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Originally Posted by Superturtle
https://theathletic.com/3243084/2022...shared_article
Nurse, who led the Raptors to a championship in 2019, signed a multiyear contract extension in 2020 and has two years left on his deal. It’s unclear whether he will be attainable or whether he would have interest, but the Lakers are hoping the former Coach of the Year is an option with the allure of coaching James and Davis and the appeal of the Los Angeles market. To acquire Nurse, the Lakers would need to receive permission from the Raptors and likely engage them on a prospective trade. Over the next several weeks, expect several other candidates to emerge, including University of Michigan coach Juwan Howard, who interviewed for the opening in 2019.
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Nurse is a Klutch sports client, so this is clearly being put out by LeBron and Rich Paul.
Some problems, though: #1. Why would any respective coach go to the Lakers right now given their situation? They have one of the worst rosters in the league (and no obvious way to improve) and LeBron's history with coaches speaks for itself. Vogel is just the latest of a series of guys who have been thrown under the bus repeatedly/turfed unceremoniously. Money is a reason but MLSE (the Raptors' owner) is certainly not short of that. So would it just be the Lakers' history and mystique? That probably won't be enough given that any coach knows they are going to be trashed in the media by anonymous sources within weeks if it starts going south (and with that roster, it will).
#2. Prospective trade? The Lakers literally have traded all of their 1st round picks for the next five years. What the hell are they going to trade for any coach and why would they even do that from a roster building/franchise management anyway given how LeBron throws coaches away just as quickly as getting them?
What a hilarious mess. Coaching isn't the problem, it's the league-worst roster they've built around two aging, injury prone superstars. Again, LeBron would be best served getting out of it rather than sticking around to fix the unfixable.