Apparently Lakers Head Coaching Vacancy Isn’t Worth $70 million

Is LeBron James’s constant meddling making candidates uneasy?

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Dan Hurley turned down tens of millions of dollars to coach Los Angeles Lakers. AP

The Los Angeles Lakers’ search for a head coach is unraveling into a calamity after Dan Hurley elected to remain at the University of Connecticut for half the $70 million the storied franchise reportedly offered him to jump to the NBA.

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