Los Angeles Lakers set to struggle after Mike Brown appointment Visit PinnacleSports Save For Later Posted by Bettingpro Staff 26 May 2011 Tweet Mike James (credit: Wikipedia.org) Related Articles See all NBA news Share it Pin It Former Cleveland Cavaliers' coach Mike Brown reaches agreement in principle with Los Angeles Lakers.The Los Angeles Lakers went out in the second round of the 2011 NBA playoffs as the Dallas Mavericks, the recently crowned Western Conference champions, swept the Lakers in four games earlier this month.With the sweep the legendary career of Phil Jackson ended as the Lakers' head coach retired with 11 NBA titles to his coaching credit. His replacement is hardly legendary as Mike Brown, the former coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, looks to be heading to Los Angeles to fill the gap left by Jackson's departure.According to an article at NBA.com: "The Los Angeles Lakers reached agreement in principle with former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown Wednesday on a four-year contract worth more than $18 million to replace 11-time NBA champion coach Phil Jackson."Brown was coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers between 2005-2010, a time when Cleveland was optimistic about winning an NBA title with Lebron James in the lineup. However after making the NBA finals in 2006-07, Brown underachieved with his talented team in the post-season and never made it back to the finals in the three following years.The low point came in 2009-10 when the Cavs were the top seed in the Eastern Conference and fell to the Boston Celtics in six games.His .663 winning percentage in Cleveland is nothing to really get all that excited about as something above .725 should have been the minimum expectation for the five years in Cleveland based on what he had to work with.Also Brown's Coach of the Year Award in 2009 is nothing more than what almost any coach could have done with Lebron James in the lineup, a player who won the MVP Award that year thanks to himself, not Mike James.The difference between Phil Jackson and Mike James should be immense as the former was an all-time great and the latter was fired after underachieving in his last stint. Look for the Lakers to go into turmoil next season and don't expect them to be better than the improving OKC Thunder. Read our PinnacleSports review Join professional sports bettors at PinnacleSports now. Like Like Post to wall 337 Reads All Basketball News Recent Basketball Articles Thunder struggle without Harden27 Apr 2012Ty Lawson had 25 points to lead seven Nuggets in double figures as Denver won 106-101 in Oklahoma C NBA betting preview and tips – Tuesday 14 February14 Feb 2012The NBA continues on Tuesday night, with the New York Knicks taking on the Toronto Raptors NBA betting tips - Tuesday January 24th24 Jan 2012The Charlotte Bobcats, Indiana Pacers and Portland Trailblazers all look like being winners on anot Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Clippers Preview18 Jan 2012The Dallas Mavericks complete their road series against the Los Angeles teams when they take on the Denver Nuggets v Milwaukee Bucks betting tips17 Jan 2012Milwaukee Bucks can continue their good home form when they host Denver Nuggets this evening. Charlotte Bobcats v Orlando Magic betting tips17 Jan 2012Orlando Magic can run up a huge win against the struggling Charlotte Bobcats this evening More Stories Recent Articles Euro 2012 Betting Preview – Holland can shine at Euro 201222 May 2012Beaten World Cup finalists Holland have high hopes heading into this summer’s Euro 2012 tournament Didier Drogba exit start of busy summer for Chelsea22 May 2012Champions League hero Didier Drogba has confirmed he will be leaving Chelsea this summer, and the n Jubilee weekend set to be a scorcher22 May 2012The odds of temperature records being broken across the Jubilee weekend have been slashed by Ladbro Al Ittihad v Persepolis - AFC Champions League live stream22 May 2012Iran Pro League side Persepolis FC travel to Saudia Arabia to take on Al Ittihad in the l FC Nordsjaelland v AC Horsens live stream preview22 May 2012FC Nordsjaelland play host to AC Horsens on Wednesday evening knowing victory will secure the Danis Next Liverpool FC manager odds - Louis van Gaal gamble gathering pace22 May 2012Louis van Gaal has emerged as a leading contender to be Liverpool’s next manager after a serious ga More Stories Tags
