When they announced the dismissal of Darvin Ham, the Los Angeles Lakers still did not have a clear idea of the coach or profile they were going to pursue. In that conversation, names have come up like JJ Redick, whose only experience is coaching his son’s team in New York, or Mike Budenholzer, with hundreds of games and a ring behind him. Experience on the bench, according to what they say, is one of the factors in the search. But not an imperative.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the name of Kenny Atkinson comes to the fore. The current Golden State Warriors assistant has not been in charge of a bench since leaving Brooklyn in 2020. Atkinson had done a great job bringing the core of D’Angelo Russell, Spencer Dinwiddie, Jarret Allen or Caris LeVert to his first playoffs. But the era of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving passed him by. Which hardly affected his prestige. In fact, he already resigned last year from being coach of the Charlortte Hornets to stay in San Francisco when he already had everything signed.
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In any case, everything indicates that the search and negotiation will still take time to be resolved. Especially because of the lack of candidates and because some of the best assistants available are still competing. In Los Angeles Times Dan Woike talks about David Adelman (Denver), Micah Noria (Minnesota), Charles Lee (Boston) and Sean Sweeney (Dallas) as possible names to add to the list of candidates.
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2024-05-08 15:37:10
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