UConn's Dan Hurley to meet with Lakers brass in California amid coaching search: reports
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Sources -- Dan Hurley, Lakers to meet Friday about coaching job - ESPN
UConn coach Dan Hurley is traveling to Southern California for a Friday meeting with Los Angeles Lakers vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka and owner Jeanie Buss — with the organization eager to close on a deal to hire the two-time national championship coach, sources told ESPN on Thursday.
What's next for the NBA's coaching carousel? Latest on Lakers' and Cavaliers' search - ESPN
With NBA draft and free agency just weeks away, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Thursday that the Los Angeles Lakers are targeting UConn's Dan Hurley to be the team's next head coach and are in the process of preparing a massive, long-term offer to bring him to the NBA. Discussions are set to escalate in the coming days, sources said.
Sources - Lakers preparing massive offer to UConn's Dan Hurley - ESPN
The Los Angeles Lakers are targeting UConn men's basketball coach Dan Hurley as the franchise's next coach and are preparing a massive, long-term contract offer to bring the back-to-back NCAA national champion to the NBA, sources told ESPN.
Sources -- Pels to defer Lakers' first-round draft pick from AD trade to '25 - ESPN
The New Orleans Pelicans are planning to defer the Los Angeles Lakers' first-round pick until 2025, clearing the way for the Lakers to select 17th overall in the 2024 NBA draft, sources told ESPN on Friday.
Sources - Lakers to start contacting head coaching candidates - ESPN
CHICAGO — The Los Angeles Lakers are expected to start contacting coaching candidates in the coming days with an initial concentration on sitting assistants and ex-head coaches with whom they have less familiarity, sources told ESPN on Monday.
Lakers fire coach Darvin Ham after 2 seasons - ESPN
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday after two seasons, and the team now will open a job search in hopes of finding the right person to maximize what figures to be the final chapter of LeBron James' storied career while returning to championship contention.
D'Angelo Russell's journey from Lakers trade chip to clutch-time hero - 'I'm ready for it. I studied for this test' - ESPN
HOURS AFTER A midseason trade sent him to Los Angeles, D'Angelo Russell picked up the phone. It was Feb. 9, 2023, and on the other end was Lakers president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka, calling to welcome the 28-year-old guard back to the franchise that drafted him second overall in 2015.