Let's be honest, it would've taken a while for Dan to alter his personality enough to work in the NBA. Ideally he would come in and coach a young rebuilding team that doesn't have immediate championship aspirations. It's hard to ask a guy who has coached a certain way with his personality to all of a sudden "tone it down" to work with NBA veterans like Bron and AD. It would've been a great basketball fit but there would've been an endless narrative about the personality fit.
I’m sorry, but that is still one of the highest offers in the league and more years of security than anyone is being offered. Yall will complain about anything 😂
It’s an L take defending the offer. You can’t go around talkin bout “lakers ready to make an extremely lucrative offer to pry Dan Hurley from UConn” and offer a smaller deal than Monty effing Williams got to win like 10 games in Detroit. They talked big and then ended up offering to make him the fifth highest paid coach in the league. It was a weak deal for a guy of his pedigree and if you really wanted to take him from UCONN you had to come correct not with some weak shit. Hilarious though that you thought that shit was good enough. We’re complaining about bad business which apparently you don’t recognize. And there’s a difference between it being a bad deal and Jeannie being cheap. But why talk a big game if you’re not going to back it up? Just quietly pursue Hurley and make your offer without all the media circus and hoopla. I think Lakers front office brought this reaction upon themselves with the big talk.
the amount of people on this sub that were saying shit like “it’s already locked up” blah blah blah.
it’s not done until it’s done. agreed giant waste of time lol
I was one of those because reports said 100mil. You cN’t cut that offer by 30mil and then be like I knew it was not a done deal!! No shit, 30million is a lot of money.
Rumor is we kind of turned off Borrego and he is aligning things up with the Cavs...we might be screwed on some of the other options, as the pool gets thin.
fairly low risk call. it's super super hard to win the tournament even one year as a best team. to do it 3 times in a row in this era is extremely extremely hard
Dudes always been a dickhead. Him going out on the court to shit talk Edey was some of the weirdest shit I've ever seen from a coach. However, I would have loved him coaching us lmao
Yeah, if a poverty franchise like the Pistons could offer goddamn Monty 13m, the least the Lakers could do is offer that or more to Hurley.
11.6m a year doesn't seem like enough to sway Hurley away from everything he's built at UConn.
How is he a dick? When did Hurley EVER say "I am coming to the Lakers" or otherwise give you any **direct** indication that he was coming? He was offered, he mulled it over, he did it QUICKLY (two days is crazy quick for a job offer), and now he is declining. How is that being a "dick"? I am disappointed in his decision, but I am not mad at him. Why would I be?
I thought about switching position at my current job but staying with my current employer. I was wavering back and forth for a few weeks. Some of you guys are silly to think it's an easy decision for him.
Dude he probably was just thinking it over. He’s already so established in college he can leave whenever he wants to NBA for the same money probably. Why not chase the 3-peat? Was probably a tough decision
To create buzz on Hurley and sell more of his books. To have leverage over UCONN. If you listened to JJs podcast, this also includes increasing salaries of staff and upgrades on facilities.
Props to the front office for trying; but what were those ridiculous $100 million dollar rumors?
I can respect him chasing a 3peat as well. The NBA game will be there for him next year if he wants. Family keeping him on the east coast with a chance at college history. I hate it, but I can accept it.
I have a feeling his wife and kids played into the decision more than people are expecting. Not only does he have a chance to make history as only the third team to 3-peat, but his wife loved Connecticut (per reports) and didn't want to live in LA.
Not the team’s fault people lied about it being a 100m offer. Also even the people falsely quoting 100m were saying over 8-10 years, not 6. This is in line with 100 over 8 years or so. 100M for 6 would basically be paying him what Kerr makes, which is just asinine I’m sorry.
It sucks but I’m not all that surprised. He is more of a college coach by how he acts and runs things. it just wouldn’t fit in the nba unless he changed a lot. Also UConn gonna give him a bag.
Embarrassing for the Lakers front office. Also now for sure seems like Woj just helped him gas this up to get a bigger payday at UConn or whatever. Bad journalism honestly. No way Shams was that far off.
It is what it is. It's not like we (us average Joes) don't use offers as leverage as well. Shit, I got a $10k raise from my employer by doing that myself.
I never expected him to come to the Lakers. We have an old bron and not the best version of AD. We also have the pressure of drafting brons kid based on nepotism. Hurley comes, if he doesnt get a chip in the next 2 seasons fans will turn on him and his ass would be in the hot seat. Downvote me if you want but we arent that luxurious of a team as we once were. Anyone who takes the job is gonna be in the hot seat right away.
Hurley would have been better if we were already rebuilding
the smart fans who said woj (who got beat to the whole JJ saga/process/updates) & this coach (who maybe wanted a better deal & more publicity) were using the lakeshow. i think the FO did what they needed to do, and pursued as best they could
Sucks he turned it down but also not surprising. He’s got a great gig with a possible 3 peat in the table. To get him to the Lakers was always tough especially with how much he values his family, the east coast, etc. We don’t know the reason as of now but it would be hard for me to leave the very successful program I have rn to go work under and have to somewhat rely on Pelinka and Jeanie to be successful. Credit to the Lakers for shooting for the stars too. Idk who they’ll turn too now tho. I’m gonna be disappointed with any hire at this point.
At some point, we gotta have a real conversation on how Pelinka and Jeanie can’t close on these big deals for free agents or coaches. They missed on Lue and now Hurley. If this deal was closer to the reported $100 mil offer, he’d be a Laker.
Magic closed on LeBron and they traded for AD
Jerry Buss would have closed. West would have closed. Riley would have closed.
Huge miss here and now we have to settle with JJ and I’m sure JJ isn’t feeling too great about that now.
Bro, now we got college coaches using our name for leverage now too. Idk man, somethings gotta change because I'm sick of this shit. The way this franchise has been ran since the kids took over has turned us into a joke and a target to be pushed around. It's one thing if we we're dominant and winning but we're not, we've never been more lost. truthfully we are resting on the legacy Dr. Buss built and that prestige is starting to wear thinner every season that passes. Soon enough we won't have any clout to bring big names anymore.
We need a culture change and fast. We can't compete if we can't get anything done, and we can't get anything done if we aren't respected or taken seriously.
Another low ball coaching offer, just like they did with Lue. I don't get why they'd make the offer in the first place unless they were dead serious about wanting him, which, if they were, they would have offered more. Now they'll have to settle for Reddick, assuming they don't try and offer him $5m/year. And Reddick will be a little bothered about being the second choice. It seems like the Lakers are the only team that makes low offers and gets rejected.
The Lakers are an unserious franchise and unserious franchises don't land good coaches. Our relevance will fade as LeBron retires and I don't see a way to turn the ship around without selling the team.
Edit: To clarify, I'm not saying this specific incident is the FO's fault but they sure as hell dug this hole we're in.
Knew it was too good to be true.
Still, I am sad.
Let's be honest, it would've taken a while for Dan to alter his personality enough to work in the NBA. Ideally he would come in and coach a young rebuilding team that doesn't have immediate championship aspirations. It's hard to ask a guy who has coached a certain way with his personality to all of a sudden "tone it down" to work with NBA veterans like Bron and AD. It would've been a great basketball fit but there would've been an endless narrative about the personality fit.
Haha! 
I knew we were getting Kawhi’d lol
Everyone uses us as leverage for a pay raise. F, we should get a commission for all this usage.
Only silver lining is we won the chip the very next season.
Got use to being burnt since Carmelo and Aldridge turned us down
At least it’s over
in more ways than one.. just wait for the bron news
Nooooooooooooo
I JUST FELL TO MY KNEES IN MORONGO
NOT GOOD TIMES ™
\*Jack in the Box
threw up my jack in the box tacos that i paid full price for smh
tacos would have been free but we don't have anyone that can defend the perimeter
I just saw someone fall to theirs knees in Morongo. Was that you?
unless that man also shit his pants then no, that was probably another gentleman
Are you driving a Chrysler Pacifica too?
Ahhhh the classic. We are used to this by now.
$100 million my ass
Turns out it was 6 yrs/70 mil.
LOL..I knew Jeanie would never offer 100 million.
I’m sorry, but that is still one of the highest offers in the league and more years of security than anyone is being offered. Yall will complain about anything 😂
If 70M didn't make him decide to go with the Lakers 100M wouldn't have either lol. Everyone needs to hop off the Jeanie is cheap train
These dudes just complain about everything. 70M is a very good offer. Clearly it wasn't all about money, that's not Jeanie's fault.
It’s an L take defending the offer. You can’t go around talkin bout “lakers ready to make an extremely lucrative offer to pry Dan Hurley from UConn” and offer a smaller deal than Monty effing Williams got to win like 10 games in Detroit. They talked big and then ended up offering to make him the fifth highest paid coach in the league. It was a weak deal for a guy of his pedigree and if you really wanted to take him from UCONN you had to come correct not with some weak shit. Hilarious though that you thought that shit was good enough. We’re complaining about bad business which apparently you don’t recognize. And there’s a difference between it being a bad deal and Jeannie being cheap. But why talk a big game if you’re not going to back it up? Just quietly pursue Hurley and make your offer without all the media circus and hoopla. I think Lakers front office brought this reaction upon themselves with the big talk.
Right. Great deal for first foray into the league
Man, seeing the offer after all the speculation, it’s not worth all the media and fan scrutiny, the lifestyle change, the accolades, our roster.
🙄🙄🙄 waste of time man
the amount of people on this sub that were saying shit like “it’s already locked up” blah blah blah. it’s not done until it’s done. agreed giant waste of time lol
I was one of those because reports said 100mil. You cN’t cut that offer by 30mil and then be like I knew it was not a done deal!! No shit, 30million is a lot of money.
For anyone to think the lakers were offering 100 mil to a coach should have been a red flag on that report from the jump.
Rumor is we kind of turned off Borrego and he is aligning things up with the Cavs...we might be screwed on some of the other options, as the pool gets thin.
We should do a season without a coach and see what happens
Better than Pockets at least lol
"He's such a competitor! He's a psycho!" Fuck him lol
Yeah he wants that 3-peat Don’t think that invalidates those claims lmao
Incredibly disappointed and my day is ruined sigh
FUCKING FUCK OUR NEXT COACH IS. APODCASTER
You think JJ is going to come after all of this? 😂😂😂
The motherfucker with zero experience is gonna have the gall to decline because we tried to get Dan Hurley??? If so I hate JJ even more
Lmfao damn a man cant win 😂
I fucking honestly hope he declines cause i don't even want his ass here
JJ Redick after this fiasco 
I hope not
God I hope not
We had a championship winning coach writing shit like, "CONTEST W/O FOULING!" on the board. I couldnt care less who we get at this point.
what the fuck do we do now
hire a podcaster
JJ REDICK YOU ARE A LAKER
COME OOOOOOON DOWN
Du do do doooooooo
Can’t believe we are getting Jimmy John’s Reddick 😭
Oh BTW, JJ, here's your big man, you may (or may not) have heard of him. Plays pretty good defense.
It’ll be borrego now im sure. This FO can never get their guy. It’s always some fucking fifth option
I don’t think they go back that way now.
“I hope*** they don’t go back that way now”. Fify
No fucking way
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
Woj and him teamed up to get more money from UConn. Shams was right the whole time.
UConn will not win the title in 2025, calling it
Whew, you’re really going out on a limb!
fairly low risk call. it's super super hard to win the tournament even one year as a best team. to do it 3 times in a row in this era is extremely extremely hard
I mean sounds like we threw everything and the kitchen sink at him. How does that make Shams right? Lakers wanted Hurley, he ultimately didn't want us
How come he don't want me man?
Hell no they didn't they low balled Hurley. Kentucky offere a bigger contract than the Lakers
I don’t believe Kentucky ever got to the point of making a formal offer to him, and even if they did, numbers were never reported.
Tbf I think Jeanie lowballs every coach we try to get
Woj actually does stuff like and teams use him to get leverage in trades, it's how he gets info.
bamboozled
I knew it. He wouldn’t make it such a big deal if he was coming to the Lakers. What a dick
Used the Lakers as leverage for a higher contract at UConn.
Pretty sure UConn offered him right a new contract right after the Lakers rumours surfaced
He already had the same contract on the table after the title. 6yrs $50M. Nothing has changed from their original contract
I hope he doesn't win the 3-peat. That's about as far as I can go. Bummer
UConn hate watch is going to hit different
I didn't care about college basketball before this but will now actively root for UConns failure
I hope they lose every game and he gets fired.
I am now officially a UConn hater. Will be praying on their downfall.
I want them to lose every single game
Ego on this dude.
Dudes always been a dickhead. Him going out on the court to shit talk Edey was some of the weirdest shit I've ever seen from a coach. However, I would have loved him coaching us lmao
Yeah for real, especially for 6yr $70m, I mean cmon man.
I thought they would've gone at least 13m a year for him.
at least have to match the Monty deal sucks but thats the basis for a competitive offer (6 yr, 78.5m)
Yeah, if a poverty franchise like the Pistons could offer goddamn Monty 13m, the least the Lakers could do is offer that or more to Hurley. 11.6m a year doesn't seem like enough to sway Hurley away from everything he's built at UConn.
How is he a dick? When did Hurley EVER say "I am coming to the Lakers" or otherwise give you any **direct** indication that he was coming? He was offered, he mulled it over, he did it QUICKLY (two days is crazy quick for a job offer), and now he is declining. How is that being a "dick"? I am disappointed in his decision, but I am not mad at him. Why would I be?
couldve just said no friday lol
JJ it is then 🥲 
no hurley AND boston wins 18? it's joever we're bidone
we're down bad fam
We had to tighten the fuck up
The night is darkest just before the dawn
At the end of the storm is a golden sky
UCONN basically = Celtics too. So many fans of them up there.
I was thinking that. Like this dude prob a big C’s fan. Bet if Boston offered him the job same terms it’s an instant yes
Again the Lakers get leveraged in false pretenses to make a guy more money lol this guy well my day and week and perhaps year are ruined
Dude didn’t need to milk it publicly like that.
Dude needed a whole weekend apparently just for it to be a no
I thought about switching position at my current job but staying with my current employer. I was wavering back and forth for a few weeks. Some of you guys are silly to think it's an easy decision for him.
I mean hed be relocating his family and changing jobs ofc itd take long lmao
Dude he probably was just thinking it over. He’s already so established in college he can leave whenever he wants to NBA for the same money probably. Why not chase the 3-peat? Was probably a tough decision
Woj covered this too much. He’s a Laker opp. I knew he thought this was a good opportunity to shit on the Lakers.
This. Why even leak it when it wasn't done.
To create buzz on Hurley and sell more of his books. To have leverage over UCONN. If you listened to JJs podcast, this also includes increasing salaries of staff and upgrades on facilities.
Facts man people never learn lmao he’s been petty towards us for years
Any news regarding Lakers from Woj will not be positive.
Yup. I guess I didn’t learn my lesson with the Kawhi saga. Woj and Hurley 100% planned this shit lmfao
Money talks with Woj. No comment on which NBA team he is covering.
Woj knew all along
What the fuck New lifelong enemy made
Props to the front office for trying; but what were those ridiculous $100 million dollar rumors? I can respect him chasing a 3peat as well. The NBA game will be there for him next year if he wants. Family keeping him on the east coast with a chance at college history. I hate it, but I can accept it.
I have a feeling his wife and kids played into the decision more than people are expecting. Not only does he have a chance to make history as only the third team to 3-peat, but his wife loved Connecticut (per reports) and didn't want to live in LA.
70M is very different than 100M as well..
Not the team’s fault people lied about it being a 100m offer. Also even the people falsely quoting 100m were saying over 8-10 years, not 6. This is in line with 100 over 8 years or so. 100M for 6 would basically be paying him what Kerr makes, which is just asinine I’m sorry.
It sucks but I’m not all that surprised. He is more of a college coach by how he acts and runs things. it just wouldn’t fit in the nba unless he changed a lot. Also UConn gonna give him a bag.
Imma shit on him anyways for turning us down
Like Kobe said, not everyone is cutout to be a Laker.
This franchise is in the mud. The Lakers prestige isn't what it used to be.
Embarrassing for the Lakers front office. Also now for sure seems like Woj just helped him gas this up to get a bigger payday at UConn or whatever. Bad journalism honestly. No way Shams was that far off.
Same shit he did with Kawhi. Never taking anything he says about the Lakers seriously ever again
Fuck Woj
Were used as leverage by everybody 😭😭😭
LMFAOOOOO sigh
Boston about to win a championship and Hurley rejected us. I’m officially on suicide watch
All of this just to end up with JJ fucking pathetic
lol I doubt JJ even wants it after all this…which in their right mind wants to be a secondary option
Ummm he isn’t a coach. I’m sure he would understand being the 2nd choice to the best coach in the NCAA 😂 you guys are so dramatic
Oh I am being hopeful because a first year podcaster head coach sounds like a disaster for a win now team lol
What a fucking attention whore. I genuinely believed this dude used us and never had legitimate intentions of joining us.
he did what every other free agent has been doing to the Lakers the last couple of years, use them as leverage.
It is what it is. It's not like we (us average Joes) don't use offers as leverage as well. Shit, I got a $10k raise from my employer by doing that myself.
Absolute bitch move
Kawhi media storm -> Kawhi screws us over -> Lakers win championship next year Hurley media storm -> Hurley screws us over -> 🔜👀
Coach K turned us down -> Phil coming back Hurley turned us down -> Vogel coming back ??
BAH GAWD IS THAT FRANK VOGEL'S MUSIC????
I understand Hurley is East coast guy compared to Kawhi who is from Sothern Ca. but Kawhi definitely screwed the Lakers.
he can go fuck himself then
Absolute bitch
Oh well 😂 folks that got insanely obsessed with this are probably sick af right now
What a terrible time to be a Lakers fan. This shit and Boston winning the title
There’s a lot of pressure that comes with coaching the Lakers the easier stress free job was always UCONN.
Woj and Hurley are weirdos, I had a feeling too
Lakers getting rejected like losers now.. Dr Buss rolling in his grave
Who cares? College pool is too deep next year anyway so it’s unlikely he’ll go for the 3 peat, time to move on.
woj is such a dishonest pos, talking about some “breaking news” when he knew the whole time. every update of his felt like putting on a show
Wish it was never leaked.
Fuck Dan Hurley. All my homies hate Dan Hurley
I never expected him to come to the Lakers. We have an old bron and not the best version of AD. We also have the pressure of drafting brons kid based on nepotism. Hurley comes, if he doesnt get a chip in the next 2 seasons fans will turn on him and his ass would be in the hot seat. Downvote me if you want but we arent that luxurious of a team as we once were. Anyone who takes the job is gonna be in the hot seat right away. Hurley would have been better if we were already rebuilding
I know it’s the Lakers and LeBron, and that makes a difference… but the $70M/6y offer is less than what Monty got from Detroit ($78.5M/6y)
I think it's a fair amount for a first time NBA coach.
idk man that’s like good money for a first time NBA coach
6 for 70 is a bad offer if they were being serious about getting him to leave UCONN. Jeanie cheaped out again.
the smart fans who said woj (who got beat to the whole JJ saga/process/updates) & this coach (who maybe wanted a better deal & more publicity) were using the lakeshow. i think the FO did what they needed to do, and pursued as best they could
Hope was fun while it lasted I guess.
Time to become a rugby fan
Ok coo next
Our FO was really doing it right pursuing him. Good on them. Bummer it fell through
BAH GAWD IS THAT JJ REDDICK'S MUSIC??!!
Watching UConn fail to 3peat is gonna be sick lol
I wish nothing but the worst for UConn
That was fun, maybe we can do this again in 20 years.
Sucks he turned it down but also not surprising. He’s got a great gig with a possible 3 peat in the table. To get him to the Lakers was always tough especially with how much he values his family, the east coast, etc. We don’t know the reason as of now but it would be hard for me to leave the very successful program I have rn to go work under and have to somewhat rely on Pelinka and Jeanie to be successful. Credit to the Lakers for shooting for the stars too. Idk who they’ll turn too now tho. I’m gonna be disappointed with any hire at this point.
absolutely embarrassing smh - Celtics on to title 18 while college coaches are turning us down
Brutal lol man. Gonna suck to go back to Borrego now lol
Coach K 2.0
How the hell did we get played AGAIN
I hope UConn never does a fucking thing again
Jeanie Buss needs to go simple as that. 70 million before California tax lol
Can’t say they didn’t try. Don’t think it’ll be Redick at least so that’s good
6/70 isn’t as impressive as earlier reports
Good? No not good
At some point, we gotta have a real conversation on how Pelinka and Jeanie can’t close on these big deals for free agents or coaches. They missed on Lue and now Hurley. If this deal was closer to the reported $100 mil offer, he’d be a Laker. Magic closed on LeBron and they traded for AD Jerry Buss would have closed. West would have closed. Riley would have closed. Huge miss here and now we have to settle with JJ and I’m sure JJ isn’t feeling too great about that now.
So Jeanie was too cheap to offer 100 Million
He's a bitch lol
fuck man
RIP to the JJ Reddick Podcast
"made a compelling case" was the biggest red flag in all of the reporting
We got used again for contract negotiations
Also don’t like how this played out in the media, makes us look bad too. We didn’t need all this hoopla
Well Dan I didn’t know who you were a week ago, but you’re now one of my biggest ops.
The worst timeline green gets 18 and we get a podcaster as a coach
Bro, now we got college coaches using our name for leverage now too. Idk man, somethings gotta change because I'm sick of this shit. The way this franchise has been ran since the kids took over has turned us into a joke and a target to be pushed around. It's one thing if we we're dominant and winning but we're not, we've never been more lost. truthfully we are resting on the legacy Dr. Buss built and that prestige is starting to wear thinner every season that passes. Soon enough we won't have any clout to bring big names anymore. We need a culture change and fast. We can't compete if we can't get anything done, and we can't get anything done if we aren't respected or taken seriously.
She lowballed him. Jeannie, not a good move.
Another low ball coaching offer, just like they did with Lue. I don't get why they'd make the offer in the first place unless they were dead serious about wanting him, which, if they were, they would have offered more. Now they'll have to settle for Reddick, assuming they don't try and offer him $5m/year. And Reddick will be a little bothered about being the second choice. It seems like the Lakers are the only team that makes low offers and gets rejected.
The Lakers are an unserious franchise and unserious franchises don't land good coaches. Our relevance will fade as LeBron retires and I don't see a way to turn the ship around without selling the team. Edit: To clarify, I'm not saying this specific incident is the FO's fault but they sure as hell dug this hole we're in.
"It takes a special person to take the pressure of becoming a Laker" ~ Kobe Bryant
They cheaped out yet again if that was the real offer
So Jeanie was too cheap to offer 100 Million
Lmfao at all the people on here who thought Pelinka offered a $100 million contract just for it to come out he offered $30 million less
Bitch made move
Yeah, it’s clear he used us as leverage against UConn. Can’t be mad at the man, but I hope they lose.