In the case of the big three formed in the offseason, the Lakers could not even score the playoffs, which also led to their direct dismissal of head coach Vogel at the end of the season. Before Vogel left class, there have been all kinds of news about the Lakers' coaching, Rivers, Schneider, Nass and other names have been mentioned, but the famous basketball commentator Su Qun believes that the Lakers want to choose a favorite head coach, it is extremely difficult, because now the Purple and Gold Army has 3 major difficulties, resulting in the coach is a hot potato, easy no one is willing to take.
This is due to three reasons. One is that the Lakers fired Vogel in a poor way. Just after the final game of the regular season, the famous NBA journalist Woj immediately claimed that the Lakers had fired Vogel. As a result, Vogel had just walked into the media room after the game to prepare for an interview, and a reporter said that he had been fired, and Vogel was confused, saying that he had not yet received the notice.
Although Pelinka later said that the Lakers did not officially notify Vogel of the class that morning of the media day, no decision was made on the day of the game, and said that woj's news was inaccurate. But this is obviously just a kind of public relations rhetoric, the Way the Lakers fired Vogel is very unprofessional and disrespectful to him, which is likely to make the successor who has the intention to take over the game feel uneasy.
Second, the Lakers' current lineup configuration is really impossible to see the hope of results. At present, the Lakers only have the three giants of James, Thick Brow and Westbrook, plus Horton Tucker and Nunn 5 people with guaranteed contracts, but the salaries of these 5 people have exceeded $145 million.
If westbrook cannot be sent away in the offseason this year, then the Lakers only have 1 middle-class exception of more than 6 million available, and the remaining 9 players can only be signed with a basic salary. The basic salary can often only sign some new people or veterans of the development league, the former has limited strength and potential, and the latter, the Lakers' failure experience this year, has proved how big a team veterans have too many hidden dangers. In the absence of the prospect of winning the championship, many powerful veterans are afraid that they will not be willing to run to the Lakers for the sake of realizing their dreams.
Third, Su Qun believes that the biggest difficulty in the Lakers' coach selection is because the Lakers are James's team, and it is bound to be a huge pressure to be a coach for James.
This is not because James is not easy to get along with, but because James's status and ability are there, which makes it easy for the coach to do a good job without showing credit, but if it is not done well, it may be necessary to carry the pot. For example, Tyrone Lu said that in 2016, the Cavaliers suddenly changed coaches and decided to correct him, which made him feel stressed and couldn't sleep all night. He also consulted Heat coach Spollstra, who told Tyrone Lu that because James is so good, the outside world always thinks that good results are the credit of James, and poor results are the coach's incompetence, which is the real pressure.
Tylen Lu eventually accepted the challenge, and although he won the championship, he was still under great pressure. After James joined the Lakers, he also wanted to apply, but he failed to negotiate with the Lakers in terms of contract years and money, and the contract given by the Lakers to Tylen Lu at that time was almost the same as James's contract period, and Lu coached that he finally chose to join the Clippers, but also wanted to prove that he left James and could still lead the team to win.
Therefore, the three major difficulties add up to make the Lakers' coach selection work difficult, but even if the situation is difficult, Pelinka must finalize the head coach before the draft meeting, otherwise, the Lakers' offseason operation will be chaotic.