The Los Angeles Lakers have two figures that could potentially threaten their future success: Kobe Bryant and Mike D’Antoni.
By most accounts, both are quite stubborn and stuck in their ways, which makes them difficult personalities to manage in some respects. We will look at how both could get in the way of Los Angeles’ resurgence.
Mike D’Antoni
The Los Angeles Lakers fired Mike Brown after a handful of games early in the 2012-13 season and hired Mike D’Antoni as his successor.
The new Lakers coach struggled throughout the campaign to integrate both Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard into his offense and only truly solved the issue once Kobe Bryant was lost for the season.
D’Antoni even relegated Gasol to the second unit and stated after a loss that he had removed the Spaniard from the lineup late in a game because he was trying to win the game.
Gasol was the chess piece that transformed an average Lakers team into a championship contender in 2007-08 and beyond, yet the headman treated him like a regular rotation player.
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Article written by J.M. Poulard
Is Kobe Bryant or Mike D’Antoni a Bigger Threat to Lakers’ Future Success?
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