The Los Angeles Lakers appeared set to hire Tyronn Lue as their next head coach, but according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, thing have hit a snag:
Negotiations between the Los Angeles Lakers and Ty Lue have reached an impasse without a deal to make him the franchise’s next head coach, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 8, 2019
Wojnarowski says the Lakers and Lue have not been able to agree on an assistant coaching staff or his contract, with an interesting name entering the mix as an assistant:
Discussions have included talks on contract and assistant coaching staff, sources said.