With the Los Angeles Lakers starting to climb the Western Conference standings and going 10-5 in their last 15 games, it seemed the head coach Luke Walton would be safe from getting let go by the team’s front office of Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka.
Johnson has also already guaranteed he won’t fire Walton this season — hardly a ringing endorsement — but it would seem Walton isn’t necessarily as protected from Johnson and Pelinka’s desire to bring in their own guy in the long-term.
On the “Woj and Lowe” special on ESPN, Adrian Wojnarowski made it sound like Walton is far from safe from such whims, even if Lakers owner Jeanie Buss has thus far been reticent to make a change.