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Let's get this out of the way: the Los Angeles Lakers are a little embarrassed.
They got turned down very publicly by their crush and that carries pain whether you're a junior high student or a multibillion-dollar international megabrand.
But the Lakers have been here before. Dan Hurley passing on their head coaching job to remain at the University of Connecticut shouldn't be a catastrophe for Jeanie Buss, Rob Pelinka & Co. It should be a reality check.
In 2019, the Lakers were turned down by both Tyronn Lue and Monty Williams, and it later became apparent that both felt the Lakers had lowballed them with their contract offers.