On May 11, Beijing time, with today's Budenholzer signed by the Suns, now the Lakers' coach option is one less, after Ham was cut at the beginning of the month, the Lakers have been looking for a new coach, but Pelinka's habits are also clear to everyone, he likes to save money too much, so he is hesitant to choose a coach, compared to the Suns management is too bad, the Suns immediately signed Budenholzer after cutting Vogel.
And the Suns sent a 5-year 50 million contract, and one of their previous intended coaches, Charles Lee, has now become the head coach of the Hornets, and according to US media reports, Ham may join Charles Lee's coaching staff, because the two have worked together under Budden for 8 years, and their relationship is very good, but Ham will not be the chief assistant coach, because Jazz assistant coach Skeeter has become Lee's chief assistant coach.
As time progresses, I believe that more high-quality coaches will be taken away by some teams that are interested in changing coaches, so the Lakers also have to put it on the agenda, today the Lakers' team reporter talked about the Lakers' coach selection on his podcast, he said that the Lakers are not yet at the stage of interviewing the head coach, but this will happen soon, according to what I have been told, the Lakers plan to determine the head coach before the draft on June 26.
The reason why the head coach was decided before the draft was because the Lakers needed a head coach to be present when they drafted and made roster changes, and the Lakers also discussed the possibility of trading for a third star. If the Lakers were to trade for a third star, they would probably trade their first-round pick No. 17 and the chips of Reaves or Russell, which are also their best chips.
In addition, the team reporter also talked about the Lakers' current coach selection goals, they are interested in a total of 6 coaches, of which Tyronn Lue is the first choice, but everyone knows that Tyronn Lue still has a contract, and the Clippers also intend to renew him, in this case, the Lakers are unlikely to win Tyronn Lue, and then their second target is Redick, I believe everyone is no stranger to Redick, he has a good relationship with James, and he is also a historical shooter.
According to US media reports, the reason why the Lakers are willing to accept Redick without coaching experience is that on the one hand, they think Redick is smart enough to grow in the game, and the second is that they think that keeping Redick may make James more willing to renew his contract to stay with the Lakers. However, James did not participate in the team's coach selection process, he did this to avoid suspicion, after all, if he is not selected well, he may be blamed.
In addition to these two, they are also interested in four people, namely Timberwolves assistant coach Norrie, Nuggets assistant coach David Adelman, Mavericks assistant coach Sean Sweeney, and Heat assistant coach Chris Quinn. Because they still have three of them in the playoffs, the Lakers postponed their plan to select a coach, and after Vogel was cut, the Lakers team reporter also revealed that the Lakers are not interested in reuniting with Vogel.
Many fans may not be familiar with these 4 assistant coaches, first of all, Norrie is the coach of the Timberwolves who served as the team's interim assistant coach after Finch's injury, he is full of passion off the court, and he can also call a timeout in time to adjust when the team's rhythm is wrong, because there are too few games as an interim coach, and his specific ability is not enough, but from these games, his on-the-spot adjustment ability and timeout are much stronger than Ham.
David Adelman is probably not familiar to many fans, and I don't know much about his coaching ability, but this father is the old Adelman who worked with Yao Ming back then, and his Princeton tactics were all the rage in the 00s, and I don't know if his son inherited his mantle. Shaun Sweeney has never been a coach either, but Sweeney was his assistant coach when Kidd coached during his time with the Nets and Bucks, and he has also been his assistant coach since he came to the Mavericks.
Chris Quinn has been an assistant coach by Spo's side after retiring, he has been an assistant coach for 10 years, and his sample as an interim coach is also very small, he has led the team three times during the epidemic, with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, and his coaching ability is not clear to everyone, he has interviewed several teams before and ultimately failed to become the team coach, but after staying with Spo for so many years, the ability should still be there.
To be honest, I think these assistant coaches are better than Redick, the Lakers don't sign a coach with limited ability like Ham in order to save money, James's peak is not a few years away, and the thick eyebrows have obviously lost patience this season, if they can't play next season, the Lakers' heroic team may collapse, so Pelinka should be cautious, and then in order to save money, the thick eyebrows may be forced to the palace.
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