Final week, a bombshell report was dropped by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski concerning the Los Angeles Lakers’ seek for a brand new head coach to exchange the lately fired Darvin Ham, who returned to the Milwaukee Bucks as an assistant beneath Doc Rivers on Monday.
All indicators had been pointing on the Lakers set to rent former NBA participant and present ESPN analyst JJ Redick, as he had reportedly given the group’s brass Pat Riley vibes.
Sadly for Redick, issues modified drastically final Thursday, with Wojnarowski reporting that the Lakers have been aggressively pursuing UConn’s Dan Hurley to be their subsequent head coach, which got here out of nowhere.
Nonetheless, on Monday, Hurley made the announcement that he had turned down the six-year, $70 million provide from the Lakers to return to the Huskies in an try and win a 3rd straight Nationwide Championship on the faculty stage.
This has left the Lakers scrambling as it’s unclear what the group will do transferring ahead, however many anticipate they’ll revert to concentrating on Redick, which gained some steam on Tuesday with he and LeBron James canceling an episode of their “Mind The Game” podcast.
A programming replace for this week. 👇 pic.twitter.com/GTjLO5jIjT
— Thoughts the Sport (@mindthegamepod) June 11, 2024
Listed here are a couple of fan reactions to the information that there received’t be a brand new podcast launched this week from James and Redick:
Job interview developing ???
— ZukoHoops (@ZukoHoops) June 11, 2024
They bout to interview him 😂
— MAC (@mittbaby23) June 11, 2024
What occurred?
Working out of content material already?
— Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (parody) (@VivekRammaswamy) June 11, 2024
No new video games for the finals to react to but since final episode.
— Alexis Skye (@BeautifulShy_RS) June 11, 2024
Though all of the hypothesis factors to Redick interviewing with the Lakers and doubtlessly taking his first teaching job within the NBA or wherever else, the previous sharpshooter additionally has to cowl the remainder of the NBA Finals, which may make it robust to report a podcast.
Will probably be attention-grabbing to see whether or not Redick re-emerges as the favourite on this teaching seek for the Lakers and if he’ll take the job after ending his obligation to cowl the Finals for ESPN.
