Seems like an underwhelming choice.

Very interesting to say the least...I actually thought that Mike Brown's head coaching days were done and dusted following his tenure and inability to deliver a title with LeBron at the Cavs!

Yeah totally agree, have NO idea why they would sign this bloke. I guess time will tell...My guess is he's fired within 2 years.

I rate Brown as a coach.
In Cleveland he did have LBJ, but what he did with that team was still amazing.

The Cleveland teams back then were the best Defensive teams in the league.
In 08-09 season, they were the Best defensive team in the league (1st out of 30) as they gave up just 91.4 PPG to their opposition.
Their record was a phenomenol 66-16.

BROWN KNOWS HOW TO COACH DEFENCE and people should give him his due credit.
Its easier to coach offense e.g. D'Antoni
Coaching defence is much harder and requires alot of hard-work (How to defend players in on-ball scenarios, rotations, d-trans).

Best of luck to Mr. Brown

Go Bulls.

Totally agree I'm a cavs fan (still) and mike brown did so much for the cavs and deserves the chance to coach the lakers .

I'm sure if the executives at Cleveland had of brought in a decent player when they had the chance ie. Stoudemire , brown would have brought Cleveland championships !

With the lakers he'll take control of a much more complete team . Brian shaw will take control of the offense with the triangle and mike brown will make this team the best defensively in the league .

And don't be surprised if the lakers deal pau gasol this summer . Maybe for an iguodala or a rudy gay ?

I'd eat my hat if the Lakers deal Pau Gasol. And I'll also eat your hat if its for either Iguodala or Gay.

Well theyre going to deal Bynum or gasol .

You'd think they'd keep Bynum as future prospect .

Iguodala and gay are proven scorers and. Could release pressure on Kobe . I don't mind it . Or maybe upgrade at the point to a baron
Davis or etc .

I just think gasol is moving on . Changes need to be made

Rather have a coach with pro experience over college and one who has coached and won at highest level and coached and built a good relationship with a star - Brown fits all categories - and he is young .

Good signing. The Lakers defence was the reason they struggled this playoffs and got swept by Dallas. Brown changes that.

I also think the Lakers need some freshening up. They almost look bored at times. I think bringing in an outsider vs hiring someone like Shaw helps to fix some of those problems.

It will be interesting to see how Brown goes. I don't think it was necessarily his fault that the Cavs came up short. Aside from Lebron, he really didn't have much talent to work with.

What really got my attention though, was that Kobe was not consulted about who the next coach would be. Kobe had previously endorsed Shaw for the position, but ownership has gone in a different direction.

The article I saw (I think via Hoopsworld) said that Jerry Buss had handed the decision over to his son, Jim, who decided to go with Brown. It also suggested that Jim Buss is looking to put his stamp on the organisation and that now that Jackson has retired, he wants to clean out many of the old staff associated with him, to begin afresh.

Interesting if true - there could be quite a few changes afoot in Lakerland.

I still think, however, that provided relations between Pau, Kobe, etc are okay, they should have another crack next season. Kobe has slowed down a little, but is still one of the best in the game so they should try to ride him one more season at least. Perhaps a longer off-season this year will help him heal up.

They could trade Gasol or Bynum or Odom in an attempt to get backcourt help for Kobe, but its a tough call, because you would be breaking up the huge advantage the Lakers have had with the sheer length and size of their frontcourt. Trading Gasol would certainly get something good in return, but how do you replace one of the best power forwards in basketball? Could Bynum and Odom really carry the load without Gasol's offensive ability?

You know, I love the Lakers and have since I was a kid. They do this every now and then, hire a coach who's not the best available. Sometimes it pays off, but most times it hasn't :-(

Time will tell how Mike Brown will go as head coach of the Lakers....Good luck to him though.