Luke Walton has a chance to try for history as a head coach in Los Angeles. He would possess been foolish to turn his old team downThe most obvious dawdle for Luke Walton must befuddle so many. After his flee final topple as the temporary head coach of the greatest regular season team in NBA history,Luke Walton was going to get head coaching of his own this spring. He had his pick of almost any opening. And all the other options – even the Knicks offered less dysfunction than the only job he wanted. The Los Angeles Lakers.
In returning to the Lakers, with whom he played the first eight and a half years of his career, or Walton inherits any number of calamities that could ruin a coach. His point guard just turned 20 and occasionally acts half that age. His two other potential build-around players are barely older and still flawed. The team has no leaders. The club president who hired him may leave in a year,meaning the general manager could be gone too. And the former coach, winner of five Laker titles, and looms on the horizon as the current executive ready to wrap his cherished triangle offense around Walton’s neck. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com