Like the Kings and the Hornets, the Lakers are looking for a new coach, and ESPN announces that management spoke with Terry Stotts, the former coach of the Hawks, Bucks and Blazers. Before leaving Portland last summer, Terry Stotts led the franchise in the playoffs for eight straight seasons, culminating in a conference final in 2019.
A specialist in attack, he had made a name for himself as an assistant to Rick Carlisle at the Mavericks, and he proved to the Blazers that he was capable of managing stars with even a real complicity with Damian Lillard.
Another technician who spoke with the Lakers: Mark Jackson! Even if he hasn’t coached a team since 2014, and his dismissal from the Warriors, he has a big rating in the middle of the NBA, and he is also on the “short list” of the Kings.
According to ESPN, the Lakers are taking their time to find the rare pearl capable of reviving a franchise that has not played in the playoffs since its title in 2020. Terry Stotts and Mark Jackson are only the 3rd and 4th coaches consulted, after Darvin Ham , assistant to the Bucks, and Adrian Griffin, assistant to the Raptors.