The Los Angeles Lakers' front office, led by general manager Mitch Kupchak, has been active over the past few weeks getting the roster ready for next season. Yet, the team still remains without a head coach to lead that group of players.
Usually franchises like to get a coach in place before free agency begins to potentially help with the recruitment of players. The Lakers have taken the opposite approach and there's still no definitive word on who's going to fill the void.
Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News reported the team was finally trending toward making a choice but were planning to finish making moves first:
Obviously one of the key determinations is figuring out how a coach would coexist with Kobe Bryant, who remains the face of the franchise. Weighing that against the team's desire to find somebody capable of leading the team through a transition period is a tricky task.
Dave McMenamin of ESPN Los Angeles passed along comments from Kupchak about the extended process. He joked they might wait until September to make a final decision before stating a few weeks is a more likely timeli ...
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