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“LeBum Will Ruin Him”: NBA Fans Go Wild as LeBron James’ Former Teammate Rejects Lakers Head Coaching Job

Published 05/23/2022, 12:53 AM EDT

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The Los Angeles Lakers are in full swing to find a head coach for LeBron James and crew. They have been conducting interviews for some time now and have called in over a dozen candidates. The Lakers have even called in Phil Jackson to help out in finding a new head coach. However, not all the candidates are excited about coaching the Lakers as one candidate rejected even an interview with the team.

And that is no one other than Juwan Howard, the coach of Michigan. The Lakers reached out to Howard but he said that he was not interested in pursuing the opportunity. This was surprising that he chose to decline as he had played with LeBron James and won titles with him. He even spent some time with the Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka and it seemed like a natural fit. Instead, he chose to remain at Michigan where he will coach both his sons next season.

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NBA Fans go nuts as a former teammate of LeBron rejects the Lakers Head Coach job

The NBA fans went beserk to see that Howard rejected the chance to coach the Lakers. It would have been fine if he attended the interview and then rejected it, but not even coming for an interview was very surprising. But this didn’t matter to the fans who mercilessly trolled LeBron and the Lakers. Here are the best reactions;

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The Lakers have reportedly shortlisted three candidates

Even though the Lakers have called in over a dozen candidates, they have reportedly shortlisted three. And those three are Bucks assistant Darvin Ham, Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson and former Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts.

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Darvin Ham has never been a head coach but he is very well respected in the league. Terry Stotts has been out of a job but he led the Trailblazers to the playoffs for 8 straight years. Kenny Atkinson was the coach of the Brooklyn Nets and he was an integral part of their revival. Whoever gets the Lakers job will have their hands full as they need to deal with three superstars. More importantly, they need to find a way to fit Russell Westbrook in the lineup.

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Vishwesha Kumar is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. Holder of a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Vishwesha has been writing content for about 3 years now. He has been following the NBA for nearly 10 years, since first starting off in the year 2012.
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Ankit Sharma