2010-11 NBA Season

[infrared41]

PLEASE fire Del Negro and do what you should have done this summer: hire Dwayne Casey.

You really believe this guy is the solution?

It's certainly an unconventional choice.

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I tried to support Vinny Del Negro this season, but he needs to go. I've had it with his horrible substitutions, his terrible clock management, his love of the three-guard lineup, and his bizarre post-time out plays. Whatever he's saying at halftime isn't working, as the team ALWAYS starts out the second half slow. Losing back-to-back games against two of the sorriest teams in the league is just the icing on the cake. Olshey and Sterling, PLEASE fire Del Negro and do what you should have done this summer: hire Dwayne Casey.

Between this and his "fire Norv and AJ rants, I think Lights Out really has a shot at Tank's single season record for "fire (insert name here)" posts.

[Drakonius26]

I tried to support Vinny Del Negro this season, but he needs to go. I've had it with his horrible substitutions, his terrible clock management, his love of the three-guard lineup, and his bizarre post-time out plays. Whatever he's saying at halftime isn't working, as the team ALWAYS starts out the second half slow. Losing back-to-back games against two of the sorriest teams in the league is just the icing on the cake. Olshey and Sterling, PLEASE fire Del Negro and do what you should have done this summer: hire Dwayne Casey.

Between this and his "fire Norv and AJ rants, I think Lights Out really has a shot at Tank's single season record for "fire (insert name here)" posts.

Well, he is a Clippers and Chargers fan, so perhaps it should be excused/expected.

[Jigga]

I tried to support Vinny Del Negro this season, but he needs to go. I've had it with his horrible substitutions, his terrible clock management, his love of the three-guard lineup, and his bizarre post-time out plays. Whatever he's saying at halftime isn't working, as the team ALWAYS starts out the second half slow. Losing back-to-back games against two of the sorriest teams in the league is just the icing on the cake. Olshey and Sterling, PLEASE fire Del Negro and do what you should have done this summer: hire Dwayne Casey.

Between this and his "fire Norv and AJ rants, I think Lights Out really has a shot at Tank's single season record for "fire (insert name here)" posts.

Well, he is a Clippers and Chargers fan, so perhaps it should be excused/expected.

Or ignored.

[Lights Out]

Don't give me the whole "It's the Clippers" crap. This mess of a roadtrip has nothing to do with the name on the front of the jersey and everything to do with injuries and indefensibly-bad coaching. You can't really blame Sterling for either one of those.

Sterling hired Del Negro. That's a problem.

Except Sterling thought he was getting a coach that took the Bulls to back-to-back playoff appearances and could develop young talent. He wasn't expecting that guy to be replaced by someone who could get outcoached by a trained chimp.

[Gary]

I tried to support Vinny Del Negro this season, but he needs to go. I've had it with his horrible substitutions, his terrible clock management, his love of the three-guard lineup, and his bizarre post-time out plays. Whatever he's saying at halftime isn't working, as the team ALWAYS starts out the second half slow. Losing back-to-back games against two of the sorriest teams in the league is just the icing on the cake. Olshey and Sterling, PLEASE fire Del Negro and do what you should have done this summer: hire Dwayne Casey.

Between this and his "fire Norv and AJ rants, I think Lights Out really has a shot at Tank's single season record for "fire (insert name here)" posts.

First it starts with the Fire ________ posts, next he'll start the Happy Birthday .gif in every birthday threads, next thing you know he'll be at 30,000 posts before we hit our next thousand

[Jigga]

I tried to support Vinny Del Negro this season, but he needs to go. I've had it with his horrible substitutions, his terrible clock management, his love of the three-guard lineup, and his bizarre post-time out plays. Whatever he's saying at halftime isn't working, as the team ALWAYS starts out the second half slow. Losing back-to-back games against two of the sorriest teams in the league is just the icing on the cake. Olshey and Sterling, PLEASE fire Del Negro and do what you should have done this summer: hire Dwayne Casey.

Between this and his "fire Norv and AJ rants, I think Lights Out really has a shot at Tank's single season record for "fire (insert name here)" posts.

First it starts with the Fire ________ posts, next he'll start the Happy Birthday .gif in every birthday threads, next thing you know he'll be at 30,000 posts before we hit our next thousand

Correct.

[rams80]

Don't give me the whole "It's the Clippers" crap. This mess of a roadtrip has nothing to do with the name on the front of the jersey and everything to do with injuries and indefensibly-bad coaching. You can't really blame Sterling for either one of those.

Sterling hired Del Negro. That's a problem.

Except Sterling thought he was getting a coach that took the Bulls to back-to-back playoff appearances and could develop young talent. He wasn't expecting that guy to be replaced by someone who could get outcoached by a trained chimp.

Sterling's unwillingness to do research is not a defense.

[The_Admiral]

I guess "Kiki" is a good name for a trained chimp.

[IceCap]

So the Lakers got demolished by the Bobcats. Huh.

[MadmanLA]

So the Lakers got demolished by the Bobcats. Huh.

No surprise there; the Bobcats have had the Lakers' number through the years.

Elsewhere, if you're a Laker fan, here's a bit for news for y'all: they're launching their own regional sports networks (each in English and Spanish) starting in the 2012-13 season, through a partnership with Time Warner Cable (which controls at least 70 percent of the cable households in Southern California). On a side note, the Dodgers have also been in talks with TWC for a broadcast rights deal, and chances are they'll probably join the Lakers in this new venture.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/463936-Time_Warner_Scores_L_A_Lakers_Regional_Sports_Network_Rights_.php

[Lights Out]

State of the (Clipper) Nation: That fourth quarter tonight was a disgrace. This team is already starting to quit on VDN just like they quit on Dunleavy. Pretty sure Casey would have the team playing better and more motivated right now, plus he actually understands X's and O's and how to draw up good plays.

[cameroncrazie07]

So the Lakers got demolished by the Bobcats. Huh.

I understand that, 4th game in 5 days.

[MadmanLA]

State of the (Clipper) Nation: That fourth quarter tonight was a disgrace. This team is already starting to quit on VDN just like they quit on Dunleavy. Pretty sure Casey would have the team playing better and more motivated right now, plus he actually understands X's and O's and how to draw up good plays.

As someone who follows the Clips like you, I wouldn't be quick to blame to Del Negro for this latest funk...they've been awful since Eric Gordon got hurt (they're now 3-9 since without him), not to mention there's been a lack of quality depth all season. I put the blame on that squarely on Neil Olshey. As much as I would to see the Clippers win, these February road-trips are always season-killers, therefore, there's no surprise with the way they've been playing. Besides the inconsistency of the rookies and the guys they picked up in free agency, even Blake Griffin is starting to look ordinary now; because of Gordon's absence, he's taken on more of the responsibility on offense, but his efficiency has suffered.

[Still MIGHTY]

So the Lakers got demolished by the Bobcats. Huh.

No surprise there; the Bobcats have had the Lakers' number through the years.

Elsewhere, if you're a Laker fan, here's a bit for news for y'all: they're launching their own regional sports networks (each in English and Spanish) starting in the 2012-13 season, through a partnership with Time Warner Cable (which controls at least 70 percent of the cable households in Southern California). On a side note, the Dodgers have also been in talks with TWC for a broadcast rights deal, and chances are they'll probably join the Lakers in this new venture.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/463936-Time_Warner_Scores_L_A_Lakers_Regional_Sports_Network_Rights_.php

The way you worded it mentioning TWC market share, I thought this would be an exclusive network, and thus blocking me out in South OC with Cox. But thankfully, "The as-yet-named networks will be available to all satellite, cable and telco distributors in Southern California, Nevada and Hawaii. In addition to Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications and Cox Communications own cable systems in Southern California, which also has significant DBS penetration via DirecTV and Dish Network, plus telco AT&T U-verse."

There is great potential for this network to succeed, but like the article mentions it's all about the supplemental programming around the games. And if your guess is right and the Dodgers do join in that'd be helpful in that regard. And if they do get the Lakers and Dodgers, there are plenty of avenues for that supplemental stuff.

I'm interested to see how this all goes.

[The_Admiral]

So if Lakervision starts up and they take the Dodgers with them for summer programming, does that pretty much spell the end of Prime Ticket? They'd be able to handle conflicts with a simple gametime overflow like most RSNs do.

[MadmanLA]

So if Lakervision starts up and they take the Dodgers with them for summer programming, does that pretty much spell the end of Prime Ticket? They'd be able to handle conflicts with a simple gametime overflow like most RSNs do.

I think the latter will most likely happen, because they'll still have the Angels, Clippers, Ducks, Galaxy, Chivas USA, the local colleges and national programming from Fox Sports Net. Let's not forget that Fox Sports Net still needs to maintain a presence in the Los Angeles/Southern California market, especially since it's their home base.

If anything, you'll probably see more Clipper and Ducks telecasts shuffle over to Fox Sports West to make up for the 35-or-so game nights lost by the Lakers. Similar to how the Magic balances out their local TV schedule between Fox Sports Florida (road games) and Sun Sports (home), I can see the Clippers going with that same scenario. Also, all the local teams mentioned except for the Clips and Galaxy still have over-the-air coverage, it wouldn't be much use for an part-time overflow channel; On DirecTV, they have an overflow channel for Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket, but it's never been in use.

With the Lakers leaving local over-the-air television (after 35 years on KCAL by 2012), the only teams left with over-the-air telecasts will be the Bulls, Blazers, Timberwolves, Suns, and the Texas teams, although things can change between now and 2012-13.

[The_Admiral]

I found it so quaint that the Lakers had their road games on a VHF station for all these years. Truly a team of the people.

[Eye]

So the Lakers' channel could be like YES Network, only with people actually caring about the basketball team.

[Jigga]

So the Lakers got demolished by the Bobcats. Huh.

The Bobcats have owned the Lakers in recent years. I think they've won something like 8 of the last 10.