Lakers This season has experienced a very failed season. The players and management are trying to find someone to take the blame. Head coach Vogel became the first person to be officially fired by the team.
On April 12, Beijing time, the Lakers officially announced the official firing of coach Vogel. The Lakers must find a capable coach this summer to lead the Lakers to the championship again.
The Lakers cast a very wide net in the initial stages of their search for a coach, which led to countless rumors between NBA and the Lakers.
Mark Jackson's name appears because it is reported that LeBron James likes him, and James can greatly influence the Lakers management to make decisions. It is not surprising if the Lakers have at least a preliminary conversation.
Frank Vogel 's chief assistant David Fitzdale should be at the top of any list, because his relationship with LeBron James starts with James's Miami period.
Now there is another new name on the Lakers' search roster, Utah Jazz head coach Quinn Snyder. The rumors about
Snyder are not new, but as the Jazz were eliminated by Mavericks in the first round of playoffs , the rumors became increasingly fierce. There is a good reason for the Lakers to be interested in Snyder, who helped develop players like Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell (none of them were top 10 picks) and led the Jazz to their best NBA record in the 2020-2021 season. The well-known media person Marc Stein updated in his personal media that the Lakers are of course interested in Schneider.
But is Snyder really interested in the Lakers? Stein then updated his previous report, saying that the attraction may not be mutual. First, according to The Athletic's Sam Amik, it's still uncertain whether Snyder will play, and his current contract also has a guaranteed year and a coaching option year. Snyder refused to extend his contract until these two years later, which attracted the attention of the league. Sources close to Jazz told NBC Sports that Snyder has a good relationship with Utah boss Ryan Smith.
Lakers will have to fundamentally change the way they deal with the ousted Frank Vogel in order to get Snyder's attention. First, there is no low-priced contract this time – Snyder will receive full five years of guarantee from any team interested in him with the salary of a top coach.
Secondly, Snyder will have complete autonomy over his staff and his assistant coach's decision, and he needs to be able to control the entire team, and no one and the player can object to the head coach's opinion - no Kurt Lambis sat in the coaching meeting and made suggestions.
Finally Stein said that even so, Snyder may not want to come to Los Angeles.
is expected to be completed before the draft (then the Lakers may make a trade to try to reshape their roster around LeBron and Anthony Davis ).
In the end, who will the Lakers choose to be the head coach this summer? What role does James play in it? Is it Mark Jackson? Or David Fitzdell ? Or Schneider? Please wait and see!
