Way back in July, the Lakers interviewed former Thunder and Wizards head coach Scott Brooks for an assistant coaching job under Frank Vogel. The team had already hired David Fizdale as their lead assistant by that point, but still pursued Brooks before he eventually took a lead assistant role under Chauncey Billups with the Portland Trail Blazers.
At the time, that seemed like a fairly minor loss. In retrospect, however, the last 24 hours have made clear that some people within the team seem to think that hiring Brooks could have made a real difference.