Should the Lakers take either of these leaps?
Considering that they fired the third head coach of LeBron James' six-year tenure with the team last month in Darvin Ham, the Los Angeles Lakers have been surprisingly under the radar since being eliminated by the Denver Nuggets this postseason.
Most of the Lakers-centric chatter has circulated around Bronny James' potential future with the club . The coaching quest has felt like a bit of an afterthought, in part because it's become pretty obvious that the head coach is not the issue: the talent is. This Los Angeles club is just a tier below bigger, younger teams in the Western Conference like the Nuggets and the team that just beat the Nuggets in the second round, the Minnesota Timberwolves.
That hasn't stopped The Ringer's Bill Simmons and Ryen Russillo from picking their favorite hiring choices from the assistant coaching pool. Most recently, on Sunday's edition of The Bill Simmons Podcast, Simmons rooted for Timberwolves assistant coach Micah Nori, who's operating as injured head coach Chris Finch's legs as he roams the sidelines. They've brought the Timberwolves to their second-ever Western Conference Finals appearance, and their first in 20 years .
"Look I'm a huge Borrego fan, I've had him on the pod a couple times," Russillo said. "For anyone that watched some of those Charlotte teams that were terrible... and there are just all these Charlotte games I'm like, 'How are they in this game?'" Beyond Nori and Borrego, Los Angeles is allegedly considering JJ Redick, Denver Nuggets assistant coach David Adelman, Boston Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell, Miami Heat assistant Chris Quinn, Golden State Warriors assistant coach Kenny Atkinson, and Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Sean Sweeney.
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