Coaches who know the Lakers’ players and staff well caution those who underestimate the ability of LeBron James and Frank Vogel to salvage this season.
LOS ANGELES — It’s been the motto of the Lakers during their struggles in recent weeks: Don’t stop believing.
Recently, that’s been colored in part by coaches who know the Lakers’ players and staff well. So maybe Clippers coach Tyronn Lue was feeling a little nostalgia when he spoke about facing the Lakers – and LeBron James, whom he coached in Cleveland – for the fourth time this season. While it’s common for coaches to be cautiously generous in their assessments of opponents, Dallas coach Jason Kidd’s words came from a particularly personal place. Kidd spent two seasons as Lakers coach Frank Vogel’s lead assistant, including the 2020 championship season, and his years with L.A. helped vault him to his third head coaching job. Kidd joked that Vogel was his “bigger brother” before noting that he’s actually older than Vogel.
“Sometimes players don’t want to hear the truth, but they respect you as time goes on,” Kidd said. “Understanding when you’re honest with them, even if they don’t like it, you tend to get a better result. And so those are some of the things I picked up from Frank, but I would be here all day telling you the other things.”
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