What's the best way to prepare for a Game 7? That depends on who you ask, but it's certainly not by having a VP of your team telling the media that your team's coach will be fired if you fail to advance to the next round.
Of course, this is exactly what happened in Lakerland on Friday night. ESPN LA's Dave McMenamin reports:
As if there wasn't enough pressure already on Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown heading into Game 7 against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, now a prominent Lakers legend says Brown will be coaching to keep his job.
Former Laker Magic Johnson, working as an ESPN/ABC NBA analyst on Friday during the Los Angeles Clippers game against the Memphis Grizzlies, said that if the Nuggets beat the Lakers in Game 7 Brown's tenure in L.A. will be cut short.
"Mike Brown will not be coaching the Lakers if they lose this game," Johnson said. "There would be so much pressure on (Lakers executive vice president of player personnel) Jim Buss and the Laker organization to get rid of him."
That's great, isn't it? One of the greatest players to ever represent your franchise, who still currently holds the title of vice president with the team, goes on national television to say that your coach is done if you lose.
Talk about conflict of interest.
McMenamin also reports that the Lakers have denied that Brown's job security is at risk:
The Lakers released a statement Saturday afternoon in support of Brown.
"The opinion expressed yesterday by Magic Johnson regarding Mike Brown was his personal opinion and was made in his role as a TV analyst," the statement said. "His words were not made on behalf of the Los Angeles Lakers, and in no way do they reflect the feelings or position of team ownership or man...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
