As the 2018-19 NBA season comes to an end, all of the attention has been on head coach Luke Walton’s future with the Los Angeles Lakers following his third season.
While Walton is not fully responsible for the Lakers missing the playoffs, president Jeanie Buss recently praised him but was noncommittal about his future.
With Buss deferring to president of basketball operations Magic Johnson on all basketball decisions, there is already a list of potential candidates if they make a change.
One major factor is likely LeBron James who was asked about how Walton has handled Year 1 in an exclusive interview with Allie Clifton of Spectrum SportsNet:
“As good as you could.