According to Charania, Redick, Borrego and Cassel are important targets for the Lakers' coach draft, with Nuggets assistant coach David Adelman, Timberwolves assistant coach Mike Norrie and Heat assistant coach Chris Quinn as Lakers coach candidates in the second tier. Lakers reporter Jovan Buha revealed that Redick is in a slight lead. From these candidates, it can be seen that the Lakers do not intend to choose a famous coach, but choose a young coach like Ham did two years ago.
From this choice, it may be seen that the determination of the Lakers top management to impact the championship is not very strong, and in terms of choosing a coach, they are picking bargains, unlike the Suns who quickly circled the championship coach Budenholzer with more than $50 million in five years.
The Lakers fired Ham in a frenzy, and some Lakers fans cheered for the dawn. Unexpectedly, the Lakers only planned to choose young coaches. According to Charania, the Lakers' next head coach is tasked with leading the end of the James era and the beginning of the Thick Eyebrows era.
And according to team and league sources, the Lakers are looking for a coach who can grow with the team in the coming years, with a focus on maximizing the level of the big guy and the current players.
In this regard, the Lakers are not thinking about attacking the championship, but rather thinking about the rebuilding of the team. From two years ago, the Lakers did not hire a famous coach and chose a rookie coach like Ham, to now the Lakers are still likely to choose a rookie coach, the Lakers' selection criteria are indeed hard to believe that they are going all out to impact the championship.
The coaching staff is very important for a team, and the Lakers actually have a successful experience, and they had a very well-developed coaching staff when they won the championship in 2020, with Vogel as the coach and Kidd and Lionel Hollins as assistants.
When Vogel coached the Pacers, he led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals. Kidd proved his quality when he coached the Bucks, and Hollins led the Grizzlies to the Western Conference Finals. In other words, the Lakers' coaching team at that time had three strong coaches, and because of this. In the 2020 playoffs, the Lakers coaching staff performed very well, making good adjustments every time, and the adjustments were very timely.
When playing the Rockets, Markieff Morris was reused to deal with the Rockets' small lineup. When playing the Nuggets, Howard was reused and restricted Jokic.
Unfortunately, Kidd was later poached by the Mavericks, and Lionel Hollins left in 2021, and the reason for his departure has not been announced so far. And the Lakers chose Ham as the head coach in 2022 and created a grass team, Ham has no head coach experience, and the assistant coaches have no head coach experience. It's hard to believe that such a coaching team is ready to lead the team to the championship. So, we've seen the Lakers' coaching staff perform poorly over the last two seasons. Hamm's on-the-spot command is very poor, and in this year's playoffs, Ham didn't even make any changes to his starting lineup, and his rotation players basically didn't move.
The Lakers' firing of Ham doesn't look like it's dawn, it's like management dumping the blame, and then they're ready to hire a coach with little seniority. It's hard to look forward to the future of the Lakers. Maybe James' championship window is really going to close completely.