In case you missed our breaking news... Late Saturday, Cleveland Cavaliers former coach Byron Scott (2010-13) was finally confirmed to be the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. Coach Scott told CBS2/KCAL9 Sports Director Jim Hill that the terms included a 4-year, $17M deal to transform the L.A. Lakers by working again with Lakers $48.5M-man, Mr. Kobe Bryant! FUN QUOTES: “It feels fantastic. This is a dream come true. I always wanted to coach the Lakers, especially when I got to coaching. Its so unreal. I have to thank Mitch [Kupchack], Jeanie and Jim Buss to give me this opportunity. I really believe that they wanted to do the diligence and to make sure that I was the right guy. I know there were other candidates out there, and I felt like that with each meeting I thought was better and better, and I felt like they had a better understanding of what I was all about. I thought that the last few hires in their minds, they were a little hasty with, and so on this one, they took their time to make sure I was the right guy for this situation. Again, I think it worked out well for both sides. Kobe and I have a great relationship, and we have been talking about this for almost the entire summer. I am excited to have the privilege of coaching a guy like that. This is a future Hall of Famer, we all know that, and I feel that he is going to be helping me as well because we see the game in a very similar way. We know that we have to get it done on the defensive end first, and he knows right now, in the last stage of his career, that he is going to have to do some things differently. I love the fact that people keep doubting that this man is going to come back and play great, because I know in my heart, and knowing him the way I do, that he loves those type of challenges. I am looking forward to having Kobe as a guy that I can turn to and say ‘lets get the ball to this guy and he can make things happen.’
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:36:48 +0000
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