Coach K swears off the Lakers
Remove this name from the list of potential Lakers coaches in waiting:
The Duke coach said at his annual summer meeting with reporters that he would not be the coach of the Lakers.
Not next year if Lakers Coach Phil Jackson were to retire.
Not ever.
Krzyzewski, who was coach of the U.S. men's team that won gold at the Beijing Olympics, said he wouldn't leave Duke "until I leave coaching." The coach made about $3.6 million from Duke last year -- a $1.4 million raise from the previous year.
Kobe Bryant has talked often about how much he admires the Blue Devils' coach and the Lakers took a run at Krzyzewski at least once before, in 2004.
Krzyzewski's pronouncement, if he stays with it, is good news for hopefuls such as Kurt Rambis, Brian Shaw and Byron Scott.
-- Mike Hiserman
Photo: USA's head coach Mike Krzyzewski kisses the crowd after his team defeated Spain and won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Photo credit: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times.
Coach K needs the Lakers more than the Lakers need Coach K. The Lakers don't this scrub. Phil Jackson > x1000 Coack K
Posted by: jon | June 30, 2009 at 03:23 PM
Who really cares if Coach "K" is interested in the Laker coaching job or not. We have plenty of good people should Coach Jackson decide to call it a career. Besides Coach "K" has flirted with a number of teams then decided he wanted to stay in college. Fine, let him stay. Who even knows if his coaching style would work in the NBA anyway. In case one didn't know, there is a HUGE difference between winning in college and then coaching or playing in the NBA with the big boys. The only college coach that I ever would have felt comfortable with had he switched from college to the pros was bless him, John Wooden. The rest, who cares.
Posted by: BrianK | July 01, 2009 at 12:55 AM