PHILADELPHIA >> Whenever Luke Walton turned on a nationally televised NBA game, the Lakers coach did not just tune in to watch a star player or scout an opponent. Walton also wanted to see sideline reporter Craig Sager.
“Part of the fun and entertainment of what we do is seeing Craig in his crazy suits. He was phenomenal at his job,” Walton said. “He brought something every night he was on TV.”
So it hardly sounded surprising the Lakers and the NBA family reacted in mourning on Thursday over the passing of Sager, who had spent the past two years fighting cancer.