Lakers preparing offer for Hurley

[gsmooth]

Maybe it's just a ploy by LA to get Redick cheaper.

Dan Hurley as coach of the Lakers makes more sense for Bronny James than it does for LeBron

Do the Lakers want a coach known for development so they can help Bronny James?

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That's what I was thinking, too. The timing of this story happens to be on the first day of the NBA Finals-that is not a coincidence. Maybe JJ thought the job was his and demanding too much from the Lakers. This is what I am hoping and rationalizing in my brain.

 

[nomar]

Hurley apparently said yesterday that the contract stuff was "complicated"

If he leaves and we don't get $20m from the Lakers because Benedict and the state couldn't figure it out, then my opinion of Benedict has gone fully into the toilet.

Maybe this is copium but it seems pretty plausible that Danny & his agent were waiting for the NBA season to end in order to see what leverage could be obtained. This is literally the best leverage possible. Without this kind of reporting from Woj, you don't get top dollar out of UConn.

Point being, just because Benedict didn't make an official offer doesn't mean he wasn't trying to extend Danny. If he wasn't, then ... yikes.

 

[huskyjawz]

Hurley apparently said yesterday that the contract stuff was "complicated"

If he leaves and we don't get $20m from the Lakers because Benedict and the state couldn't figure it out, then my opinion of Benedict has gone fully into the toilet.

If he wanted to go to the Lakers he would go whether had the new contract or not.

 

[ddent68]

He has to listen because I think this is his shot. If he doesn’t take it I think we have him for good. There will be no better opportunity for him down the line.

As the wins pile up and hopefully championships at UConn how could he walk away in the future? I have no idea what he will choose but I think if he turns this down it will cement in his head that he was meant to do what he’s doing just like his Dad understood where he belonged.

That’s for Danny to decide obviously but I think he was meant for the college game. I think he will come to realize that by going through this process and make the right decision for himself and his family whatever that may be but if he stays I think we keep him for life.

 

[tuvent08]

Maybe this is copium but it seems pretty plausible that Danny & his agent were waiting for the NBA season to end in order to see what leverage could be obtained. This is literally the best leverage possible. Without this kind of reporting, you don't get top dollar about of UConn.

Point being, just because Benedict didn't make an official offer doesn't mean he wasn't trying to extend Danny.

Yeah, I would assume the delay is on Hurley's side. He has all the leverage as the most sought after coach in the entire sport.

 

[hooskies]

He has to listen because I think this is his shot. If he doesn’t take it I think we have him for good. There will be no better opportunity for him down the line.

As the wins pile up and hopefully championships at UConn how could he walk away in the future? I have no idea what he will choose but I think if he turns this down it will cement in his head that he was meant to do what he’s doing just like his Dad understood where he belonged.

That’s for Danny to decide obviously but I think he was meant for the college game. I think he will come to realize that by going through this process and make the right decision for himself and his family whatever that may be but if he stays I think we keep him for life.

Let’s be real, he’ll have another shot at the lakers job in a year or 2

 

[Yanksrock615]

Interesting how 'basketball' people perceive the Lakers. I view them as a 'has been' like UCLA and Indiana in ncaa. Not irrelevant but far far removed from the top of the heap. I've read post downplaying the Knicks but I don't think the Lakers is much different. I would think you would need to have a clear vision of a winning roster virtually immediately in order to take the job, because NBA honeymoons aren't long.

They won a title in 2020, was in the WCF in 2023 and won the first in season tournament lol.

 

[AntG168]

If he wanted to go to the Lakers he would go whether had the new contract or not.

We’d get a higher buyout

 

[James]

Just feel terrible about him possibly leaving and taking key members of the staff with him, for reference Donovan took anthony grant and Daigneault with him to OKC when he left Florida. Would mean the historic coaching and x'o's on offense would come to an abrupt stop in the blink of an eye.

 

[AntG168]

Just feel terrible about him possibly leaving and taking key members of the staff with him, for reference Donovan took anthony grant and Daigneault with him to OKC when he left Florida. Would mean the historic coaching and x'o's on offense would come to an abrupt stop in the blink of an eye.

It’d be a dark day. I’m praying it doesn’t happen

 

[Dogdeacon]

You seem to think I was talking about what was said in practice. I was talking about the decision to leak to Woj (assuming it came the from Hurley camp). I already said that he needed to tell the players.

The leak/story coming from Woj as an NBA guy almost means it is via the Lakers and it included a LOT more details on what the Lakers are doing, possible Lakers-based reasoning and that they are working up an offer. And as I've said the timing WREAKS of Lakers 'pay attention to US' behavior coming on the eve of game 1 of the NBA finals. Now this gets mentioned on the telecast and the Lakers & LeBron stay relevant.

Silver lining there is that press strategy could mean this is more of a headline play than an actual imminent deal. The JJ Reddick rumor was played out and had turned to mostly negative response. And unlike typical Woj bombs which are done deals this is news of an offer.

 

[bjc42]

It’d be a dark day. I’m praying it doesn’t happen

I feel awful right now. the fact that the conversations are this deep worries me.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

We’d get a higher buyout

His current buyout is negligible for an NBA job.

 

[LIuconn]

Karaban & Diarra for player/coach

 

[ScottCT]

Wildest take I've seen in a while. He took a Clippers team to the playoffs that got 31 games out of Paul George and zero out of Kawhi.

Coaches with a .600 winning percentage don't grow on trees. He would have long flamed out if he were a terrible coach "made" by LeBron.

Once again if he didn't win that championship in Cleveland he never would have been the head coach of the clippers. It doesn't matter what stats you bring up.

 

[ZooCougar]

Geno Auriemma can take a long walk off a short pier for what he said on Dan Patrick.

He’s officially dead to me. I may never watch another millisecond of women’s basketball.

 

[yuckformak]

The people thinking Hurley stays are on stage 1 of the grieving process. He is 100% going to the Lakers. Sucks that it would destroy this season. Feel bad for the kids who made life decisions based on the story Hurley sold them.

 

[EnochRoot]

if he really didn't, he would have said no immediately

Not necessarily. If he immediately says ‘no,‘ there’s no offer drawn up.

He can take that offer back to UCONN for a more lucrative deal.

 

[JMick]

If he wanted to go to the Lakers he would go whether had the new contract or not.

Yeah but if the contract was signed we'd have our next coaches salary paid for years courtesy of the Lakers. Every team that has a coach poached seems to manage this except for us.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I don’t like what I am seeing. ESPN has ran two cover stories about this, it just doesn’t make sense to do that then have it not happen.

 

[hooskies]

Not necessarily. If he immediately says ‘no,‘ there’s no offer drawn up.

He can take that offer back to UCONN for a more lucrative deal.

Right it’d be much more doom and gloom if he signed an extension a month ago and was now considering the Lakers

 

[CL82]

On the “I trust my surgeon with my life to perform successful open heart surgery” 1-10 scale how much do we trust Sam Amico’s reporting these days ?

About as much as I trust your surgeon to save your life.

 

[AntG168]

His current buyout is negligible for an NBA job.

It’s nothing. They’ll pay for it with D’Angelo Russell’s jersey sales.

 

[Kitaman]

Out of all the NBA teams... ..

 

[hooskies]

I don’t like what I am seeing. ESPN has ran two cover stories about this, it just doesn’t make sense to do that then have it not happen.

ESPN is obsessed about the Lakers & Lebron, and this is woj’s scoop so it makes perfect sense