UConn’s Dan Hurley Received Text From LeBron James That ‘Blew His Mind’

The Huskies coach talked to James about the Lakers' head coaching gig last weekend.

this week, he still had the jaw-dropping experience of something not too unlike winning back-to-back NCAA championships: receiving a text from LeBron James.

Hurley rejected the Lakers’ six-year, $70 million contract offer on Monday, choosing to return to his Huskies team instead. The 51-year-old coach recently revealed a few juicy details“We had some text messages,” Hurley said on "The Herd with Colin Cowherd” on Thursday. “Incredible message from him over the course of the weekend. Just talking about basketball and some different things and letting me know that if he was there in L.A. that I'd have his support.

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