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Message: [QUOTE="freescooter, post: 5025608, member: 1023"] I don’t buy that the Lakers low-balled. I think they wanted him but truth is he has zero NBA experience, and top college coaches have at best modest success as NBA coaches. So it wasn’t as if they were trying to land a guy who was a guaranteed home run. They wanted him but not enough to overpay. And I don’t think for a minute he was their top choice. Not the owners and not LeBron’s. The Lakers are in win now mode because they know their 2 superstars are on the back ends of their careers. They need someone to step in who can win next year or the year after. Not in 5 years. It is a risk that Hurley will take a few years to adjust to the NBA just as he did to adjust to power level college basketball. Bottom line he would have been a public relations coup but an actual performance risk. That is how they determined. how much to pay. [/QUOTE]