The LA Lakers are expected to begin contacting coaching candidates in several days with the mission of sitting assistants and former head coaches who are less popular.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles VP of Basketball Operations and general manager Rob Pelinka has been scouting several manager candidates, including JJ Redick, but the 1st<\/sup> wave of requests for interview permission will be with those coaches with whom the franchise hadn’t met in the past, or they don\u2019t have enough information for them.<\/p>\n Lakers GM claims that the next boss of the organization must be a “grinder.”<\/p>\n A few of the names that will be interviewed are assistant candidates, such as Heat\u2019s Chris Quinn and Pelicans\u2019 James Borrego, among many others.<\/p>\n Los Angeles dismissed Darvin Ham after 2 campaigns at the beginning of the month. Darvin was 90-74 overall with a trip to the West Finals in his debut campaign, followed by a 5-match matchup defeat against the Denver Nuggets<\/a><\/a> in the 1st<\/sup> round this campaign.<\/p>\n REPORT: The Lakers want LeBron back on whatever terms he wants, whether it\u2019s a 1 year, 2 year deal, or 3 year deal, per @mcten<\/a>. <\/p>\n (Lakers can offer LeBron up to three years and $164 million, no team can offer more than three years due to the over-38 rule) pic.twitter.com\/EWLhQjHFe2<\/a><\/p>\n — NBA Retweet (@RTNBA) May 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n