The first six (now deleted) videos I ever made were a “Luke to the Lakers” series after the Lakers hired him in April 2016. The hope was that Walton would modernize the Lakers’ offense after two regressive years under Byron Scott, applying the spacing principles that he learned during his time as an assistant for the Golden State Warriors.
It didn’t quite work out that way.
The Lakers ranked 23rd in Offensive Rating during Walton’s first two seasons with the team, added LeBron James, and somehow managed to drop to 25th in his third.