would keep Bynum, use Pau as our sixth mand and to spell Bynum, get a new coach and contend for a title. Simple as that.

I don't care if a lot of you are tired of waiting, even though it's really not 7 years , it's more like 3 full seasons all together when you consider he was hurt most of the time, and hasn't had a ton of playing time. That is fine if you guys feel that way. I just don't like when people lie to make their side look better. You said some things that weren't true. All of it really.

The one flat out lie was you said Perkins out rebounded Bynum. That's not true, so why would you say it? I know why, it's because people that don't like Drew will spit out lies to make their point look better. I wouldn't come out and say that Harden outplayed and outscored Kobe, because that wouldn't be a true statement. I debate with truths and I wish others would do the same.


By the way, it's not Bynum that's keeping Kobe from getting his 6th ring with a short window, it's Kobe himself. If it wasn't for his play the last 2 minutes of game 2, we would have been tied 1 to 1, then in game 4 with a 13 point lead, Kobe shot 9 times and made one shot. If he want's his 6th ring, he neeeds to play with his team mates, not just by himself. He doesn't need to shoot 30 times a game in the play offs. It's not the Smush Parker days, we have people who can score, especially Pau and Bynum. If he ever decides to quit shooting more than those 2 combined, then we can get another championship. We would be playing the Spurs right now if he would of played team ball down the stretch of those games. If he goes into next season shooting as much as he did this year, it doesn't matter who we get on this team, we will be screwed, and be out either the 1st or 2nd round.

If Bynum is dumped, you have the option of packing your bags and following him to Orlando. I will accept what path the Lakers take because I am a Laker fan not a Bynum fan. That goes for Kobe, Pau or anyone else that the LTB off with their heads gang wishes for.

The current reality is that good bad or indifferent, Jim Buss brought in Bynum and if he were to get rid of Bynum his EGO would take a severe hit so like it of not Bynum is here forever unless Jim Buss gets hit by a garbage truck or Dr. Buss replaces him. Bynum is Jims pet rock.

^^^REALLY. You are funny, are you mad at fans who dont want your KID in this team?
Move on, we'll see what will happen.

Thank goodness we have Jim Buss, if we didn't we might lose Bynum, and then we would be fu*ked. You say you would take whatever path the Lakers take because your a Laker fan above an individual fan, and then you follow that post with how you seem unhappy with Jim Buss and the path the Lakers are taking. Can you please make up your mind?

Are you serious? No, I'm not mad because fans like you are insignificant to the front office. Fans on here wanting a player gone are insignificant and no one from the front office comes on here and takes anyones words into account. It doesn't matter, but you guys kill me because all of a sudden front office personnel are stupid because they might not trade who you want traded, like I said we are all insignificant, so why should I get mad? If anything I'm disappointed with the fickleness with the fans,saddened by the ignorance of some fans, embarrassed by the lack of simple basketball knowledge openly displayed. Y some fans who speak like they know a who,e lot. So, I may have certain emotions but mad isn't one of them because someone running their mouth on here can't make me mad, make me laugh yes but make me mad isn't even close.

Thank goodness we have Jim Buss, if we didn't we might lose Bynum, and then we would be fu*ked. You say you would take whatever path the Lakers take because your a Laker fan above an individual fan, and then you follow that post with how you seem unhappy with Jim Buss and the path the Lakers are taking. Can you please make up your mind?

May I repeat this one more time: You do not trade a 7 footer for any player other than an equivalent seven footer. As obnoxious as Bynum is, would Dwight be any better in the spoiled athlete category were he to come here. I always stated that I would trade Bynum for Dwight for health isues only. But now that D12 has proved he is human, an not immune to injury,a trade for Howard is, healthwise, a crap shoot.

I think a good, respected coach could works wonders with Bynum. As to Pau, who the f*** knows with him. He is as big a head case as Andrew but in a different way.

That is where a psychologically-oriented coach like Phil excelled. I am not sure that Mike The Clown can coach this collection of ultra-talented group of maniacs.

Enjoy that path, it's going to be like the year Phil 1st left, we won't even make the playoffs. I have and always will follow the Lakers, I just disagree with all the Bynum hate here. If someone comes out and makes up stories and tells lies, like Axle did as well as many others, I will probably chime in. I don't see you telling others to pack their bags and follow Kobe if he leaves. Why do you single me out?

Make you laugh? This post looks too serious to me. I guess you are now getting mad of some fans ignorance and lack of simple basketball knowledge. I feel so dissapointed at fans like you and also for your Kid, who will never become a real franchise player

@Sourcecode

Phil's teams have never missed the playoffs or even finished at or below 500

We missed under Rudy and Hamblen. Even still we were the sixth seed under Rudy, until he quit to join AA. We also only had Caron, Kobe, and Lamar for only 44/82 games together, and Kobe missed the end of the year after Vanessa had a miscarriage with their second child

You said we didn't make it. We got the 7th seed out west with Walton as our 3rd best guy because Mihmwas hurt. Phil took a team that was way less talented than the 04-05 one was healthy or not, and got them winning records and playoff berths.

Hell to be technical Pau was on higher seeds in Memphis and didn't win a game with Hubie or Fratello and more talent, so Phil taking 4 ga,Ed those 2 years versus a better Phoenix team says a lot