Although the Los Angeles Lakers temporarily restored some of the team's morale through the previous game of beating the Jazz, this victory does not seem to be enough to change the Lakers' current chaotic internal environment, according to the Los Angeles Times reporter Dan Woike and Brad Turner jointly reported, according to sources familiar with the situation, the Lakers top management is seriously evaluating the team coach Frank Vogel's job prospects. According to a source familiar with the situation, the Lakers currently have no plans to fire Vogel.
Whichever news is more true, one thing is certain, that is, the news about the Lakers and Vogel is flying all over the place, and Vogel and lakers management have not stepped forward to explain the matter, which in itself is already somewhat telling. And after the Lakers beat the Jazz 101-95 for their best win of the season, The Athletic reported that Vogel's position was in jeopardy. Sources also confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that if the Lakers lost to the Jazz, it could be the last straw that crushed Vogel.
Up to now, people in the NBA industry are paying attention to Vogel's coaching status. Victory over jazz, they say, was more of a stay than a tolerance. While the Lakers have no plans to make changes at the moment, future plans depend on the outcome. That is to say, if the Lakers continue to lose in the future, Vogel still has the risk of being sacked. But apparently Vogel did not want to sit still, according to foreign media news, Vogel and the coaching staff broke the news to the Los Angeles media about Linda Lambis's manipulation of the Lakers operation.
If the lakers' problems before only existed in the tacit understanding or mentality between players, then now they may have had trouble with infighting in team management.
Many fans may not know who Linda Lambis really is, in fact, she is the girlfriend of Lakers owner Jenny Bass, and her husband is also responsible for the operation of the Lakers, it is more important to note that as early as 2019, NBA reporter Baxter Holmes has reported that a Lakers management personnel revealed that Linda Lambis enjoys the role of the Lakers shadow boss, that is, Rambis is the decision-maker of the Lakers' operational matters, and even Jenny Bass listens to her.
"She enjoys the role, she controls and manipulates Jenny." The Lakers management staff said. In fact, over the years, there have been news that Linda Lambis is the shadow owner of the team, and if you want Jenny Bass to believe something, then you have to let Linda Lambis believe it first.
It is worth mentioning that when the Lakers first selected the coach, they were fond of Tyrone Lu at the beginning, and the Bass family and Pelinka had agreed to sign a contract with Tylen Lu, and the only opposition group within the Lakers was the Lambis, who asked the team to delay the signing of Tyrone Lu, and eventually promoted the signing of lakers and Vogel.
In addition to meddling in the signing of the head coach, according to some news, the Lakers' reinforcements over the years, including the deal with Westbrook, are largely related to the Lambis. Although some of their decisions seem to the outside world to be blind operations, they are hurting the team. But there are also many people who believe that these actions of the Rambis are aimed at fighting against James. To put it bluntly, they don't want James to have much say in the Lakers, so as long as they have a good relationship with James over the years, perhaps james's agent, Rich Paul's players, have gradually been cleaned up.
For example, Caruso, James has always wanted to keep him, but was rejected by the Lakers. Pope, Harrell and other rich Paul players have been traded, James and others want to join forces with DeRozan or Lillard, but the Lakers have traded Westbrook. It can be seen that James simply can't meddle in the Lakers management's affairs, can't affect the operation of the team, and the Lakers management, especially the Lambis couple, will not let this happen.
As some fans have said, the Lakers' current chaos is not at all the incompetence of head coach Vogel, perhaps the players are too bad, the biggest reason is that the Lakers as a family business, the internal factional struggle is serious, the power struggle is fierce, which has caused the current embarrassing situation, whether it is Vogel or James, Wei Shao, Davis, can only play the role of the back pot.