Lakers News: LeBron James Friend-Turned-Foe Supports Assistant Coach for LA Gig

The Los Angeles Lakers are set to hire the fourth head coach in 20-time All-Star LeBron James' soon-to-be-seven-year tenure — provided James sticks around. Beyond making some critical roster revisions to a club that finished with a good-not-great 47-35 record and a disappointing five-game exit at the hands of the Denver Nuggets, the Lakers' most pressing issue at this point is finding said new head coach, a replacement for two-year man Darvin Ham. The club is casting a wide net, and seems to generally be prioritizing a lot of elite assistant coaches, plus James' "Mind The Game" podcast cohost, JJ Redick.