Brown inherited a job where coaches can become legends. The names Pat Riley and Phil Jackson are as iconic as Magic Johnson or Kobe Bryant. That is what the Lakers job means. But it comes at a cost.

For every Riles and PJ that succeeds there is a Randy Pfund or a Rudy Tomjanovic that just couldn’t make it happen in the City of Angels.

Brown was already fighting an uphill battle not even Dig Dug would envy by simply sitting in Jackson’s seat. Now the NBA lockout is making his coaching mole hill into a mountain.

Already lost are countless hours that should have been spent practicing and building camaraderie. That can never be replaced. The X’s and O’s of coaching are one thing but on the professional level it takes much more for a coach to succeed.

While no Laker has spoken out against the hiring of Coach Brown, plenty were none too pleased when Brian Shaw was overlooked and subsequently dismissed. That alone is a hurdle that must be overcome in order for the team to progress under a new regime. Brown needs to win his locker room over. In addition he’s got to help reconstruct a weathered bridge between the players and management.
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It seemingly all came crashing down today. All hope is not loss but the hopeless proposition of a 50-50 split is still proving problematic. So too is any chance of Kobe Bryant balling anywhere except the NBA.

Imagine the irony. Bryant continues to be linked to doomed attempts to play elsewhere. Meanwhile the league he and every other NBAer want to play for continues to take away opportunities.

A week’s worth of goodwill went by the wayside today as the prickly topic of an even revenue split again reared its ugly head. Needles to say the sides parted ways leaving David Stern to his own devices. As you’d expect, Executioner Stern sliced another two weeks off the calendar leaving the NBA without a single contest to be played in November of 2011.

As if that weren’t enough pain for Laker faithful, another expectedly cruel blow was dealt. How anyone can continue to assume Kobe Bryant will ever participate in an organized game without the NBA logo on his gear is baffling.
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