Dan Hurley is slamming the door on the Los Angeles Lakers.
"At the end of the day, I am extremely proud of the championship culture we have built at Connecticut," he said.
Hurley added he met with the team prior to Monday's practice ... and now, they're switching focus back to getting better as a team and defending their championship this season. Dan Hurley is slamming the door on the Los Angeles Lakers ... with reports saying he will not accept their lucrative, $70 MILLION offer to become their next head coach -- choosing to remain at UConn.revealed the Lakers were eyeing the back-to-back championship-winning coach the entire time -- and were preparing to back up the Brinks trucks to make it happen.
Woj reported Hurley's offer was a six-year deal worth $70 million ... but even that kinda dough wasn't enough to sway him away from Storrs.Now, they'll go back to the drawing board ... which breathes life back into the rumors the former Duke superstar could beafter just two seasons ... on the heels of the Lake Show's early exit from the playoffs at the hands of the defending champion Denver Nuggets.
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