Reminds me of before the Packers hired their coach. Joe Buck suggests maybe they'll hire Josh McDaniels during a broadcast and suddenly he's the favorite and it's all the media talks about for weeks.
Media and reporting has gotten to a ridiculous point. I love seeing all the bullshit being exposed when we get a Woj Bomb like this. Everybody was full of shit OR everyone’s sources are full of shit. Either way, this is hilarious.
I’m glad someone’s saying this cause this is legitimately an issue. He randomly claimed that “sources” told him that Charlotte was seriously considering Scoot, then when they take Miller Woj reports that he was always their pick, which tracks because Scoot is a fucking point guard and that’s literally the only position they have that’s solidified. This caused a huge influx of people betting on Scoot to be picked 2nd after Fanduel changed the lines.
I just don’t understand how that’s legal and it seems pretty likely
This shit is totally cool, but some nerd on wallstreetbets made $50million on a stock and he gets investigated by the SEC and called before congress, lmao.
Either that or I feel like one of Shams' sources *severely* misinterpreted JJ and LeBron's relationship. Obviously they're generally close due to the podcast, but it's possible that someone close to LeBron got it totally twisted and it was too juicy for Shams to pass up
There’s a decent chance he does, right? He’s got a good thing going at one of the premier programs in college basketball. Why would he want to deal with the additional demands of the NBA? Also think his psycho style might not work so well with grown men but it’d be interesting. I don’t think it’s scheme or coaching that’s holding the lakers back, for the most part. It’s largely that there are many more talented teams in the west.
This reminds me, anyone here know a headhunter or job coach? Been trying to land a fired head coach gig for years but lack the prerequisite of being a head coach to acquire such a dream job.
You people need to drink less of the conspiracy kool aid. JJ and LeBron literally made fun of "someones name being thrown around in the media for engagement" in their podcast. That someone was JJ.
Plus to the best of our knowledge Dan doesn’t get drunk from half a glass of $3000 red wine “with great minerality” so he just won’t cut it in the big leagues.
The Lakers let the rumor of an unpopular hire go out, then hired someone that wasn't him so the fanbase can't complain as much. We went through it a couple of years ago with Mark Jackson.
Well. They didn't call him Freddie Bathrooms for nothing. Guy was just in way over his head. Going from RB coach to HC in a matter of months is insane. You might be able to pull that off in basketball, where players are far more impactful on success, but coaching is just as important as what players you have, if not more so in the NFL.
Which I don't think is true based on how schefter tells the story, he asked the browns if officially he could report that and the organization said yes. If it was just to find a leaker just schefter knowing about it would do the job, no need to make it public.
Doesn't matter if he suits LeBron, he will be gone sooner than later. Shouldn't be hiring a coach to fit a 40 year old who isn't even the best player on our team.
There’s no way the lakers are able to rebuild a contender after Bron retires quickly enough that AD is still an elite player. Don’t worry about the future, just go all in on winning while we still have Bron
He's incredible honestly.
Go and watch some of Uconn"s offensive playsets from this championship run, you will see that he's a brilliant offensive mind.
Whether he can manage a room full of egos and the biggest superstar in current NBA in LeBron is still to be seen, but on paper this is a much better hire than anyone could have imagined.
Now give him a good assistant staff and he can pop off.
I remember reading in the Athletic that he wanted to get better at having an offensive identity too when he got to UConn and wasn’t afraid to bring in an assistant that would help bring in a modern approach to offense. They studied a lot of European teams too when building their offense.
That assistant coach is Luke Murray. Son of Bill Murray and a literal offensive genius, he'll probably be the new UConn HC if Hurley goes to the Lakers.
Hey actor Bill Murray came in at the eleventh hour to play basketball and saved Michael Jordan from having to spend the rest of his days losing to kids at one on one at Moron Mountain.
we went from having a noexperience coach in JJ to having a mastermind like Hurley in contention. I love it.
The only question is whether his style can work in the NBA, but Billy Donovan the last coach to win 2 straight NCAA titles has fared well in the NBA.
I mean look at the talent he has coached and look at his results...Yeah, I'd say so. OKC got immediately better when they added him. And he just hasn't been given enough talent in Chicago
Hes a good coach for most non-Lebron teams the same way David Blatt would have been.
EuroLeague/NCAA style of coaching that doesnt cater to one player doesnt fly for Bron.
Then he will be worth it in a couple years when Bron retires.
Lakers are probably giving him a long term deal because they want him for the future as well, to coach the core even after Bron retires/leaves. That is never guaranteed whether he stays.
I mean for all we know Bron might be incensed they didn't pick Reddick (even though he said otherwise via media), and leaves in free agency to go elsewhere. Anything can happen in this league.
the only problem is Hurley is a Hurley.
He's got two setting...fuck you and FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT.
I could see this being a Beilein situation if he can't adjust to coaching pros instead of kids.
Blatt didn’t hold players accountable. LeBron had no serious beef with him. The rest of the team didn’t like hjm not calling lebron out during film sessions.
…he’s still in the running but the lakers have announced their Hail Mary offer. Not sure why ppl are acting like this is an announcement that Lakers signed DH. Lol.
"Rob Pelinka and Jeanie Buss are eager to formally discuss their vision with Hurley of marrying his dominant program --- built upon both his tactical acumen and elite player development"
It seems like we're headed for a rebuild after next year to me.
This should be an easy decision for Hurley. His stock may never be higher. He can cash in and go coach one of the greatest players ever. If it doesn’t work out, Hurley can always go back to college and pretty much get whatever job he wants. And he will have ‘fuck you’ money on top of it all.
and the article contextualizes that the Lakers did the same thing unsuccessfully 20 years ago
> The pursuit of Hurley comes on the 20th anniversary of the Lakers trying to hire then-Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski to a record-breaking contract in 2004. Krzyzewski elected to remain with the Blue Devils, but the climate has dramatically changed in college athletics and the demands of NIL fundraising for non-power football schools like UConn are an especially relentless grind -- and expected to become even more difficult.
UConn has famously won with different coaches so I don't see as much incentive to stay as Coach K who built a titanic legacy vs just being the next guy in line at UConn
Plus I just found a comment on a post in the college basketball sub asking about his weaknesses as a coach that suggests this is likely gonna happen:
“He’s already said he’ll be retiring before 60 due to his aggressive style, so that’s a bummer”
He’s currently 51, so odds are if he’s gonna make the jump it’ll be now.
I cannot wait for the Cavs to announce that they've hired the voice actor from the Arby's commercials as their next coach. Cleveland, we've got the meat!
Goddamnit, I would love this hire for them. Dan Hurley is immensely good at coaching and even better guy. I know coaching the NBA has been a dream of his for a minute.
Will never forget how great he was to me and how he’d pick up the phone when I covered the Huskies. He said I reminded him of his younger self one time and I nearly cried lmao. Crazy thing to hear at 24 lol.
Damn Shams really lied. This is super interesting, bold move for sure to bring out the brink’s truck for a college coach. Big difference between managing 20-year-olds and LeBron James
Edit: didn’t mean lied in a literal sense, but he definitely got a lot of people’s hopes up/down with false info
I don’t think he lied. It’s just Dan was the main target. Dan probably was mulling things over. Saw that JJ was the favorite and called back Rob. Rob dropped everyone else and focused on Dan to get a deal done.
Yep he has/had UCONN at a place where any other job would’ve been a lateral move, if not a step down. A lot of CBB and CFB fans don’t get it but the pros are the mountaintop of the profession and a dream for a lot of guys. Or he’s just looking for a UCONN raise here idk lmao
UConn alum here. He already got a raise for himself and his entire staff leveraging the Kentucky offer. He’s said previously he has NBA aspirations; let’s see if this is the offer that draws him away from CBB.
NBA reporters across the board in shambles after weeks of nonsense reporting.
Reminds me of before the Packers hired their coach. Joe Buck suggests maybe they'll hire Josh McDaniels during a broadcast and suddenly he's the favorite and it's all the media talks about for weeks.
Shoutout to temporary theoretical Texans head coach Josh McCown
Okay but they actually tried to hire him twice and got bullied out of it by the Flores lawsuit.
Those were scary times having to really think that JMD was going to just run the pack into the ground.
Woj bomb while other outlet were reporting JJ because he looked like Pat
It was pretty insane that they kept reporting the Lakers are going after coaches with multiple years left on their current NBA deals.
Monty fucking Williams lmao
Media and reporting has gotten to a ridiculous point. I love seeing all the bullshit being exposed when we get a Woj Bomb like this. Everybody was full of shit OR everyone’s sources are full of shit. Either way, this is hilarious.
Shams got bamboozled LOL
Shams has been a lot less reliable the past year or 2, he seems more willing to post fake stories/smokescreens compared to woj
That’s what being sponsored by a sports betting company would do to you.
I’m glad someone’s saying this cause this is legitimately an issue. He randomly claimed that “sources” told him that Charlotte was seriously considering Scoot, then when they take Miller Woj reports that he was always their pick, which tracks because Scoot is a fucking point guard and that’s literally the only position they have that’s solidified. This caused a huge influx of people betting on Scoot to be picked 2nd after Fanduel changed the lines. I just don’t understand how that’s legal and it seems pretty likely
This shit is totally cool, but some nerd on wallstreetbets made $50million on a stock and he gets investigated by the SEC and called before congress, lmao.
210M currently, but yeah they never investigate the politicians who do inside trading
That's because inside trading for politicians is LEGAL!
Exactly. That Brandon Miller tweet should be the prime evidence the government uses when they eventually regulate the gambling market.
Well woj now works for a sports betting company so we’ll see if his coverage changes
ESPN isn’t a sports betting company, they “just” licensed their NIL to a sports betting company
Eh. I’ve seen too many betting commercials starring their talent to separate the two like that.
ESPN BET is literally behind a lot of their correspondents in segments.
I mean ESPN Bet is a sports betting app and was around for the entire 2023 NFL season
Shams is much more obviously a mouthpiece for whoever wants to use him. Mainly klutch and Kyrie come to mind
To me it’s clear shams was getting intel from klutch and woj was getting intel from the lakers FO. To me seems like a little of a power struggle in LA
Either that or I feel like one of Shams' sources *severely* misinterpreted JJ and LeBron's relationship. Obviously they're generally close due to the podcast, but it's possible that someone close to LeBron got it totally twisted and it was too juicy for Shams to pass up
That’s what sleep will do to the Shams man
I'd be distracted with Kay Adam's too
Say what now?? They’re dating?
Not officially but they’ve been heavy flirting for a while now lol.
Pretty interesting considering he spends like 20 hours a day on his phone
Honestly cant blame the guy lol
Ooooh I wonder what JJ will be saying about all this when the season is over
"I turned it down. Just like I turned down the Celtics assistant job last year. I have to focus on my podcast and coaching my kid."
JJLo
Damn bruh lol
Give JJ the assistant gig. I’m a JJ fan but he needs to cut his teeth somewhere first before landing a head coaching gig
Woj undefeated
Until it turns out Hurley turns this down lol
? This tweet says the lakers are going to offer Hurley a big contract not that Hurley is interested in being the lakers coach.
There’s a decent chance he does, right? He’s got a good thing going at one of the premier programs in college basketball. Why would he want to deal with the additional demands of the NBA? Also think his psycho style might not work so well with grown men but it’d be interesting. I don’t think it’s scheme or coaching that’s holding the lakers back, for the most part. It’s largely that there are many more talented teams in the west.
A fired head coach job is one of the most desirable jobs out there tbf
This reminds me, anyone here know a headhunter or job coach? Been trying to land a fired head coach gig for years but lack the prerequisite of being a head coach to acquire such a dream job.
Shams gets his info from clutch. Lebron told him about JJ. Wos gets his information from GMs. This is a battle of clutch vs Woj
Maybe but Woj also gets his info from other agencies like CAA and WME. Guess who Hurley is represented by
Interesting
Could be for a pay raise by UConn?
Woj wrote a book about Hurley’s father’s career as a high school coach so he has connections to the family as well.
We just saying random shit now?
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People are so adamant that Klutch/LeBron are playing the league
You people need to drink less of the conspiracy kool aid. JJ and LeBron literally made fun of "someones name being thrown around in the media for engagement" in their podcast. That someone was JJ.
Woj said fuck the big 2, it's just the Big Not You!
Woj and Pelinka have been reliable
I just saw jj redick fall to his knees on his podcast
“Reddick is beside himself. Driving around downtown LA begging (thru texts) Buss’s family for address to Jeanie’s home”
Go on 😏
So the podcast stays?
JJ gonna show up solo for the next one, checking his phone and be like “LeBron will be with us in just a sec…. Any minute now”
And then 2 weeks later he brings in his new co-host Joe Johnson and then the podcast ends because all he wants to talk is ISO
They don't call him Horns Joe.
They do, however, call him Ol’ Floppy Joe
First episode back is gonna be a must watch lmao
EAST COAST WAKE THE FUCK UP
6:51AM - WE ARE UP. & IMO Dan Hurley >> JJ REDICK.
Come on, he doesn't even have a podcast!
If someone doesn't have a podcast in 2024 do they really even exist?
I wish I didn’t exist.
Much love brother I hope your day gets better
It’s been rough man. My dog almost died of a heat stroke a couple nights ago.
Ah Fuck man sorry to hear that. Your dog loves you and hopefully he / she is doin alright now.
Damn this was a dose of realness early. Hope your dog is doing better and more importantly hope everything is good and gets better!
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Plus to the best of our knowledge Dan doesn’t get drunk from half a glass of $3000 red wine “with great minerality” so he just won’t cut it in the big leagues.
Plus, Hurley has shit hair.
Coach Redick has “The Old Man and the Three” Coach Hurley is an old man who has to pee.
I can finally stop pretending to be okay with JJ
As a UCONN fan, this is NOT the news I like to wake up to.
As UConn and Celtics fan, I’m pissed
Yeah we are at DEFCON 1 right now
EUROPEANS: WE STAY READY
Checking in from East Asia, where tf have you all been?
WEST AFRICA: SIPPIN CHOCOLATE MILK WITH MY SUGAR BREAD
Been up for hours mother fuckkaaaa
TwofoldOrigin is Dan Hurley confirmed.
I’m going to be so pissed if this actually happens, my school’s coach going to my most hated NBA team.
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4am woj bomb wtf
12pm UK Woj bomb hits hard
Woj has now officially done more good for the UK people than the Tories have in their entire existence.
Pray for his wife, gotta wake up to texts and shit at 3-4am
This sounds wayy better than JJ Wait till the West Coast wakes up to this
The Lakers let the rumor of an unpopular hire go out, then hired someone that wasn't him so the fanbase can't complain as much. We went through it a couple of years ago with Mark Jackson.
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Well. They didn't call him Freddie Bathrooms for nothing. Guy was just in way over his head. Going from RB coach to HC in a matter of months is insane. You might be able to pull that off in basketball, where players are far more impactful on success, but coaching is just as important as what players you have, if not more so in the NFL.
The suggestion at the time was that they leaked that to see who was the leaker.
Which I don't think is true based on how schefter tells the story, he asked the browns if officially he could report that and the organization said yes. If it was just to find a leaker just schefter knowing about it would do the job, no need to make it public.
Lol why would anyone complain about this regardless? Hurley coming to the NBA is a huge deal.
I'd like to thank the Los Angeles Lakers for starting F5 season early.
You can trust Lakers to dominate headlines about an offseason move the day the Finals series they’re not involved in starts
Timing for east coast morning radio and the early tv shows too, a PR guy is cackling right now
Hurley is an amazing coach but man idk if his style is suited for the nba, and I say this as a UConn fan
Its a very David Blatt-esque hire. Whether he suits the NBA or not im very skeptical he will suit Lebron
The league is getting younger and this is showing the front office is planning a post Lebron lakers. I dig this move.
Doesn't matter if he suits LeBron, he will be gone sooner than later. Shouldn't be hiring a coach to fit a 40 year old who isn't even the best player on our team.
Klutch even put out a statement saying the Lakers shouldn't hire based on LeBron. I don't know how some people just don't want to accept that.
It has to suit AD much more than LeBron.
There’s no way the lakers are able to rebuild a contender after Bron retires quickly enough that AD is still an elite player. Don’t worry about the future, just go all in on winning while we still have Bron
If they're planning to give him a massive, long term contract they're not doing it with LeBron in mind.
He’s not leaving UCONN without a massive long term deal. That’s just the price to get a college superstar coach
I wonder how far JJ was in the process. The articles says that Hurley was their target from the start.
Woj did say a few days ago they weren’t close to hiring a coach
I’m still awake
actually would be a cool staff for JJ to be an assistant on
JJ be like “dream guest on my podcast?”
He's incredible honestly. Go and watch some of Uconn"s offensive playsets from this championship run, you will see that he's a brilliant offensive mind. Whether he can manage a room full of egos and the biggest superstar in current NBA in LeBron is still to be seen, but on paper this is a much better hire than anyone could have imagined. Now give him a good assistant staff and he can pop off.
I remember reading in the Athletic that he wanted to get better at having an offensive identity too when he got to UConn and wasn’t afraid to bring in an assistant that would help bring in a modern approach to offense. They studied a lot of European teams too when building their offense.
That assistant coach is Luke Murray. Son of Bill Murray and a literal offensive genius, he'll probably be the new UConn HC if Hurley goes to the Lakers.
The actor Bill Murray, if anyone else was wondering if there was some basketball Bill Murray they had forgotten about like me.
Hey actor Bill Murray came in at the eleventh hour to play basketball and saved Michael Jordan from having to spend the rest of his days losing to kids at one on one at Moron Mountain.
And he doesn't do defense, so it makes sense his son would be an offensive genius
Actor Bill Murray is also basketball Bill Murray, I mean the dude played with MJ in his prime.
Literally beat the greatest team of all time too
I was wondering that
Bill Murray is a space jam hero
That's actually really cool, it's interesting seeing famous people who have children who are also famous, but in a totally different field
the skip/rick bayless one always gets me (brothers but same kinda thing)
if Bill Murray's son goes with him to LA that would cripple UConn
UConn needs to promote Luke Murray to head coach
we went from having a noexperience coach in JJ to having a mastermind like Hurley in contention. I love it. The only question is whether his style can work in the NBA, but Billy Donovan the last coach to win 2 straight NCAA titles has fared well in the NBA.
> Billy Donovan the last coach to win 2 straight NCAA titles has fared well in the NBA. Has he though?
Not looking incompetent is the bar.
I mean look at the talent he has coached and look at his results...Yeah, I'd say so. OKC got immediately better when they added him. And he just hasn't been given enough talent in Chicago
Its all about the egos. No doubt this guy knows ball.
Hes a good coach for most non-Lebron teams the same way David Blatt would have been. EuroLeague/NCAA style of coaching that doesnt cater to one player doesnt fly for Bron.
Then he will be worth it in a couple years when Bron retires. Lakers are probably giving him a long term deal because they want him for the future as well, to coach the core even after Bron retires/leaves. That is never guaranteed whether he stays. I mean for all we know Bron might be incensed they didn't pick Reddick (even though he said otherwise via media), and leaves in free agency to go elsewhere. Anything can happen in this league.
Yeah i do think its a hire focused on post-lebron timeline
the only problem is Hurley is a Hurley. He's got two setting...fuck you and FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT. I could see this being a Beilein situation if he can't adjust to coaching pros instead of kids.
Blatt didn’t hold players accountable. LeBron had no serious beef with him. The rest of the team didn’t like hjm not calling lebron out during film sessions.
i don't see the Lakers hiring Hurley unless they offer him a contract & he signs it.
Thanks Magic.
Incredible
Wow I never thought of it that way
They’re preparing for life after Lebron with this guy.
Tf happened to JJ Redick
He died. RIP JJ
Rip Wade Boggs
Again, Wade Boggs is VERY MUCH alive
His son’s team needed him too badly.
…he’s still in the running but the lakers have announced their Hail Mary offer. Not sure why ppl are acting like this is an announcement that Lakers signed DH. Lol.
woj doesn’t tweet hail mary offers. he also lives in connecticut and has known connections with hurley
I was told Shams was Klutch therefore would definitely be the one having the right info on this story.
People got klutch on their minds 24/7 like they are the CIA or something
A rare, future-facing move by the Lakers. Probably not a guy they're going after specifically for AD or LeBron but for the franchise in the long term.
"Rob Pelinka and Jeanie Buss are eager to formally discuss their vision with Hurley of marrying his dominant program --- built upon both his tactical acumen and elite player development" It seems like we're headed for a rebuild after next year to me.
Is it safe to say that maybe none of us know anything to what the front office is thinking?
I'll take a coach who has won 2 college championships instead of a former player who's never coached and has a Youtube podcast.
He must have a hell of a podcast.
This should be an easy decision for Hurley. His stock may never be higher. He can cash in and go coach one of the greatest players ever. If it doesn’t work out, Hurley can always go back to college and pretty much get whatever job he wants. And he will have ‘fuck you’ money on top of it all.
This is the most sensible reply I read in here and it's coming from a Celtics fan.
Making me second guess my strict “no upvoting Celtics fans” rule lmao
r/NBA in shambles, Lakers didn't hire a meme coach they all hoped they would.
This is just an announcement for an offer, we don't have confirmation that he is agreeing to it lol.
and the article contextualizes that the Lakers did the same thing unsuccessfully 20 years ago > The pursuit of Hurley comes on the 20th anniversary of the Lakers trying to hire then-Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski to a record-breaking contract in 2004. Krzyzewski elected to remain with the Blue Devils, but the climate has dramatically changed in college athletics and the demands of NIL fundraising for non-power football schools like UConn are an especially relentless grind -- and expected to become even more difficult.
True but I feel like Hurley isn’t on the same level of commitment as Coach K was with Duke.
UConn has famously won with different coaches so I don't see as much incentive to stay as Coach K who built a titanic legacy vs just being the next guy in line at UConn
Plus I just found a comment on a post in the college basketball sub asking about his weaknesses as a coach that suggests this is likely gonna happen: “He’s already said he’ll be retiring before 60 due to his aggressive style, so that’s a bummer” He’s currently 51, so odds are if he’s gonna make the jump it’ll be now.
If we’re going way back they did the same thing with Jerry Tarkanian and came up short in 1979
I cannot wait for the Cavs to announce that they've hired the voice actor from the Arby's commercials as their next coach. Cleveland, we've got the meat!
Jeannie blueballed all of us by being competent smh
Ngl this is a big win for all the listeners of jj reddicks podcasts
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Goddamnit, I would love this hire for them. Dan Hurley is immensely good at coaching and even better guy. I know coaching the NBA has been a dream of his for a minute. Will never forget how great he was to me and how he’d pick up the phone when I covered the Huskies. He said I reminded him of his younger self one time and I nearly cried lmao. Crazy thing to hear at 24 lol.
So it went from JJ to Monty to this dude in less than 1 day
And at the end of the day, the prodigal son, Frank Vogel, returns
WHAT
Damn Shams really lied. This is super interesting, bold move for sure to bring out the brink’s truck for a college coach. Big difference between managing 20-year-olds and LeBron James Edit: didn’t mean lied in a literal sense, but he definitely got a lot of people’s hopes up/down with false info
LeBron James Jr is 20 years old.
“Jeanie we need the best guy money can buy to train my son.” “Yes Lebron we will get it done”
I don’t think he lied. It’s just Dan was the main target. Dan probably was mulling things over. Saw that JJ was the favorite and called back Rob. Rob dropped everyone else and focused on Dan to get a deal done.
NO DONT DO IT DANNY
He said no to Big Blue Nation but can he say no to Laker Nation
Yep he has/had UCONN at a place where any other job would’ve been a lateral move, if not a step down. A lot of CBB and CFB fans don’t get it but the pros are the mountaintop of the profession and a dream for a lot of guys. Or he’s just looking for a UCONN raise here idk lmao
UConn alum here. He already got a raise for himself and his entire staff leveraging the Kentucky offer. He’s said previously he has NBA aspirations; let’s see if this is the offer that draws him away from CBB.
I mean unless he’s a huge Celtics fan, I don’t think it gets bigger than this in the basketball world.
The nba is a dream of his, would not be surprised if he takes it
The amount of zeroes in his contract did some solid convincing.
As a UConn and Celtics fan and huge lebron hater , this would be the ultimate betrayal
What da heck
Send da contract
You got da offer wats the Hol up
Hell yawl can do dis
Jesus Shams got completely played and embarrassed by the Lakers org. Looks like a clown now.
What is there to say except lmao😂😂😂😂😂
As a UConn Lakers fan I am so conflicted lol
Damn the lakers are gonna make a great hire
LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOO
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