The NBA playoffs are still underway, but the Los Angeles Lakers are already entering the offseason as they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Denver Nuggets and need to make roster changes.
Regarding the Lakers' recruitment, there is a lot of news released, such as the Atlanta Hawks, who have just been selected for the NBA draft, are likely to send Trae Young away from this opportunity, maybe to trade Trae Young to the Lakers; The Cleveland Cavaliers are also close to being eliminated by the Boston Celtics, so Mitchell, the core player of the Cavaliers, is also very likely to choose to join the Lakers.
And before those players can move, all the Lakers need to do is find a new head coach, who they recently fired from their original head coach, Ham. The Lakers have a lot of coaching options, but most of them have a next home, such as Kidd signed a contract extension with the Dallas Mavericks, and Budenholzer signed a five-year contract with the Phoenix Suns.
Currently, the Lakers' head coach candidates have been narrowed down to three, which are Borrego, Cassel and Redick. Borrego has NBA head coaching experience, having been the head coach of the Charlotte Hornets, while Cassel and Redick have no head coaching experience.
However, Cassell is still working as an assistant coach on many NBA teams, Redick really has never been a coach, he became a commentator as soon as he retired, and he has been doing a podcast recently, and he has a good relationship with James.
Because of this, the outside world basically thinks that Redick is the new head coach of the Lakers, and James will definitely agree. But it's like letting the Lakers go back to the old path of the Golden State Warriors, who also made Steve Kerr, who had no experience as a head coach, directly head coach.
But when Kerr took office, Mark Jackson had already laid the foundation for him, and now who will help Redick lay the foundation?