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Post by rockymtblue2 on Jun 10, 2024 9:37:41 GMT -5
There are two things going for LA: the common misperception that coaching in the NBA is the pinnacle and a whole lot of cash.
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Post by radylady on Jun 10, 2024 13:02:10 GMT -5
Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers' six-year, $70 million offer and will return to chase a third straight national title at UConn, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Lakers would have made Hurley one of NBA's six highest-paid coaches. But before opening talks with the Lakers, Hurley already had an offer from UConn to become one of highest-paid NCAA coaches, and those talks will continue, sources told Wojnarowski.
Hurley signed a six-year, $32.1 million deal with UConn after the 2022-23 season.
After a dogged pursuit of Hurley over past weeks, the Lakers will regroup and resume bringing in candidates for interviews with hope of hiring a coach by the NBA draft later this month, sources told Wojnarowski.
New Orleans Pelicans assistant James Borrego is expected to remain part of the group of Los Angeles' candidates, and the Lakers could do their first formal interview with JJ Redick, who also has been linked to the job.
Hurley told Wojnarowski on Sunday that the Lakers made a "compelling case" and presented a "compelling vision" for him to become their next coach but that he loves what he has built with the two-time defending national champion Huskies.
Hurley also told Wojnarowski that he left "extremely impressed" with Lakers VP and GM Rob Pelinka and owner Jeanie Buss and had been spending Sunday weighing their offer.
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Post by bulkey on Jun 10, 2024 13:25:23 GMT -5
Great!!!! The LA offer turned out to be significantly less than rumored. They have Redick as backup so no incentive to put a horse's head in Dan's bed.
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Post by radylady on Jun 10, 2024 17:42:38 GMT -5
Great!!!! The LA offer turned out to be significantly less than rumored. They have Redick as backup so no incentive to put a horse's head in Dan's bed. Believe it or not, some people are not motivated by money, and the histrionics about ridiculously skyrocketing amounts seemed simply rumor to me. I don't think that it factored here at all. If he has a 32mm deal at UConn signed in 22 -23, what the heck is he going to need with more? You cannot take it with you. I think and I believe I am right that this was more about what he was building here. Period. Maybe I am shadowing my own personal code of ethics here, and that would be a fair point. Yet, I strongly believe that I am not the only one of this ilk.
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