Even though many Lakers supporters don’t want you to believe this, Monty Williams preferred landing in Phoenix over Los Angeles. That sentiment seemed to be confirmed by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on the latest episode of The Woj Pod.
When discussing with ESPN’s Dave McMenamin about how Williams landed with the Suns and what it means for the Lakers’ current coaching search, he let everyone know how LeBron James didn’t force Tyronn Lue upon ownership.
And here’s the biggest note, which was arguably a huge blunder: Los Angeles never took Phoenix’s threats to land Williams as their new head coach seriously.