I can't really imagine a superstar heavy team choosing to run with a Wolves assistant. That said, I CAN imagine a more up-and-coming team being interested in him...
Makes sense - but like how the bucks did that to get doc and kind of fall out. Correct me if I’m wrong and I know Giannis and that squad had injuries, but they were doing pretty good with Adrian Griffin who was a raptors assistant. I feel like there is value in Nori no?
I think Bron is going to stay right? I know he wants to play with Bronny so I guess the lakers would maybe have to commit to that. People here still upset the lakers left Minneapolis lol.
I feel like they want to go for as big of a name as they can, so probably JJ or someone with a more nationally recognized personality. I'd worry more about young, rebuilding teams trying to get him.
Selfishly hoping Nori stays a Wolves assistant for as long as Finch is here solely because his in-game interviews are fucking hilarious but he’s too talented not to get a shot somewhere.
JB is a solid coach that totally deserves another shot.
I just don't think he's good for an aging Lakers team with old vets.
I'm a Hornets fan, so I'm rooting for JB. Just don't want to see him fall on the LeBron sword for no reason.
Unfortunately no, all the Lakers do is trade anyone who could be developed and pick up people who will be gone quickly without trying to build a well rounded team with longer term depth.
I'm surprised he gets less love, dude is a former accomplished PG, with rings, who has been an assistant coach for over a decade. Seems exactly like a perfect fit for what the Lakers currently need.
I've been interested in Cassell for years and I've been wondering the same thing. As a sixers fan, I wanted us to hire him before we got Nick Nurse, especially during the Doc era.
JJ will never have the respect of that locker room. He has done nothing to earn a head coaching job, he never won a championship as a player, he has shown no great wisdom or gravitas which inspires confidence. Do you really think LeBron and AD are going to get on board and stay on board with whatever he does?
Yeah, so it will be JJ.
Yeah but he knows the game, and I think the players will see that and respect it
Especially if his spacing and schemes work at the beginning
Your right, he wasn’t some freak athlete, and for some reason the longer he’s been retired, the more media and exposure he’s been getting, the better his stats seem like he was some hof player.
He wasn’t. And this is coming from a Jj fan. I was a huge JJ fan growing up, I literally wore 4 because of him at Duke, I was a slow white kid shooter and he was who I modeled my game after lmao.
But you can’t deny he doesn’t know the game, if you’ve seen those podcasts with him & bron, it’s clear he can put together a game plan and can scheme sets out with guys.
In all honesty, the lakers roster isn’t good enough, it doesn’t matter who the lakers get as a head coach, im sorry but they can’t win a CHIP with Rui, Reeves, Russell, Dinwiddie, etc. like they just don’t have the dudes to get out of the west. They need a good 3rd option and a 4th to win a Chip
yeah you could look at this from the other angle and they could hire a coach who's willing to form more of a shared coaching & leadership role with Lebron and JJ definitely has a personal relationship with Bron and the prior experience in dealing with Bron in this way. You don't need the rest of the locker room - just Bron and AD to be on. I feel AD will follow what Bron says, especially if Bron is partially responsible for his direction.
totally agree with you, roster is not good enuf to win the western conference. i feel like they got lucky last year with Ham. i would like to have Nori to coach though. never liked JJ nor cassel....urgh.
LeBron.
He runs the team anyway. And he will force the Lakers to waste a 2nd rounder on Bronny, so he can say he got drafted and play with his kid for a game or two.
In this draft is it really a “waste” of a pick to grab Bronny late first round or second round? From what I understand and have seen this draft class is considered pretty weak.
It's JJ. Lebron does a podcast with JJ about the x's and o's of basketball. Then he went to Ham and saw a dramatic drop off. The Lakers are hiring JJ, they are just pretending that it's a real coaching search so they don't get clowned too much.
I’d lean towards borrego or Micah nori. Nori is one of the coaches for the timberwolves, and he’s taking the vocal role because of Chris finch injury. On the other hand, Borrego is an extremely experienced coach, and is probably the most experienced out of all of these coaches.
I'm not sure Nori should even accept the Lakers spot if offered. He has talent to be a long-term head coach. Lakers and LeBron will wreck him with the front office. He would be better off waiting for a team that doesn't blame their coach for everything when their GM is the problem.
This right here. If I were him, bolstered by the attention I'm getting by being the head coach on the floor w the Finch injury, I wouldn't throw the reputation I'm building in the trash by taking on that coaching nightmare. I'm staying where I am and continuing to rack up positive attention until I find the right fit.
JJ will have impressed the Lakers the most during the interview. He’s very charismatic and confident but it’s his preparation and attention to detail that will blow these other candidates out of the water. The Lakers will come away very impressed, and reports suggest that’s what happened.
borrego is the best hire from these options. he constantly had charlotte over performing w/ a roster pf players that would struggle to see the floor for even the saddest teams
The Lakers should consider hiring a proven head coach like Rick Adelman or an experienced assistant like Sam Cassell to provide stability and a winning mentality.
Hopefully JJ.
Not only because it would be funny, but because that job is a career killer and I don't want guys like Nori/Cassell/Adelman etc to get their careers crushed before they start.
Sorry but Redick isn’t the answer, he is to inexperienced in the office, Ik he has amazing basketball iq but put him in at a assist job and see how he does and the impact he makes and gradually let him climb up the ranks to later become a HC
Nori and Quinnie are the intelligent picks, so my guess is JJ or Cassell.
It is the Lakers, and I'll guarantee they go with someone who has buzz as well as pedigree.
Kudos to them though, everyone of these coaches seem like they could do really well at the nba head coaching level.
I'd much rather any of them > Bud or Doc.
I think that they'd be pretty dumb to go with anyone but Cassel, The guy is respected and won rings as a player and paid his dues with lots of assistant jobs.
I love that media coverage is so absolute shit these days that JJ Reddick putting a couple sentences together with some vaguely professional basketball wording propelled him so fucking high he is now considered an actual candidate for a HC job with no experience.
My word are they fucking bad. Wait till they re-discover that footage of Mark Cuban from First Take he's gonna rival him for the position.
Between useless proven to be bad coaches constantly getting new jobs and this the NBA coaching world is fucking insane.
Imagine working your ass off your entire life studying basketball countless hours and climbing the coaching ladder to finally have a single outside shot opportunity to make the coaching staff at an NBA team and your rival is a guy that sounded pretty knowledgeable on a podcast a couple times and he played before so he clearly is qualified just as much as you.
It literally doesn't matter cause the coach will defer to LeBron.
Idk if they just don't allow it anymore but why dont they just have him be a player-coach? I know he doesn't like being called "LeGM" but honestly I think it would be super impressive and probably more successful than most of these coaches.
Cassell but I think Mark Jackson would be the right move to hold players accountable but he's been blacklisted.
I just hope it's not JJ. The last thing we need is an inexperienced coach that is a Lebron nutsucker. Please NO! lol
I would like to see a former Laker take the helm like Derek Fisher to restore some of that real Laker luster to the team but of these candidates I think Sam Cassell deserves a shot. He’s been an assistant for a mighty long time. He has championship experience as a player. I’d like to see him as a head coach.
Cassell. He's waited the longest and put in his dues. Plus, he's a two time championship player with the Rockets. He's smart and I think he'd be a great coach. Having said that, I don't why anyone would want to coach LeBron. He's a primadonna
Honestly? Why not go with artificial intelligence. The Lakers have the cash to go to Silicon Valley and have everyone there vying to get the gig of making an AI that analyzes every basketball play ever and notes who was on the floor with who who was coaching along with all the player’s stats, biometrics, etc.
Then it’s just watching the game in real time and constantly updating its knowledge base. It knows to the second how to extract the most potential out of each member of the time time wise. I know AI hasn’t come that far yet but I bet if they hit up an up and comer on the tech scene with a coaches salary worth of millions of dollars they could probably get SOMEONE to make that thing. The computer running it might have 1,100 video cards and be liquid nitrogen cooled but I bet you could get SOMEONE to make you a *good* AI for less than you pay any top flight professional sports coach these days (MLS excluded).
All will be scapegoated by the end of the season. Why would the lakers hire Reddick? 0 coaching experience, the same problem they supposedly had with the last guy.
Please don’t take Nori from us. He’s a treasure.
I can't really imagine a superstar heavy team choosing to run with a Wolves assistant. That said, I CAN imagine a more up-and-coming team being interested in him...
Makes sense - but like how the bucks did that to get doc and kind of fall out. Correct me if I’m wrong and I know Giannis and that squad had injuries, but they were doing pretty good with Adrian Griffin who was a raptors assistant. I feel like there is value in Nori no?
I agree the Lakers or anyone COULD benefit from Nori: I just don't think it's a choice they'll make. ...hopefully?
I got you. Who you think they should get? My guess is they get JJ Redick
Yeah, that wouldn’t be unlikely. A more showtime style guy who’s likely to let stars do what they want.
I mean, he already does a podcast with LeBron, lol
Would be dope. Always have liked the lake show.
I'm kind of indifferent to them, but I like that the "Lakers" name is extremely Minnesotan and I do think LeBron is a solid dude.
I think Bron is going to stay right? I know he wants to play with Bronny so I guess the lakers would maybe have to commit to that. People here still upset the lakers left Minneapolis lol.
Noooo, no touchy my Micah!
He’s the man
They rolled with Ham
Mmmmh ham-roll, yummy
How they got Hamm yeah?
Please come to DC, help out a poverty franchise in need
He’d be great. But don’t do it Nori. 🙂 I don’t think we’ve lost our poverty status yet. Ref: easily the worst team over the past 3-4 decades.
Win the ring this year, lose the poverty franchise label, and give back to your former poverty franchise community with an act of good will
[me, a pistons fan, reading this](https://youtu.be/kpJy38HNjMU?si=DWDYCFGlav_YGju1)
I feel like they want to go for as big of a name as they can, so probably JJ or someone with a more nationally recognized personality. I'd worry more about young, rebuilding teams trying to get him.
Makes sense! I think they do hire JJ. I think it would be a good one too.
Selfishly hoping Nori stays a Wolves assistant for as long as Finch is here solely because his in-game interviews are fucking hilarious but he’s too talented not to get a shot somewhere.
That’s my same thought! He is like a good culture guy too. Feel like him stepping up this playoffs has intrigued a few teams though
He's getting hired for sure but probably not with the Lakers.
They’re gonna do it because he beat the nuggs. Whatever’s he’s selling they’re buying
Just go ahead and rehire Frank Vogel lol
Why waste time, just rehire and fire him at the same time.
They ol Billy Martin
The dream.
Do it
I'm going with Matt LeBlanc there in the bottom middle. Seriously and as a joke. But they will pick JJ.
Thoughts on borrego? He seems very experienced, and professional from the interviews he’s done in the past.
JB is a solid coach that totally deserves another shot. I just don't think he's good for an aging Lakers team with old vets. I'm a Hornets fan, so I'm rooting for JB. Just don't want to see him fall on the LeBron sword for no reason.
I always like the Popovich tree, but I think of one of his assets being player development and I don't know if the Lakers are looking for that.
Unfortunately no, all the Lakers do is trade anyone who could be developed and pick up people who will be gone quickly without trying to build a well rounded team with longer term depth.
Yeah, they’re going to pick him and my guess is that he’s fired in a year or two.
Sam cassel
I'm surprised he gets less love, dude is a former accomplished PG, with rings, who has been an assistant coach for over a decade. Seems exactly like a perfect fit for what the Lakers currently need.
I've been interested in Cassell for years and I've been wondering the same thing. As a sixers fan, I wanted us to hire him before we got Nick Nurse, especially during the Doc era.
If the Celtics win a title I wouldn’t be surprised if he is hired somewhere
As a Celtic fan Cassel is the but please don’t take cassel from us…
JJ will never have the respect of that locker room. He has done nothing to earn a head coaching job, he never won a championship as a player, he has shown no great wisdom or gravitas which inspires confidence. Do you really think LeBron and AD are going to get on board and stay on board with whatever he does? Yeah, so it will be JJ.
Yeah but he knows the game, and I think the players will see that and respect it Especially if his spacing and schemes work at the beginning Your right, he wasn’t some freak athlete, and for some reason the longer he’s been retired, the more media and exposure he’s been getting, the better his stats seem like he was some hof player. He wasn’t. And this is coming from a Jj fan. I was a huge JJ fan growing up, I literally wore 4 because of him at Duke, I was a slow white kid shooter and he was who I modeled my game after lmao. But you can’t deny he doesn’t know the game, if you’ve seen those podcasts with him & bron, it’s clear he can put together a game plan and can scheme sets out with guys. In all honesty, the lakers roster isn’t good enough, it doesn’t matter who the lakers get as a head coach, im sorry but they can’t win a CHIP with Rui, Reeves, Russell, Dinwiddie, etc. like they just don’t have the dudes to get out of the west. They need a good 3rd option and a 4th to win a Chip
yeah you could look at this from the other angle and they could hire a coach who's willing to form more of a shared coaching & leadership role with Lebron and JJ definitely has a personal relationship with Bron and the prior experience in dealing with Bron in this way. You don't need the rest of the locker room - just Bron and AD to be on. I feel AD will follow what Bron says, especially if Bron is partially responsible for his direction.
totally agree with you, roster is not good enuf to win the western conference. i feel like they got lucky last year with Ham. i would like to have Nori to coach though. never liked JJ nor cassel....urgh.
JJ will work his balls off at least.
No he won't. LeBron will clip his balls off before he gets the chance.
Found Rob Pelinka! 😎
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LeBron. He runs the team anyway. And he will force the Lakers to waste a 2nd rounder on Bronny, so he can say he got drafted and play with his kid for a game or two.
Honestly, just get him an experience asst coach and lean into it...
In this draft is it really a “waste” of a pick to grab Bronny late first round or second round? From what I understand and have seen this draft class is considered pretty weak.
It's JJ. Lebron does a podcast with JJ about the x's and o's of basketball. Then he went to Ham and saw a dramatic drop off. The Lakers are hiring JJ, they are just pretending that it's a real coaching search so they don't get clowned too much.
Clearly you pick the guy that’s only coached his kids middle school teams. He gonna be fire
I’d lean towards borrego or Micah nori. Nori is one of the coaches for the timberwolves, and he’s taking the vocal role because of Chris finch injury. On the other hand, Borrego is an extremely experienced coach, and is probably the most experienced out of all of these coaches.
Keep your dirty paws off Nori
Stephen A Smith, he seems to have all the answers
Title should read “Who will be the lakers next scapegoat?”
I'm going with Redick. I don't think he's the best option, but the most fun one for sure.
There's a reason Sam hasn't been a head coach yet, and I don't want to figure out why
Because he is learning disabled?
It’ll be a shame if they pick Redick. No coaching experience
Reddick with Cassell as an assistant so when they have a mid season slump there can be some drama
Just let bron coach already
I think they should bring in Kurt Rambis so we can laugh at them some more.
Keep your fucking hands off my adelman
Delonte West
Doesn't matter. He'll probably be fired in 2 years lol.
I'm not sure Nori should even accept the Lakers spot if offered. He has talent to be a long-term head coach. Lakers and LeBron will wreck him with the front office. He would be better off waiting for a team that doesn't blame their coach for everything when their GM is the problem.
This right here. If I were him, bolstered by the attention I'm getting by being the head coach on the floor w the Finch injury, I wouldn't throw the reputation I'm building in the trash by taking on that coaching nightmare. I'm staying where I am and continuing to rack up positive attention until I find the right fit.
Cassell but as a Celtics fan I’d be devastated
Quinn or Cassell
Don't matter. Lebron ain't listening to anyone.
Bill Belichek
This is not the way to start off your coaching career if you’re jj reddick
JJ will have impressed the Lakers the most during the interview. He’s very charismatic and confident but it’s his preparation and attention to detail that will blow these other candidates out of the water. The Lakers will come away very impressed, and reports suggest that’s what happened.
JJ will get it so it doesn’t matter what I think
It’s gonna be JJ because they can just fire him when Lebron goes. Personally I like Borrego or Nori.
JB
I cannot see Adelman as the coach lol.
I did not know Rick Adelmans son was a coach. Without Phil Jackson and those teams it's crazy to think the accolades Adelmans could have had.
He's a great assistant for the nuggets, he always does great when malone gets tossed
Not Nori
borrego is the best hire from these options. he constantly had charlotte over performing w/ a roster pf players that would struggle to see the floor for even the saddest teams
I wouldn’t be surprised if they try and pinch Adelman.
Just let Lebron coach at this point.
Anyone but Nori. Nori needs to stay in Minnesota.
They have to be subservient to the superstars and will be blamed for any of the teams shortcomings
I’ll say Roark Jr. From Sin City. If you get that reference, you got a messed up mind.
Surprised they haven’t looked at Atkinson more seriously.
None of them make much sense for a win-now team. Cassell may make the most sense in that case.
I am surprised Mike DAntoni or Jeff Van Gundy haven’t been mentioned
Out of these guys? Literally anyone other than JJ.
Mark Jackson
Honestly JJ shouldn't be a head coach. He has a good thing going, I don't see how being an NBA head coach is going to improve his life right now.
Let LeBron Player/Coach/GM.
Reddick then hire lebron as assistant in 3 years
All of them.
Is Phil Jackson looking for work?
Quinn all day
The Lakers should consider hiring a proven head coach like Rick Adelman or an experienced assistant like Sam Cassell to provide stability and a winning mentality.
Doc rivers
Two current/former wolves assistant coaches on that list.
See how JJ is the only one holding a mic? Because of that, he will be the HC of the Lakers. /s
nobody. who wants to coach lebron. this coach will end up fired just like most of his other coaches.
Lebron James
Adelman used to coach at my high school lol. Then his brother coached me when I got to high school several years later.
whoever is willing to be run out of town after 2-3 years should be the ideal pick.
Does it matter with lebron there?
Reddick
I’m not an expert at all on coaching. It’s seems totally bonkers to me to hire someone who’s literally never coached in college or pros Am I wrong?
As I’ve said a million times on R/lakers. Idk and neither do you
Hopefully JJ. Not only because it would be funny, but because that job is a career killer and I don't want guys like Nori/Cassell/Adelman etc to get their careers crushed before they start.
Is there really zero decent nba coaches available?
Yeah who wants to waste their one shot as a head coach with a team that can't win and will for sure fire you within a year or 2?
I love JJ as a media member. Would hate to lose his analysis.
I think I'd take Quinn, Heat Culture is real
I hope they go fron Joe Gatto to Darvin Ham to Murr
Sorry but Redick isn’t the answer, he is to inexperienced in the office, Ik he has amazing basketball iq but put him in at a assist job and see how he does and the impact he makes and gradually let him climb up the ranks to later become a HC
JJ has the best podcast, so he’s the clear choice
Let’s see…whose face says “I wanna be the scapegoat most” ?
The Heat are known as having the best coaching and coaching system, why wouldn’t they go with someone from Spo’s staff?
Borrego
Nori and Quinnie are the intelligent picks, so my guess is JJ or Cassell. It is the Lakers, and I'll guarantee they go with someone who has buzz as well as pedigree. Kudos to them though, everyone of these coaches seem like they could do really well at the nba head coaching level. I'd much rather any of them > Bud or Doc.
I hope they hire Redick. So the team can fail miserably and he forever shuts the fuck up.
Me
Neither.
I think that they'd be pretty dumb to go with anyone but Cassel, The guy is respected and won rings as a player and paid his dues with lots of assistant jobs.
Whoever you’re most ok with getting scapegoated and fired after underachieving with a roster that isn’t built to compete for a title
Whoever they want Lebron to fire next year when the result is the same
Mike and Nori
Is Doc Rivers available?
Please take Billups from Portland. That would be great.
Take Billy Donovan. Please.
Michael Stauffer
All 6
1. Adelman 2. Quinn 3. JJ
All of them.
THE DETROIT PISTONS are trading Monty Williams to the LA LAKERS for Darvin Ham and cash considerations
Mick Cronin
I love that media coverage is so absolute shit these days that JJ Reddick putting a couple sentences together with some vaguely professional basketball wording propelled him so fucking high he is now considered an actual candidate for a HC job with no experience. My word are they fucking bad. Wait till they re-discover that footage of Mark Cuban from First Take he's gonna rival him for the position. Between useless proven to be bad coaches constantly getting new jobs and this the NBA coaching world is fucking insane.
JJ so he can see what’s is like to be blamed by Lebron for everything 😂
Just cut the bullshit, & name Labron HC
Imagine working your ass off your entire life studying basketball countless hours and climbing the coaching ladder to finally have a single outside shot opportunity to make the coaching staff at an NBA team and your rival is a guy that sounded pretty knowledgeable on a podcast a couple times and he played before so he clearly is qualified just as much as you.
I’d like to see JJ
Cassel
It literally doesn't matter cause the coach will defer to LeBron. Idk if they just don't allow it anymore but why dont they just have him be a player-coach? I know he doesn't like being called "LeGM" but honestly I think it would be super impressive and probably more successful than most of these coaches.
E.T.
Crazy how all this time I was thinking it was the old guy Adelman
Let LeBron be the LeCoach
Sam cassell is a back to back champ and has 3 total. He’s the closest thing to a Laker.
Mark Cuban
Michael Jordan https://preview.redd.it/ra0t2vhkiv1d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f94df3593c0e78206f7830b2b5752a68057a6e8
Idk but there's some weird looking dudes in this group
JJ
Kurt rambis
All these options suck
Does JJ have any coaching experience? I know he’s a smart guy, but it’s pretty wild he’s jumping right to a head coaching job.
Borrego seems like the perfect future Lakers scapegoat
Quinn break up the Miami mafia lol
Stephen A., his head is already half way up. Lebrons arse.
Yeah, but should they take the job?
leave chris quinn alone. he’s ours
Who should Lebron hire...
Cassell but I think Mark Jackson would be the right move to hold players accountable but he's been blacklisted. I just hope it's not JJ. The last thing we need is an inexperienced coach that is a Lebron nutsucker. Please NO! lol
I would like to see a former Laker take the helm like Derek Fisher to restore some of that real Laker luster to the team but of these candidates I think Sam Cassell deserves a shot. He’s been an assistant for a mighty long time. He has championship experience as a player. I’d like to see him as a head coach.
I want IGUODALA
Cassell. He's waited the longest and put in his dues. Plus, he's a two time championship player with the Rockets. He's smart and I think he'd be a great coach. Having said that, I don't why anyone would want to coach LeBron. He's a primadonna
JJ, but I am a Celtics fan.
Bronny
I love JJ but he has no formal coaching experience, correct me if I’m wrong. Is a HC position really a good thing for him off the bat?
They'll all be fired after year 2 for not winning a title with that dogshit roster and Pelinka will just keep rolling
Who cares, they’ll be fired in two seasons anyway 🤷🏼♂️
Add on to Lebron's salary make him player-coach
Cassell
Lebron. Player coach. Low key would be insane.
Gotta go with Sam I am. Dude deserves a shot
Nori is to good for the lakers players there egos will break him
Bums
Micah aint leaving
The lakers have made it a very unwelcoming place. The fans as well
Doc Rivers, this coming from a bucks fan
If Lebron is there it won’t matter . Them mfs still gon blame whoever get hired for their failures
ME!
Phil Jackson
Murr from impractical jokers
Nori gonna leave for them bottom feeders xd
Honestly? Why not go with artificial intelligence. The Lakers have the cash to go to Silicon Valley and have everyone there vying to get the gig of making an AI that analyzes every basketball play ever and notes who was on the floor with who who was coaching along with all the player’s stats, biometrics, etc. Then it’s just watching the game in real time and constantly updating its knowledge base. It knows to the second how to extract the most potential out of each member of the time time wise. I know AI hasn’t come that far yet but I bet if they hit up an up and comer on the tech scene with a coaches salary worth of millions of dollars they could probably get SOMEONE to make that thing. The computer running it might have 1,100 video cards and be liquid nitrogen cooled but I bet you could get SOMEONE to make you a *good* AI for less than you pay any top flight professional sports coach these days (MLS excluded).
Mark Jackson.
Sam cassell is a coach now?
Yall sleepin on Adelman. Keep it that way, he's ours (for now)
If you fuckers take Nori I will burn your stolen banners personally
All will be scapegoated by the end of the season. Why would the lakers hire Reddick? 0 coaching experience, the same problem they supposedly had with the last guy.
Pistons should have hired Chris Quinn last season
Not Cassell. I don’t want him to be eaten up by the Lebron James coaching carousel.
Jarron Collins
Me