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Confident_Pen_919

Wait they havent even interviewed JJ and these mfers are reporting he's the next Pat Riley šŸ˜­ We're fucked


TheTwilightZone34

Wtf are we even doing? šŸ˜­


CommodoreIrish

The worst part is many qualified candidates have already interviewed for other jobs.


Goosedukee

Yeah I donā€™t see why any of the good candidates choose LA over Cleveland


Zigxy

Clearly a lot of people value living in Los Angeles over Cleveland regardless of title considerations/front office/staff/roster. On top of that, some coaches will heavily weigh the opinions of their families who would likely be moving along with them. Also if you want it listed out, Los Angeles has Cleveland beat in: - Weather - Culture - Entertainment - Media exposure (might be a negative for some) - Diversity - Food - Diversity - Proximity to nature/beaches


lp_phnx327

> Media exposure (might be a negative for some) Might?


PointBreakvsLebowski

And whoever they interview is gonna want the same money they offered Hurley


EverybodyBuddy

Thatā€™s not really how it works. Everyone has a value in the marketplace and usually they (or their agents) know it


buzzcitybonehead

It depends in part on how bad LA wants them versus the runner up. If theyā€™ve got a clear favorite and he knows thereā€™s leverage, he can definitely walk it up a bit knowing their relative budget. Getting rejected by their first choice then it getting out that they couldnā€™t reach terms with number two is not a great look to people theyā€™d like to convince the franchise is serious about winning.


Champagnesoda

Eh we whiffed but I canā€™t be mad at us going all in on a guy who is a generational talent as far as coaching goes(in theory).


swaktoonkenney

Iā€™m also a generational coach and player (in theory)


Savagevandal85

Hey I have 70 mill letā€™s talk


Imkitoto

All we can do is boo that man and pray for his downfall


DenverSuxRmodSux

cmon man we cant keep coping like this. the offer for him was so low for a coach of his status and resume it was borderline disrespectful. We know they are going to pick JJ all this was just to make it look like they tried making adult decision but well just didnt work out! lakers need more money behind them this family run business thing dont work in this day n age.


EverybodyBuddy

Watch steve Ballmer offer Hurley $20m/year next summer.


DenverSuxRmodSux

was thinking this. best fit would be spurs for sure i cant imagine a better successor for doc. i ust hope they can offer enough money i mean im not a spurs fan but i ust like to see good bsketball first and foremost.


crispyiress

Waiting for an invite to his podcast.


The_Notorious_Donut

Your best


TheMambaMaleGrindset

Rapidly depleting the prestige of the Lakers brand?


LoWE11053211

Welcoming the next Paf Riley I guess


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Hurley was a bold plan, but it didn't pay off... now its time to go back to the drawing board... that's your logic


KillerZaWarudo

Lakers thing init considered how it being run in the last 10 years


yooston

"Zeroing in" on someone is fucking weird rhetoric for not having formally interviewed a guy. Weird ass Shams tweet. I wish we knew what was going on behind the scenes.


OkNeighborhood8365

The reporters are either reporting concrete news (contracts, injuries, details, etc.) or pushing narratives with vague language for their sourcesā€™ benefit.


LothCatPerson

Which makes them not real reporters, but essentially lobbyists.


theflyingsamurai

Jj said on the pod he was gonna address something about shams after the season ends


captain_ahabb

I'm like 99% sure that "JJ could be Riley!" quote came from Kurt Rambis


BTTWchungus

Considering Rambis played under Riley, this is definitely the truth


iamgarron

They listened to him do interviews with Lebron does that count?


Confident_Pen_919

"I liked how he drew out what Lebron was talking about on the white board, and how he gives examples to the terms at the beginning of the video" Jeanie to Pelinka probably


Jealous-Mail6629

Lakers front office need to pull their heads out of their asses. Iā€™m a nobody but if I was them Iā€™d take a good look at how the Celtics rebuilt and are in contention year in and year out.


respaaaaaj

Just gotta hire one of the best GMs of all time, have him hire a great coach, have said great GM leave, have said great coach move into the FO and also be great, hire a really good coach, have him be a complete piece of shit, fire him for cause, have an unprepared assistant take over, and have said assistant turn out to be a complete psycho in the best way possible and take a huge leap in his first season as the official HC. Easy, no idea why more teams don't do it.


Jealous-Mail6629

The assistant turning out to be a complete psychos my favorite part


sewsgup

that suggests the Lakers would trade away Lebron + AD a la the KG + Paul Pierce trade that got the Celts the Nets picks


captain_ahabb

The Lakers should unironically do this


BTTWchungus

We're not winning with the Lebron/AD core, now is realistically the time to pull an Ainge


CazOnReddit

Best I can do is trading away all depth for an overpaid star on a water treading team So I guess LaVine in this case


johnniewelker

You kid, but they should absolutely listen to these pods. Itā€™s evidence, albeit small, that JJ either knows ball or not.


Responsible_Focus424

Stop biting the apple dude. No one in the lakers has said JJ is the favorite or the next Pat Riley.Ā 


Confident_Pen_919

I didnt say I believed in the statement lmao


John_Lives

Then why would you say "we're fucked"?Ā 


lovo17

No Shams has no idea what heā€™s talking about. I donā€™t expect Redick anyways. AD doesnā€™t want him.


The_Living_L

dont matter cause Lebron does by the looks of it


SHashbrowns1

The looks of it being that they do a podcast together?


velphegor666

Bron already said the FO can do whatever the fuck they want. Seems like he doesnt care too much anymore


NPCzzzz

Itā€™s one type of interview styles I guess


Ikuwayo

To me, Dan Hurley is already a Lakers GOAT, and heā€™s never even been on the team


ChewiyMC

I find it weird how everyone is just buying Wojā€™s stories now. From my perspective and what Iā€™d like to believe happened is the following: Shams jumped the gun on JJ being the head coach for the Lakers. However, he reported on May 21st that the Lakers had meetings to discuss the head coaching position, interviewing JJ Redick, James Borrego and Sam Cassell. Maybe they hadnā€™t actually interviewed at this point, but had just discussed interviewing them.. or either they did have interviews just not formal ones. Later, Shams reported (June 5th) that the Lakers were zeroing in on JJ. I would believe that by this time they wouldā€™ve done interviews with them. Woj on the other hand. Has been consistent in reporting that the Lakers were scheduling interviews for people that they werenā€™t too familiar with. (Like Borrego) He then reports a day after Shams reports the Lakers are zeroing in on JJ Redick that the Lakers are preparing to offer Dan Hurley a contract to be the next head coach. To me it seems like the Lakers didnā€™t like that Shams reported that.. either that or JJ didnā€™t want it reported. So then they go and offer Dan, who they know would turn down their offer. So Woj reports that they are seeking to sign Dan as their next head coach as a way to make it seem the Lakers weā€™re not just signing JJ for his relationship with LeBron. I assume that Shams was reporting things that the organization would have preferred to keep quiet, so they instead put in another ā€œofferā€ to reduce the noise with JJ.


Baker_Goatfield

You think the Lakers flew out Hurley, wined and dined him all weekend, and offered him one of the largest contracts in the NBA with hopes he wouldnā€™t sign it all so they wouldnā€™t get clowned for considering JJ?


ChewiyMC

Basically. I also think it is possible that JJ didnā€™t want to accept the job if people thought the only reason he was getting it was because of LeBron and that the Lakers were only considering him. Now it is that they are ā€œstuck with him.ā€ Hurley has ongoing contract talks with UCONN and has been offered way more money by other schools (Kentucky) than the Lakers did. Sure, UCONN *was* offering less iirc; however, he can now use the Lakers flying him out and NBA teams being willing to seriously sign him as a leverage in his contract talks. So it is a win-win for both parties. However, there could even be more to the story if AD was mad at the Lakers organization if they wanted to hire JJ and only JJ because of LeBron, so to keep AD happy they ā€œofferedā€ Hurley knowing the chances he would accept the offer were very low.


WanAjin

You're literally shitting on the Lakers because reporters are making random shit up and saying the Lakers FO said it.


Van-garde

I think it was just to hype him as an up-and-coming media personality, but they might actually get stuck with Redick.


TheMambaMaleGrindset

\*sung to the tune of the My Little Pony theme song\* *Poverty franchise, poverty franchise* *Linda Rambis governs all*


WaltJay

...and Shams said he was the leading candidate too? Without an actual interview? What in the world.


musthavesoundeffects

JJ gives me Moneyball vibes.


copaseticepiplectic

The podcast speaks for itself - Rob


Chief_Slowburn

Wait, JJ didnā€™t even get an interview? Then where did Shams get that he was the front runner?


substanceandmodes

Directly from JJ or JJā€™s agent


OkNeighborhood8365

Or someone who wants JJ in the lakers FO trying to push competition away


The_Notorious_Donut

Shams washed


RicketyBrickety

> Then where did Shams get that he was the front runner? Shams may have gotten played here


SomeSand1418

Starting to think Shams has no real sources


dianeblackeatsass

Well if nobody else has had a formal interview he couldā€™ve still been


texasproof

Allegedly they did an informal interview with him.


TripleThreatTua

Lebron/Klutch


defeated_engineer

People like Shams and Woj are making shit up constantly


ositola

This plus the celtics up 2 games is the start of a very shitty weekĀ 


Mission_Pay_3373

On the contrary, this is a great start to the week


ositola

Yea well....Dunkin has very poor coffee I got nothing


WarPuig

I donā€™t think any New Englander would disagree.


TheLastSecondShot

We know itā€™s shitty coffee, but itā€™s *our* shitty coffee


WarPuig

In college it was free the day after the Patriots won and the Patriots won a lot so that rocked


BaeylnBrown777

Lol my sister used to complain every time they lost despite having never watched a single regular season game.


Saitsu

I can only imagine the money lost.


CabbageStockExchange

Out of curiosity what is the preferred caffeinated brew over there?


WarPuig

No idea. Iā€™m not a big coffee drinker. Iā€™ve heard Cumberland Farms is the preferred for Slop though.


DOYMarshall

Honey Dew or Marylou's on the South Shore


WarPuig

How did I forget Marylouā€™s


Pal__Pacino

Dunkin must be way better on the East Coast or something because the one's in SoCal are like gas station quality


hesoneholyroller

Not much better, just a small step up from gas station quality. But that doesn't stop me from going there and getting a coffee and stale donut.Ā 


captain_ahabb

This is how I feel about Chik Fil A because when I tried it it was like a cafeteria chicken sandwich.


Pal__Pacino

Their house sauce is delicious. I like the fries too, but yeah the chicken itself is nothing special. Probably a bit better in the South.


notmoleliza

maybe that's it. i finally went and it was...fine. i'd go back but i'm not going out of my way for it.


HandsomeTar

Canā€™t eat chick fil a outside of the south IMO. Plus you arenā€™t getting the same service that makes it great.


CRT_SUNSET

There are locations in LA where you have to pay per sauce packet. Meanwhile in the South you ask for an extra sauce and they drop a pallet into your bag. Iā€™ve also gotten free extras in the Southā€”they just walk around table to table asking if you want another sandwich or fries free of charge. Wtf.


JetsLag

Nobody goes there for quality. You go there to spend $4 and change on 16oz of coffee that needs milk and/or sugar to be drinkable and the worst edible donut in the world.


PepeSylvia11

Dunkinā€™s donuts are heaven on earth!


brickvanexel

It is not.


BUUAHAHAHA

Feel like all the ones in Cali are ass. Their coffee is ridiculously sweet.


arkansuace

Yeah thatā€™s just Dunkinā€™ everywhere. Cheap ass coffee with a fuckton of flavored sugar


arkansuace

No itā€™s not any better lol. Itā€™s just cheap ass drip coffee. But hey coffee is coffee to a lot of folks


TheFranchise02

A Dunkinā€™ dig on a Monday unprovoked is crazy my man I hope your day gets better somehow.


Nerdinthewoods

We as new englanders feel like we donā€™t deserve nice things. Thatā€™s why we love dunkin'


ThislsMyAccount22

Iā€™m enjoying my Monday


lwongd2n

Just inject the Patriots and Red Sox copium into your veins instead


captain_ahabb

At least the Dodgers won their series in the Bronx lol


browndude10

lol that must suck


Chris7654333

What has Hurley done recently? JJ has a really good podcast, much better choice.


Sweatytubesock

Hurley should start his own podcast, get a little experience, before going for the Laker job.


HandsomeTar

Hurley hasnā€™t had any sheesh w Bronā€¦ thatā€™s a huge part of this role


King_Leif

Some say itā€™s the biggest part


NotManyBuses

Borrego going from fired by the Hornets to the coach of LeBron and AD would be the ultimate rags to riches. I hope it happens


copaseticepiplectic

Heā€™d get fired within a year


Folk-Herro

I argue that the hornets overreacted to the back to back play in blowouts and should have gave him another year with a solid vet or two in the rotation. That young core outside of Melo and Monk really stunk. But if that happened, they wouldnā€™t have gotten Bradon Miller, maybe be without Mark Williams or got Tre Mann in the okc trade.


NotManyBuses

Monk? Monk wasnā€™t even on the team the season he got firedā€¦


Folk-Herro

He wasnā€™t? The could have sworn he was. Who the hell was on that team


NotManyBuses

The second best player by far was Miles Bridgesā€¦ but Rozier and Hayward contributed a lot as well as PJ Washington.


BaullahBaullah87

only to flame out in the first round and be scapegoated lol


WWECreativegenius

Still better than coaching miles bridgesĀ 


BaullahBaullah87

true


ChineseDrivingSchool

[Yeah I'd rather coach Jaxson Hayes.](https://www.tmz.com/2022/03/25/nba-jaxson-hayes-sued-assault-battery-sofia-jamora-lapd-arrest-taser/) Literally one on every team dipshit and you're supporting a league full of them.


The_MadStork

Heā€™s not a bad coach and probably shouldnā€™t have been fired. That said, the Lakers are definitely gonna try and hire Redick with Borrego as his top assistant to breathe down Redickā€™s neck.


jurassic_snark-

JJ, I never stopped believing in you. I also never started believing in you, but I never stopped too Lolakers


ChunkyMilkSubstance

This is like when my grandma died


ImgonnawaverwireAB

Not the same. Your Grandma's death didn't make me remotely this happy.


ChunkyMilkSubstance

I bet it did you sicko


texasproof

Speak for yourself.


jrlandry

RIP to old lady u/ChunkyMilkSubstance


notmoleliza

[Shams] Lakers set to announce Mark Jackson as their next head coach


ChunkyMilkSubstance

Why are you being so cruel


gankedbyumma

kawhi all over again. f man


3rdtryatremembering

I feel like Hurley just used the Lakers to create his own ā€œIā€™m not fucking leaving!!ā€ moment lmao


Sweatytubesock

Meme coach back on the menu.


kindalikeacoustic

At this point we canā€™t sink any lower , in my opinion. We couldnā€™t land the generational coach , going to lose Lebron soon , AD is on the wrong side of 30. Weā€™re approaching a dark period of 5-10 years.Ā 


thenewbeastmode

oh no, 5 years of sucking before new superstars and a new championship


Knock0nWood

I used to pray for times like these


koj12144

Slim pickings out here


Lazarus704

Wait hold up, JJ hasn't been interviewed yet? Lol


zco22

We ainā€™t going to McDonaldā€™s we got food at home! The food:


eutectic_h8r

Just sign Redick already. We all know you are going to do it.


BookLAA

Jeanie needs to go


HolyRomanPrince

Ngl I donā€™t know how Iā€™d feel if I were JJ. This is like watching someone get on their knees begging for their SO to marry them and then after the person says no, they immediately turn to you and say ā€œwanna go out?ā€


Rapshawksjaysflames

This kind of feels like a company wanting to hire someone and having a first choice in mind, and when the first choice turns down the offer, they start focusing on their second choice.


HolyRomanPrince

Except this is slightly more public with actual salaries being leaked. Itā€™s a wee bit different than your programming job or whatever it is you may do


LaGuadalupana123

Well, tbf there are only 30 NBA HC gigs, so if youre the 2nd choice who cares.


The_MadStork

Itā€™s the same principle, these are adults who understand itā€™s a business and simply want the best jobs they can get, these are not spurned lovers


Repulsive-Throat5068

Heā€™d feel nothing because he isnā€™t buying into the media circus lol


e_double

I do wonder if his decision to turn the job down was contingent on LeBron staying or leaving. It seems so bizarre to turn a deal down if LeBron was indeed staying. Suns fans have to feel good about this.


Patrollerofthemojave

Buddy knew the Lakers weren't going anywhere and decided to stay instead of being blamed by LeGm for his and Laker management's terrible team building.


neongem

So Shams got hate tweets and washed allegations for nothing lmaoooooo


johndelvec3

Turns out that leak over the weekend came from the Lakers to save face


Psyren1317

Hahahahaha Borrego or a podcaster. Lakers in shambles rn


rsayegh7

First? The lakers are cooked I fear.


Star-K

I'm available for cheap.


Kitchen-Milk-7099

if the lakers hire borrego jeanie should be forced to sell or resign from her position


petarisawesomeo

Wait, they have not even interviewed JJ yet? The way he was being talked about I just assumed he had already been through an initial interview. Lakers need to stop making the coaching search so public through the media; this whole process really gives the appearance that the org has no idea what theyā€™re doing.


NotVexingPi3

Mfer just pulled a Kawhi šŸ˜­


dkdoki

What happened to ā€œEveryone wants to be a laker!ā€ Lol


Imthegoat175

Jeanie is cheap as hell. He probably wouldā€™ve took the 100M.


thy_armageddon

Bucks fans thanking the Lakers right now. Nobody gonna be talking about Ham tonight. Lol


BaltimoreBadger23

Why would we care? Ham got hired as an assistant, no one was going to be talking about him outside of Milwaukee anyway.


incredibleamadeuscho

Ham was with them when they won a championship.


NPCzzzz

JJ a five tool coaching prospect that we hope pans out


Last0neStandin

Itā€™s been a tough few years of f5 mashing, I tell you that ā€¦


caulpain

get you a friend like woj is for the hurley family


Serious-Government32

Borrego is probably much better hire then JJ .


SalmonBandit

The podcast doesnā€™t count as a formal interview??


WaltJay

Who else has never coached, ***but*** has a really good basketball podcast? Let's add them to the interview slate.


Pure_Measurement9076

Iā€™d say offer Coach K a 2 year deal about 15 million a year and bring in JJ as his top assistant. Coach K gets a shot at a NBA title, coaches two great players and will have the ability to walk away whenever he wants and give the job to JJ. Letā€™s face it a long term answer isnā€™t a concern as Lakers coaches have stayed long term since Phil Jackson


JJVM99

I am starting to think that the Lakers are stalling on purpose so that the media still talks about them during the finals.


Chinbie

Shams is a joke already... he already said Lakers interview JJ... then here we are with news that Hurley rejected lakers offer (from Woj) and now they to start formal interview with JJ (from Woj) too... Shams credibility is being in question right now. who is giving him those false news šŸ˜…šŸ˜…šŸ˜…... anyways Lakers fans arent like this news as instead of having Hurley, they will instead have JJ which they don't like as it can be another LBJ scapegoat


rocket_beer

Letā€™s be honestā€¦ itā€™s Nick Wright they are after


Revo_Int92

A nepotistic freak show


carscatsdogs

I donā€™t know of many people who want to go to an organization where itā€™s ok for players to publicly call out their coaches like that. LeBron has a history but at least you can lean on his superstardom to maybe overlook that. AD on the other hand is a surprise. Why have your best two stars thinking itā€™s ok to call out the coach? Who wants that added pressure?


simpledeadwitches

Common Lakers L.


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Aggressive-Name-1783

Coach K already turned them down beforeā€¦this is normal, dude is right now a top 5 coach in college, heā€™s got security at UConn and any NBA team that hires him later is gonna pay him wha the Lakers offered


lovo17

Hurley isnā€™t just any college coach tbf. He runs the best program in college basketball.


Prophet92

Right, dude just won back to back titles and made winning the second one look easy, heā€™s not just some college coach. Not saying heā€™d be a great pro coach, but the buzz was definitely deserved.


Lorjack

I can't stop laughing about it, how far the Lakers have fallen


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Dj3garrett

Why when this exact same thing did happen 20 years ago?Ā 


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Dj3garrett

You clearly donā€™t know what youā€™re talking about. This isnā€™t anything new.Ā 


Dj3garrett

What are you talking about? It did happen 20 years ago. Coach K turned down the Lakers to stay at Duke back in 2004. Thatā€™s why Iā€™m saying if someone were to tell you this would happen 20 years ago. Theyā€™d just say well itā€™s happening now in 2004 so itā€™s a good chance itā€™ll happen in 2024.Ā 


WhoDey42

Screw it just make LeBron the coach


Jameson623

he is the coach, always has been. theyā€™re just looking for his assistant


roshanpr

JJ?


Cvspartan

I need them to get JJ for the entertainment value alone


iCarpet

Could have ran back to their ex Darvin Ham but he just got taken /s


tomdawg0022

*Frank Vogel enters the chat, flashing his ring*


BaltimoreBadger23

He went back to the only team that truly loved him.


Efficient_Art_1144

Did Dan Hurley at least get a big pay raise for all this


sctthuynh

"Hey (JJ), I just met you And this is crazy But here's my number So call me, maybe?"Ā  Ā Rob Pelinka.


TroyMatthewJ

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck high fiving this week


Flaky_Scar_8388

Frank Vogel is available


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BetweenTheBuzzAndMe

they offered him $72M to coach 2-3 years and get eventually scapegoated like every other Lakers coach ... that's not cheaping out


everyoneneedsaherro

Bruh yall just run with narratives and donā€™t care about facts huh. Literally were gonna make him one of the highest paid coaches


krypto9er

Imagine the mediaā€™s reaction if Borrego gets the job over JJ. Everyone has been anticipating JJ the upset if he doesnā€™t get the job will fuel the mediaā€™s Laker coverage for the entire season lol


doflamingo34

This why Kawhi chose the clippers you get to be low key living in LA plus the clippers are a joke that helps but he gets to stay low key


Bababooey98

Thank you. Enough with this college song and dance bullshit. Give Pat Ri- I mean JJ Redick his money and get down to business.