It appears there are at the very least two names to regulate if the Lakers head teaching job opens up.
Darvin Ham’s job doesn’t really feel significantly protected after the Lakers had been bounced from the playoffs within the first spherical by the Nuggets and J.J. Redick and Tyronn Lue are two doable replacements, in keeping with ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.
McMenamin talked about the 2 – one a 15-year veteran within the NBA and the opposite a veteran coach with an NBA ring to his identify – throughout an look on “The Dan Patrick Present.”
“JJ actually is an actual candidate in the event that they open up this teaching search,” McMenamin mentioned. “However there’s, I’d say, a half a dozen people on the market, together with probably the man who simply misplaced final evening in opposition to the Mavericks, Tyronn Lue. He has one 12 months remaining on his contract. What’s going to occur along with his take care of the Clippers? There will likely be a course of there that there are a number of viable candidates that may get an interview.”
The writing is on the wall for Ham’s time with the Lakers and The Athletic’s Jovan Buha reported on Thursday that the Lakers’ “plan continues to be to maneuver on from Darvin [Ham] in some unspecified time in the future, seemingly by the top of the week.”
Ham went 90-74 in two seasons on the helm of the Lakers and there was mentioned to be “frustration” along with his teaching choices over the course of the season, in keeping with a report by The Athletic.
Lue can be a well-recognized face to take over for Ham, particularly if the Lakers are hoping to maintain LeBron James.
Lue in fact coached James after they gained an NBA title in Cleveland.
Redick’s identify has popped up lately in reference to one other teaching emptiness in Charlotte.
Redick scored greater than 12,000 factors throughout his NBA profession and has served as an analyst for ESPN since he stepped away from the sport.
