Woj: Lakers ‘NOWHERE CLOSE’ with coaching search + Bronny James staying in NBA draft | NBA Today
the Lakers now are starting to bring in candidates uh for longer in-depth interviews they had a series of they kind of get to know you interviews with people they didn’t know as well I’m told that New Orleans uh top assistant James bgo is meeting with the Lakers today in La this is his second meeting he was the head coach in Charlotte for three years got progressively better each year uh an elite NBA offense in Charlotte and you saw the work he did with Zion Williamson and that team uh he’s a very serious candidate in this Lakers search but they’re going to bring in more and there’s going to be I think over the next few weeks you’re going to see you know more candidates come back in and dig a Little Deeper with the Lakers on this head coaching job you know they’re nowhere close on this one yeah I think they should be patient because as we mentioned to me the obvious fit was tyo but that was a circumstance where it benefits Ty for being with the Clippers so if you look at the Lakers I mean I like that they’re being patient as this you know goes forward all right so if we’re talking about the Lakers and we’re talking about LeBron then it’s only natural right that we’re also going to talk a little bit about bronny here woi broke some news earlier this morning what more can you tell us not a surprise uh bronny James is staying in this draft tonight is the deadline if you wanted to go back and return to college basketball it’s an NCA deadline uh to play uh pull yourself out of the NBA draft he’s staying in the draft that’s no surprise to anybody and so you know talk to Rich Paul with clutch Sports who’s going to be Bron’s agent who is R’s agent you know about you know how they view this draft you know he’s going to do some workouts with teams uh he’s insistent that they won’t have to do they don’t want to do a two-way deal that he’ll get uh a roster spot with a team whether that’s being drafted in the second round and if he were to go undrafted then you become a free agent you can sign somewhere but they’re confident in the workouts he’s had he looked good at the combine he helped himself at the combine he helped himself at the pro day people needed to see the bronny James they saw prior to USC when he was in McDonald’s All America when he was in playing for the US team in the hoop Summit game they’re seeing that player again after the five months he had to spend away from basketball that I think derailed his USC season and so he’s determined to stay in this draft and he’s in it now and so you know he’s got another month now to continue to make the case to teams about his candidacy to be an NBA player yeah seeing him at the the pro day that they had in Los Angeles the other day the room was packed so many people want to see what this young man has to offer right now according to our Jonathan gavone he is mocked at 54th in the second round but he has a month to conduct those meetings and we’ll see where he lands W thank you so very much [Music]
Adrian Wojnarowski joins Malika Andrews, Chiney Ogwumike and Kendrick Perkins on NBA Today to detail where the Los Angeles Lakers are in their head coaching search before giving an update on LeBron James’ oldest son Bronny opting to will forgo his remaining college eligibility and keep his name in the 2024 NBA Draft.
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39 Comments
Bringing in Bronny James so you can get Espn clout while your team is sitting bottom of the west again, is the most cringe thing ever. The Lakers are corny
Get Lebron as your coach .
Lakers pretending like they haven't chosen JJ yet and specifically said they're waiting until after the Finals to announce it is sick work ngl 😭
The Lakers need to stop it they have the blueprint of the triangle office they just need to run that system stop wasting everybody's time on the court by waiting for somebody to do something with the ball that's boring basketball and nobody's never underneath the rim and nobody has never even thinking about putting another team and foul trouble because you can't that way
Here are the candidates they should be looking at Derek Fisher mark Jackson and any coach who runs an offensive system a real one that knows how to call plays different plays all the time and knows how to put their team in winning position
The Lakers should have just hired Jason Kidd since he was the real Coach who won the championship bubble for the Lakers cuz let's be honest Frank Vogel ain't got no offense of system.
LBJJ = LeCoach, LeObviously, LeDuh…. this is fake news! 🙀🙀🙀
Yall are milking this I can tell if he scores 20 pts in the g league yall gonna talk about it😂
Chris Haynes said hed be shocked if it doesnt end up being Reddick
I would sign a guy that AD would want to play for, not draft bronny and call lebrons bluff. They need to do what the younger teams are doing and develop players from within
Would love for Bonnie James to play with his dad who else is going to teach you more about the game than your dad especially when he's the third goat
ESPN sucks. Why do they have these kinds of people reporting this kind of crap?
Bring back Davin Ham. It wasn`t his fault the Lakers can`t beat the Nuggets in a series.
Bronny to the Spurs confirmed
All Espn talks about is lebron, the lakers and lebrons son
If they sign Bronny and hire JJ " Pat Riley " Reddick, Lakers will win it all next year. – every delusional Laker fan.
"Bronny just used the bathroom, the toilet paper he perfers is Charmin. Should be interesting to see what toilet paper he uses moving forward." –woj bomb
lakers are not serious if they are even considering borego
Bronny wasn’t a real McDonald all American let’s be real. Even Kendrick and SAS have confirmed this is what they have heard a few weeks ago
Sick of the Bronny endorsement by this network.
Lets see if nba2k applies nepotism to bronny and give him a high overall rating like 90
"maybe LeBron should retire and be the head coach" 😂
"yeah we in church because I'm about to preach the gospel" 😂
So many haters, I miss 2014 LeBron 😭 he was unstoppable
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JJ Reddick will be coach and bronny at #17
lakers arent interviewing coaches they are interviewing scapegoats
Well it ain't gonna be T Lue… and if it ends up being Borrego LeBron drops a spot or two on my GOAT list
Sadly, Bronny wont be one of the top 10 nepo babies of all-time.
We don't care why are you still talking about the lakers geez give it a break
Malika is not qualified to sweep the floor 🙄
If they hire JJ then the Lakers are a joke franchise.
get bronny as a head coach.
it’s fine, the franchise is screwed already.
J.J. will be next coach and then bronny will be 1st round pick to the Lakers, thanks to lebron!
I don't agree with Lebron's decision to publicly announce that he wants to play with his son in the NBA. It was a selfish thing to do, rushes the process, and puts too much pressure on Bronny when he's already struggling with being in his father's massive shadow.
What a useless segment.
Lakers picking up Bronny too lol
Malika got really high cheek bones sometimes it looks like she is pretending to smile sometimes she is so pretty
Woj has no credibiiltiy when it comes to Lakers, due to his ZERO [self-hate] relationship with Lebron.