According to Lakers reporter Jovan Buha, the Lakers' first priority in the offseason is to find a new coach. At the end of the season, Pelinka, president of Lakers basketball operations, publicly stated that the team needs a coach who knows how to motivate players. In Jovan Buha's view, the top three Lakers' new coaching candidates are Nas, Snyder and Mike Brown.
Nas is the Raptors manager and Snyder is the Jazz manager, and both are currently leading the team to the playoffs. Mike Brown is an assistant warrior coach who is about to interview for a position as king coach. There are media surveys, which coach do you want to become the Lakers coach? Nas ranked first with 26 percent, Mark Jackson second, Snyder third and Rondo fourth.
Nas is good, but what reason do the Raptors have to fire him? Nas only led the Raptors to victory three years ago and finished fifth in the East in the regular season this season! It's easier for the Lakers to choose Mark Jackson, who is currently at home, who coached the Warriors in 2011-14 and recorded 121 wins and 109 losses.
There is a former NBA superstar who has introduced himself and hopes that the Lakers can sign him, and he is O'Neal. Recently, Ao Fat said in the show: "If the Lakers give me a contract of $100 million for 4 years, $25 million per year, I will go to them as a coach!" The Lakers went as soon as I gave it, maybe you think the price is outrageous, but this is my offer! ”
The average NBA coach earns only a few million dollars a year, and the O'Neal Lion opened his mouth, obviously as a joke. And he doesn't have any coaching experience, even if the price is reduced, the Lakers will not let Ao Fat be the manager. The latest news said that Mark Jackson is about to interview for the King's coach position, and it is difficult to say whether the Lakers can grab it.
If the Jazz can't go any further in this year's playoffs, Snyder could be the Lakers' most realistic option. Snyder began coaching the Jazz in the summer of 2014 and completed a contract extension with the Jazz in 2019, the length of the contract and the amount of the contract were not disclosed. Snyder has led the Jazz to the playoffs for six consecutive years, but his best result is only in the second round.
Snyder is a typical academic coach who has never played in the NBA. He has been an assistant coach at Duke since 1993, supporting Coach K. Sr. Snyder enjoys analyzing tactics through extensive game footage, becoming head coach at the University of Missouri in 1999 and coaching in the NBA Development League in the summer of 2007.
Snyder coached in the Development League for three seasons, during which time he became the development league's most winning coach. He then moved into the NBA as an assistant coach, and in the 2011-12 season, Snyder joined the Lakers coaching staff as an assistant coach for Mike Brown. When he became Jazz manager in 2014, Snyder already had more than 20 years of experience.
In the 2020-21 season, the Jazz finished first in the West with 52 wins and 20 losses. With home-court advantage, they eliminated the 8th-place Grizzlies in the West 4-1 in the first round of the playoffs. But in the Western Conference semifinals, the Jazz lost 2-4 to the Fourth Place Clippers of the West. Leonard tore partially in the anterior cruciate ligament of G4's right knee, missing G5 and G6, and the Clippers still eliminated the Jazz.
The Jazz have been breaking the negative news of infighting again this season, and if they stop in the first round, Snyder may really be out of class. One last question: Who do you think will be the new manager of the Lakers?