8 Burst results for "Stu Lantz"
The Showtime Podcast with Lakers Legend Coop
"stu lantz" Discussed on The Showtime Podcast with Lakers Legend Coop
"I thought they needed perimeter defense. You know, they have this. They had this thing about thinking that Caruso was going to be that guy. Caruso was a good defender, but he was in my mind a better team defender than an individual defender. He wasn't a Michael Cooper, who was like that tile that just was all over the place. You know, while we're speaking to Michael Cooper, before we get going here, and you cut me off, I want to say it publicly again that you go down in my book as one of the greatest if not the greatest defensive player to ever play because you played defense on four or 5 different positions. And people that don't play don't know how hard that is, you know, you can lock up one guy, you know, if it's a point guard, yeah, I can get, but now you go over to that big shooting guard or that small forward or back in the day when you played there were guys called power force today. There's no power forwards. Everybody say, come on, senators are playing at 6 AD. There's no real physicality to the game, so they don't try to take advantage of the size differential that they tried to do with you. So and I think if you don't believe me, believe Larry Burton said that you were the toughest kid you were toughest guy he had to go against. Thank you, Steve. That's nice words from you. Just stand on that track for a minute about the best defensive players. Who would you consider a good two? Give me two names of good defensive players in today's game. Wow. Wow. I'm gonna throw one at you and I really like this young man. Draymond green, what do you think of him? Well, yeah, I definitely think draymond is one of those, because that's his forte aside from being a facilitator. His forehead is defending. And he defends again. It doesn't matter. That's why when they're healthy, defensively, they can get it done, because they play a 5 man statement they can switch every position because draymond, you don't have to worry about him switching out on pick and rolls against that small guard to drink one of them out there and guard them. So, yeah, he's one of those that can do that. But there are a lot of two way players out there that I like, you know, be prior to the injury to his knee. This season, again, you've got it Kawhi Leonardo. I thought, was really a defender. I remember quiet San Diego state when he was in college. I thought he's going to be an all defensive team in the NBA for ten consecutive years . Never envisioned that he would develop into the offensive player that he has developed into. So he's one of those good two bird plays, but there are a number of players in the NBA that believe it or not can play some defense. So I'm gonna say it right here to be our last question for you. And I'm putting myself out there now. And again, I think it's gonna be on what coach Vogel do as far as pulling that chemistry and keeping that team together. And again, the biggest point you made if they're healthy, the Lakers are going to win the championship this year. Can I get you on my fan wagon? Way to go out on that limb. I like it when guys go out on that little early. Don't wait until fourth game of the finals and the Lakers are up three to three to one. Exactly. And then say they're going to go out there early..
The Showtime Podcast with Lakers Legend Coop
"stu lantz" Discussed on The Showtime Podcast with Lakers Legend Coop
"This guy, he made people around him feel like they were the best that ever played the game. I mean, if you were around magic for 5 minutes, you thought you were king of the world because he was that type of a person. He could instill that kind of confidence in you as a player as a broadcaster or whatever the case may be. And that's why people that met matching felt like they met him for the first time, but they, oh, I think feels like I've known Maggie Johnson all my life. Yeah. Last but not least, the late great Kobe Bryant. Wow. That's a special guy in his own way. When you talk about work ethic, there is nobody that I know that had the same type of work ethic that Kobe had. You know, he came into the league, especially after his rookie year, second year, a lot of people just looked upon him as a guy to shut the ball all the time he touched it. But Kobe, you know, if he trusted you as a player, he gave you the basketball. But if he didn't think that he, you would make the shot, he would take the shot over two or three guys. But there were a lot of players that he trusted with that ball. And the guy was just, he was just something special. And I think the younger generation today kind of capitalizes it. You see some of so many of the young stars today that are referring to Kobe as a mentor as a guy that they looked up to when they were coming up and a guy that they're trying to emulate today. That's it. That says a lot about what Kobe Bryant gave to the game of basketball and what he gave to the game of life because he was special off the court as well. Do you remember? Do you remember when he first came over? I mean, you're calling the Laker games like what were your first impressions of him? When did you realize like, oh, he's the real deal. Well, I mean, I kind of respected the opinion of Jerry West. And I guess that summer before they got him, he had a workout with some guy named Michael Cooper, I guess. I don't know. Hey, still, wait a minute now. I got the best of Kobe. Coping didn't take me to the hoop every time. I didn't say he did but listen. I didn't see the workout. But Jerry told me that that was the best workout. He's ever seen. Wow. You know, a guy coming in as a rookie. The best workout he'd ever seen. So that right there is told me that this young man had some steel. And when I saw Kobe and preseason, he lived up to the Beal. The one thing that I liked about Kobe, we had a this is during the regular season, his rookie year were in Detroit. And we're at practice. And the second team he was on the second team, obviously then. And there's scrim Jim against the first team. And the first team beat him. Kobe goes over on the other side of the court and you've seen the tears coming out of his eyes. He was that upset about losing a little scrimmage in a practice that told me right there disguised with he hated losing. Well, you know, I still ran a magic. You know, I saw magic, but Matthew used to hate losing in game. Even if he had to cheat some time and he was a big cheater, but most of the time he was pretty good..
The Showtime Podcast with Lakers Legend Coop
"stu lantz" Discussed on The Showtime Podcast with Lakers Legend Coop
"Of my most famous people of all time. I mean, I played a briefly for Bill and the Lakers. But this is a guy that just when you talk about true humans, I mean, this guy was truly something special. And he brought all of his coaching talents, mixed those with his obvious talents as a person. And that's why he was a successful as he was. But I still gave so much to the game that he gave his voice because then later on after that, he goes hard to understand bill but I could understand everything he said, but that's how much he loved the game of basketball. Didn't know the sidelines screaming at us when we were making mistakes and it caused you to yeah. It cost him it cost him his voice. You know, we joke about it now, but as you said, you know, that's something that we look back on. And I wish obviously wish that he wouldn't have lost his voice to that degree because he had so much to say, but as every losses was he kind of got off the away from the court, he got kind of quiet. You know, he didn't, I don't think he felt comfortable with the way his voice sounded. Wilt Chamberlain, oh, the big fella. One of the nicest people you want me to. This guy, I remember we were back in the old days. We used to play double headers, especially in the preseason. We'd have 14 play double headers. And, you know, one time that the will was playing in the second game. So he sees us before the first game. And he's says, you guys have got to cheer for me when we come out because nobody likes the big guys. You know, you know, back when the big guys were villains that he didn't get a whole lot of cheers. So he'd say, you guys better cheer for me, but he was something special. The only thing I remember about that big fellow, you know what, you know, you call a time out and the ball boys are bringing you some Gatorade. I look down the bench. He's drinking a cord of 7 up or something. I mean like big fellow, how are you doing this and going out and playing? And he would play 48 minutes. I mean, didn't come out of game. One year he averaged 48.5 minutes per game in that obviously meant that he played a lot of the overtime as well. Still, there's a story going around that Bill Sharma and one day. That's how we got shoot around. When they used to come in early and built with smoking a cigarette and he asked Billy said, coach, do you want it now or do you want it tonight? 'cause you only get it once. That's a true story, man. Told me that story. He said that he called this shoot around and will said a bill. I'm only going to the arena one time today. At the shoot around or you can have me game time, but I'm only going to the arena once. Well, I guess when you got the 20,000 women under your belt, I guess it takes its toll on you, but it was a great man and a great person. Next one's still Magic Johnson. Oh, wow. You know, you hear a lot of people talk about team players and leaders. Just like chicken, Maggie Johnson sets himself apart when it comes to being a leader and a team player..
The Showtime Podcast with Lakers Legend Coop
"stu lantz" Discussed on The Showtime Podcast with Lakers Legend Coop
"You are now considered the voice of the Lakers. How did that make you feel? Well, it makes me feel good that people kind of associate me with chick to begin with. You know, there's still time till today that I'll be walking on the street or something. Somebody will say, hey, chick, I mean, too. I mean, it kind of really gives me a compliment to me that they associate me with. I tell all the people that I've worked with after chick that no disrespect. Just be yourself because you're not going to be able to feel those shoes. There's nobody. There's going to be able to feel those shoes. So let's just go out and have some fun and be ourselves. And that's what we've tried to do. What are some of your go ahead, are you? What are some of your greatest memories calling Laker games? Wow. There's so many great moments in Laker history that, you know, and this is just going into my 35th season with the Lakers. So I've got an overload of things. But, you know, I think success is always something that stands out in your head. But I think when I think about the history of the game and the history of the Lakers, the one thing that always stands out to me is the moment that chick made a comeback..
The Showtime Podcast with Lakers Legend Coop
"stu lantz" Discussed on The Showtime Podcast with Lakers Legend Coop
"He's all over the floor. And when I heard that, man, I just busted out and started laughing because who else was saying something that brilliant, that stimulating that visually stimulating to get you into the game on how I was playing at that particular moment? Yeah, I mean, and I don't think he practiced at home trying to come up with these things. I think they were all spur of the moment type things that came out of his brain. I mean, that's something that it takes a rare talent to be able to do things like that. And he was just, he was just remarkable. I had privilege of working as you said. I worked 15 years with that man. Twice as long as anybody else. I remember when I first started, everyone said, well, this is something that's only going to last a half a year because they didn't feel they felt a chicken and I were like oil and water. I was obviously something that he had never worked with before. He had been used to working with people that were kind of like laid back and just, you know, agreed with everything that he said. And that wasn't me. And, you know, that first year was it was kind of rocky at times, but I give all the credit to chick for making sure that the relationship worked and worked from then and as I said for 15 years after that. Yeah, I was going to say were you ever afraid to be yourself? Because here's this legend, even at that time that you're walking into work with. And so were you concerned like I gotta make sure I keep my job, you know? Well, no, that never entered my mind. I mean, again, if it's you, it's really easy to be you. It's hard for to me to be somebody. So I didn't think about, oh, I'm going to lose my job. I just thought about this is the way I broadcast..
The Showtime Podcast with Lakers Legend Coop
"stu lantz" Discussed on The Showtime Podcast with Lakers Legend Coop
"The Laker family at hall and today we got Stu Lance. Stu, how are you doing, sir? I'm doing really well. Thank you and you. I am wonderful still wonderful wonderful. You know what, you see, I take our guests through a kind of like a timeline walk back doing the early days, but we're not gonna do that. We're gonna get right to the point with you. Still, what brought you into broadcasting? You know, that's interesting question because I didn't major in journalism at all in college. I should be teaching grade school. I my degree is in elementary education. So when I retired, I looked forward to going into the teaching profession. But a friend of mine said that he thought I might be pretty good at being an analyst for basketball. And I told him he was crazy. But he said, what's the harm in trying? CBS is looking and that's who was doing the NBA games at that time. It was a regional broadcast. Each region had a game on Sunday, so there were 5 games a day back in the old days. And so I auditioned and they selected me. I started working for them for that year and then from there on. I've been doing it. You know, so you had probably one of the best jobs other than being a former player. I mean, you're a great player when you play, but the best jobs of a career after basketball because you got to work with the voice. And when I mean by that, the voice is the voice of the Lakers. One of the best announcers, I remember going back to when I was a young man when we had black and white TV kids now today's can't even imagine black and white, but we had black and white TV and Chick Hearn brought color to the black and white game when you just heard him talk. He was so eloquent about it. So knowledgeable, if there was one more I might say, I hate to say his name because he reminds me that dreaded kings we hated so much Boston Celtics, but Johnny most was another great one, but you had the beautiful task of working with chick current tell us a little bit about check the man. Well, let me tell you, first of all, correct you and you said one of the best chick was the best. I'll take that. Basketball was concerned. Nobody was better than chick hurns. So he was the guy. The chick was the man. When you talked about basketball and just the language that everybody has grown up listening and speaking about basketball, kick started it all. He was just way beyond in the field. You know, so, you know, I remember thinking I loved him so much. One of my favorite things was about chicken. Again, here, we kind of like to talk a little crazy sometimes, but nothing too crazy, but it's some BS, but the one thing I loved about chick after a game when we're on the road. Tick would do such a great job as interviews, but he would always get to the airlines before the players. So if we got in, you know, kicked. We grind down in our own way and chick would have a couple. And after a while, he starts to you fuckers come on and get on this plane so he can get out of here..
Wendell's World & Sports
"stu lantz" Discussed on Wendell's World & Sports
"Brand for a few years. Corey mcginty boulevard. Come on make it outta here that nonsense. We're speaking about man. You know how this is going to be a laker town. And why because the clippers are the number two market. Still the fact that they're going to be in a conference final and maybe maybe to the nba final constitute all of a sudden. Now the league is going to be saved with television ratings and such because we got ourselves the number to market in the nba finals. The la market in. The finals doesn't mean anything like that. Look man again for those who are sitting there telling about. We're going to get the market in the nba finals. Because the clippers are in the finals eliot's lost jalil's most of them ain't going to be gravitating toward the clippers. Never have never will from twenty twelve to twenty set nineteen seven flipping years. Feel the bronx. Came in the lakers will one of the worst and most inet franchises in the nba. Remember the days do remember that time after. Kobe retired the last couple of years. Kobe kobe out. And then you had to deal with that nonsense for a while. Luke walton nets coach and then blowing through first round picks like butter and not getting anything out of them. Going through lonzo ball going through a branded going through de ngelo russell to julius randle going through all those guys. All those high draft picks that the lakers got right. How many of them are still on the team right now. How does that building process go. How does that process work in terms of that. The latest from twenty twelve twenty nine team and they have four seasons but lost fifty plus deemed two seasons. They lost sixty five times. They finished fourth or fifth in the pacific division of six times they finished tenth to lower in the western conference over that same period later stunk out loud and every sunday night. When i'm watching the rest of the football game they would go ahead and get their ass kicked and watching them on the On the channel out here channel ten sixty six out here in vegas over the same period of time. Where the lakers were sticking out loud. Stu lantz had laugh about how bad they were when he was doing telecasts. The clippers were one of the more successful teams in the league edited. Make the finals yet. They didn't want to championship. Still you're talking about over that same period of time. When the lakers were inept incompetent rudderless going nowhere embarrassing themselves with a whole ownership organization. Nonsense the clippers made. The finals maisky made the playoffs seven times. They won fifty or more games in the season. Five times four times they finished fourth or higher in the conference they had blake griffin. They had chris. Paul the andre jordan doc rivers at the that was a solid team. Jj redican fourth pacers. You had lopped city. You had blake griffin coming in winning the dunk contest with the With the baptist. Him him group jumping over a kia blake griffin doing really entertaining commercials. I mean with high tide in. Guess what no one gave a fuck. Guess what..
Lakers Nation Podcast
"stu lantz" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"No problems down there. Somebody said oh, how do I claim that license plate frame? Somebody was asking me so you shoot me a DM on Twitter. Okay at Trevor underscore Lane send me your name mailing address email address. In fact, I just got a few people messaging me that day saying they just got theirs from the last batch that got sent out. We usually wait I go like two or three weeks or so and then we put together a new batch and send them out. So I just we just sent one out so it'll be a couple weeks before we send out another one but again send me your info and I'll shoot one over to you high quality license plate frames. I have one myself. I've got one as well. In fact, my wife has one on her car off as well. We were rocking the the Lakers Nation. That's for sure. All right, Anthony Diaz from YouTube Trevor. Kcp and Caruso were both scoreless tonight, which is not true. Kcpt and Caruso were both scoreless tight there was enough confidence in them any suggestions on that. Well, they weren't scoreless kcp had seven points and cruised so had five you could get that. Maybe they didn't score enough. I didn't have a problem with what we saw out of either. I mean Caruso was coming back from a concussion. I'll forgive him for 147 shooting. Obviously, that's not ideal. But I thought he made some other song plays out there and and you know, he did the same old thing rough-and-tumble. Caruso wasn't afraid to take a hit coming off of a concussion. That's probably something that you might want to be a little more concerned about like Caruso just said, whatever I'm going to play my game and you gotta commend him for that and k c p was 346 shooting for seven points and 29 minutes, you know, Stu Lantz was commenting earlier about how far into the game they had gone and in case C P hadn't even touched the ball for whatever reason it just it wasn't getting swung to him. But it didn't it wasn't like the Lakers were you know birth Using him out or anything like that just it wasn't within the scope of that particular play and so kcpt just didn't get a lot of opportunities tonight, but I'd been feel like either guy played particularly poorly. Yeah. I'm a cruise so had a five rebounds three assists and two steals. Those are all great numbers, especially in kind of limited ish minutes coming off the concussion Casey. I mean, he's one of those guys that I mean even at his at his best if he's playing his best game. He's really not touching the ball that much because it hits his hands and it goes straight to the bracket. Like it doesn't he's not really a huge like dribble penetration guy. I mean he does it from time to time but that's not his Mo so I mean, yeah, it's easy. It's easy for him sometimes too often appear in the course of a game just cuz when he touches the ball, it's never really for that long. Yeah. Yeah, that's true. So he's not a guy that's going to Pound The Rock a bunch and then he's going and then catch your attention, right? So even if he does get the ball if he's dead. Shoot it. You probably don't notice it that much cuz he swings the ball pretty quickly. All right. I think it's time. I think we need to get into the next man up award. And I think there's some interesting candidates tonight. So let's do it..