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Connecticut head coach Dan Hurley spurned the Lakers’ offer to become their next coach. (Nick Wass / Associated Press)
Dan Hurley is considered one of the best basketball minds on the planet.
He doesn’t want to work for the Lakers.
Dan Hurley was offered more than double his current salary as the current Connecticut coach — $70 million — to leave Storrs for Hollywood.
He told the Lakers to keep their money.
Dan Hurley, a former high school coach, was given a chance to lead basketball’s highest-profile team in its most glamorous city for a Lakers head coaching job that would offer him generational wealth and change his career arc forever.
He blew them off.
Read more: Dan Hurley turns down Lakers coaching offer, will stay at Connecticut
Certainly, this speaks admirable volumes about the priorities of an East Coast guy who would eschew a walk on the red carpet for a chance to stay among family and try to win a third consecutive NCAA title.
But this says more about the Lakers.
This says the Lakers must have one of the worst head coaching jobs in the history of organized basketball.
This says the Lakers’ front office must be viewed as an unadulterated mess.
This says LeBron James must be considered such a coach killer that even the most secure coach in the game wants no part of him.
This is embarrassing.
This is as embarrassing as when Tyronn Lue turned them down five years ago over issues of money and control.
This is almost as embarrassing as when Mike Krzyzewski turned them down 20 years ago to spend the rest of his career in Durham, N.C.
This is humiliating for Lakers fans to watch a college coach who has never worked a moment in the NBA refuse a chance to work for the most celebrated of NBA franchises.
This is demeaning for a Lakers team that possesses arguably the greatest player in basketball history, and one of the top 10 players in the current league, and yet were still snubbed as if they were the junior varsity.
UConn head coach Dan Hurley celebrates after winning the NCAA title in April. (Brynn Anderson / Associated Press)
This is disillusioning for a Lakers franchise that Hurley personally examined during his…
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Author : LA Times
Publish date : 2024-06-10 22:13:33
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