One of the more surprising decisions by the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason was choosing not to bring back veteran forward Jared Dudley. Though he wasn’t in the rotation regularly, Dudley was invaluable in the locker room, basically serving as another coach and was beloved by his teammates, especially LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
With it being clear that a return to Los Angeles wasn’t happening, Dudley would surprisingly elect to join the Dallas Mavericks coaching staff under their new head coach and former Lakers assistant Jason Kidd.
The move was one that was completely unexpected and the reactions to the news made it clear that some were unhappy.