Luke Walton and his coaching staff have quite a situation to navigate, politically speaking. He isn’t a Magic Johnson or Rob Pelinka hire. He didn’t come at the referral of LeBron James. No, he’s the only hire that’s left of one of the least popular people in the history of the Los Angeles Lakers (Jim Buss).
Fans tend to analyze his decisions as if they take place in a vacuum, but that just simply isn’t the case. He has egos, agents, and bosses to keep happy. One would imagine Walton really enjoys being the coach of the Lakers.