After a disappointing 2021-22 NBA season for the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Lakers officially sacked team head coach Frank Vogel on Monday, US time. The team has been linked to some potential new head coach candidates, and Lakers general manager Robert Pelinka said in an interview that it was "time to change leadership."
On Monday, U.S. time, Pelinka revealed in an interview with the media that the Lakers are looking for the next head coach because LeBron James and Anthony Davis are 100% hoping to lead the team back to the playoffs in the 2022-23 season.
Pelinka said directly in the interview: "The Lakers are looking for a head coach who can speak up and communicate with the players to motivate the players and take responsibility." ”
In the past season, fans have high expectations of the Lakers, but their performance has been significantly poor. Pelinka hopes to ensure that doesn't happen again next year by bringing in a manager who is responsible for the players. As for when the Lakers will lock in the next head coach, Pelinka hopes to complete the task as soon as possible.
Pelinka said the Lakers head coach search is now "methodically underway," but they hope to find a coach ahead of the NBA draft on June 23.
For Pelinka, the decision on the new manager may be crucial. With the Lakers through a failed 2021-22 season, if none of the coaches he hired failed to turn things around, it would be another big blow to Pelinka.
While many fans are happy to see the news of Vogel's dismissal, the Lakers also ushered in another good news, that is, the Los Angeles Lakers officially paid for The Contract of Ruhr Deng. Ruhrdon signed a four-year, $72 million deal with the team in 2016, playing only 57 games in total, and, outrageously, in 2020, Ruhrdeng's contract was subsequently extended. And most outrageously, he's the Lakers' fifth-highest-paid player this year.
Ruhr Deng's salary over the past season has outpaced Austin Reeves, Carmelo Anthony and Malik Munch combined, a very bizarre question that highlights multiple mistakes the Lakers have made over the past few seasons, as well as operational errors by management.
As the selection of the head coach continues to advance, and then The contract of Ruhr Deng is finally over, it is also hoped that the horoscope of the Los Angeles Lakers will be transferred with these two things, after all, the Lakers with James and Davis on the team have not even played in the playoffs this season, which is something that most fans cannot imagine before the start of this season.
(Luo Treasurer)