BREAKING: Connecticut’s Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers’ six-year, $70 million offer and will return to chase a third straight national title, sources tell ESPN. LA would’ve made him one of NBA’s six highest paid coaches. pic.twitter.com/hEXo3o00SR
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 10, 2024
Dan Hurley has turned down Lakers’ six-year, $70 million offer
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June 10, 2024 7 Comments
I’m surprised but ultimately happy as I thought it could be tough for a guy who never played or coached in the NBA to succeed, especially when he’s not a coach who has ever recruited or counted on superstar players. He’s better suited for college.
This opens the door for JJ Redick to become the Lakers’ next head coach. I’m more confident he can learn to be a great coach with a strong lead assistant than that Danny could overcome the ant-college attitude of most NBA players.
Jeanie tried to go cheap once again. Needed more years on that deal if you expected him to leave UCONN….
Surprising that the offer was only 6-years $70M. Lakers still trying to be cheap when it comes to paying elite coaches.
I don’t think that’s cheap for a coach with no NBA experience. Besides the rumors had been 100 mil fo 8 years. This offer was only slightly less per year.
No but the news was this was going to be an offer Hurley could not refuse. That was clearly not the case. Lakers still worried about overpaying when they have a history of doing that and it costing them in the long run. If Danny was the one, that offer was not going all in.
It’s about the guaranteed years. You aren’t gonna convince a guy to leave someplace where he’s comfortable by giving him only a slightly better contract. If you’re truly trying to build a culture then it’s gonna take time and probably won’t truly start until LeBron is retired. I was thinking 8 years would be the offer.
As predicted. 6 years from now they’ll still be rebuilding The years and money were just evidence they weren’t serious. This guy still wasn’t doing anything with the pieces on the chessboard anyway.