LAS VEGAS – Strolling past an interview being conducted with Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw, head coach Luke Walton would not bite his tongue. Would not let it go. Would not stay silent.
“Why don’t you tell the real story about Brian,” Walton said.
“Tell what really happened with Oakland’s own,” he added.
What really happened to Shaw over the past five years is a tale of a man being unceremoniously dismissed by the organization for which he shed blood, after which he was compelled to work for another under less than ideal circumstances.
He was a Laker as a player and as an assistant coach.