If you’re going to roll the dice on a first-time coach, you better do it with your whole chest. That ship has sailed for the Lakers, but there’s still hope.
Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka has his work cut out for him after UConn’s Dan Hurley turned down a lucrative offer to become the Lakers’ next head coach. Shocking, I know, but even with all the trawling they’ve done over the past few years – they’ve caught and released six full-time head coaches since 2011 – there are still other fish in the sea. A few good ones, actually.
But what if it’s just as well? Imagine trucking home a 500-pound sea bass only to learn later that no one at home actually likes sea bass. It’s not like you could have just thrown; New Orleans’ James Borrego and Denver’s David Adelman, Boston’s Sam Cassell and Minnesota’s Micah Nori are still floating out there.
It feels like no one wants to give Cassell the reins because no one has given Cassell the reins – but watch, the team that finally does will be better for hiring a coach who’s developed John Wall, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyrese Maxey, who has a history of playing with and coaching superstars, who knows the league.
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