Throughout the 2018-19 Los Angeles Lakers season, one of the consistent themes has been an undercurrent of discontent with head coach Luke Walton, one that stems from the team’s front office — president of basketball operations Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka — seeming to be dissatisfied with their coach.
There was a report in December that Walton “doesn’t fit the mold” of what Magic Johnson wants in a head coach, and that he’d prefer to get his own guy at some point down the line.
More recently, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported that even the players in the Lakers’ locker room are well aware that Walton being replaced is an inevitability.