In a turn that no one expected to see, Tyronn Lue walked away from negotiations to become the Lakers next head coach. The Lakers, as they’re want to do, messed things up by mistaking Lue’s want to coach this team as leverage over him to (reportedly) dictate all the terms of the deal in a […]
The Lakers Stay Messing Up
Ty Lue and the Lakers could not come to an agreement on a contract, reports say. The Lakers wanted control over Lue’s assistant coaches, reports say. The Lakers offered Lue less money than he made as the Cavs coach, reports say. The Lakers only offered Lue a 3 year contract so his deal would expire […]
On Ty Lue, Frank Vogel, Old Dogs, and New Tricks
If reports hold true, Tyronn Lue will be the next Lakers head coach. He’s the candidate many thought would end up winning the job eventually, dating back to when it was still Luke Walton’s job to lose in the first place. The path here has been twistier than expected, with Monty Williams getting serious consideration […]
Can the Lakers Change the Narrative?
The Lakers are the league’s punching bag and, in many ways it is well deserved. Dysfunction and public bungling of issues large and small used to be other organization’s issues, but now live at the Lakers doorstep. Even before Magic Johnson’s sudden resignation, there was the Mike Brown firing and the too public way Mike […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: Talking Rob Pelinka
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I discuss the Lakers front office situation — specifically Rob Pelinka’s positioning as key decision maker in the wake of Magic Johnson’s resignation and why Jeanie Buss seems to be aligning herself with Pelinka as closely as she is. You’ll want to listen to […]
Lakers Moving on with Coaching Search, Tyron Lue and Monty Williams the Favorites
I’ve wrung my hands about these Lakers a lot lately. Luke Walton did not have his best year as a coach and showed flaws over the course of his 3 seasons in Los Angeles, but I’m sad to see him let go since I believe he is still a good coach (the Kings also seem […]
Rob Pelinka Expected to Conduct Search for Luke Walton’s Replacement
Earlier today we told you that it was time for Jeanie Buss to start to look outside her inner circle in an attempt to gather information on how to move the Lakers forward in the wake of Magic Johnson’s resignation. Then, well, the Lakers and Luke Walton decided to “mutually part ways”. So, this seems […]
Luke Walton, Lakers Part Ways
Those wondering if Magic Johnson’s sudden and surprising resignation would offer Luke Walton a reprieve so he could remain on as Lakers head coach have gotten their answer. To quote myself, nah. The Lakers and Luke Walton have mutually agreed to part ways the team announced via a press release on Friday afternoon. So, Luke […]
Jeanie Buss It’s Your Time Now
With the regular season past its sunset, organizations around the league are making decisions on what their tomorrows will look like. The Kings have fired their head coach. As have the Cavs. The Grizzlies took things one step further, not just canning their coach, but demoting their GM and moving another top level front office […]
Report: Marco Nuñez out as Lakers Athletic Trainer
With Magic Johnson stunning the basketball world by stepping down as President of Basketball Operations Tuesday night, it was easy to speculate that more changes would be on their way. You simply do not have a shakeup in the leadership of your organization in that way without more fallout occurring. Well, it didn’t take long. […]