On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Lakers will play their final game of the regular season and the wide belief around the league is that it will also be Luke Walton’s last game as head coach of the team.
Walton still has two years left on the five-year, $25 million contract he signed in 2016, but after failing to end the Lakers’ six-year playoff drought and coincidentally ending LeBron James’ 13-year playoff streak, it’s hard to see a scenario where the front office brings him back for another season. However, that’s not to say that Walton is the sole reason the Lakers won’t be playing in the postseason this year.