Luke Walton came into this season on the hot seat, not because of anything he did in his two years as head coach of the Los Angeles, but because he was now the head coach of LeBron James and that’s just how things go.
Walton’s seat got even hotter when the Lakers started the season off 2-5, but ever since they addressed their problem at the center position by signing Tyson Chandler, Walton has coached L.A. to the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference and earned the respect of his locker room.