On April 13, Beijing time, the 2021-22 regular season has ended, the Lakers only got a bad record of 33 wins and 49 losses, early missed the playoffs, the first day after the end of the season, the Lakers officially announced the dismissal of employer coach Vogel; for the previous NBA coach "Big Fan" Stan Van Gundy angrily rebuked the Lakers to let Vogel back the pot is a joke.
After the Lakers sacked Vogel, Stan Van Gundy tweeted: The Lakers have only one player at their peak, James and thick eyebrows can not stay healthy, is Frank Vogel not putting the lineup together? It's a joke that a coach who won a championship two years ago has to pay for someone else's failure.
Vogel has coached the Lakers for a total of three seasons, with a coaching record of 127 wins and 98 losses, a winning percentage of 56.4%, and led the championship in 2020; Vogel has now left class and the Lakers are looking for a new manager.
There are many rumored candidates for the Lakers' potential new coach, but University of Michigan coach Juwan Howard wants to stay in the university to coach his two sons, Jazz coach Snyder is less and less interested in the Lakers' coaching position, and 76ers coach Doug Rivers has expressed his desire to continue coaching Philadelphia.
Asked about rumors that he could be the Lakers' candidacy for head coach, Rivers said: "I have a job, I want to win here, and I feel happy in Philadelphia.
Rivers has been a head coach in the NBA for 23 years, coached the Los Angeles Clippers for seven seasons, and led the Clippers to the playoffs six times in 7 years; this year Rivers led the 76ers to the playoffs as the fourth in the East, the first round against the Raptors.