The Lakers are set to dump the coach who led them to an NBA championship simply two seasons in the past. They’re hoping to interchange him with the person who received the 12 months prior.
In line with The Athletic, Raptors coach Nick Nurse is without doubt one of the Lakers’ high targets as soon as they formally fireplace Frank Vogel, who mentioned after Sunday’s season finale that he hadn’t “been advised s–t.” That got here after ESPN reported Vogel was going to be let go.
College of Michigan coach and former NBA All-Star Juwan Howard can also be anticipated to be a candidate, in keeping with the report.
Nurse, 54, led the Raptors to the franchise’s first NBA championship in 2018-19, Kawhi Leonard’s lone season in Toronto. Regardless of shedding Kyle Lowry final summer season, the Raptors went 48-34 this season and earned the No. 5 seed within the Jap Convention, with a first-round NBA playoff matchup in opposition to the 76ers on the horizon.
It’s not clear whether or not the Raptors would enable Nurse to go or if he’d have curiosity, in keeping with The Athletic, but when he does Los Angeles would most likely need to compensate Toronto in a commerce.
The Lakers (33-49) missed the playoffs, not even qualifying for the play-in event, in a season with championship expectations following the offseason acquisition of Russell Westbrook. However between Westbrook’s offensive struggles and accidents to LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the Lakers’ season went off the rails.
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