[Wojnarowski] Connecticut’s Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers’ six-year, $70 million offer and will return to chase a third straight national title, sources tell ESPN. LA would’ve made him one of NBA’s six highest paid coaches.
BREAKING: Connecticut’s Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers’ six-year, $70 million offer and will return to chase a third straight national title, sources tell ESPN. LA would’ve made him one of NBA’s six highest paid coaches. pic.twitter.com/hEXo3o00SR
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 10, 2024
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LMAO nobody saving that team
Celtics on their way to title 18 and coaches turning their team down
Lakers fans are down bad right now
“Blocked by Redick”
He’s never leaving the east coast
Dan Hurley is an official Laker hater legend
lmaoooo
Lakers taking L’s left and right this postseason.
We’re cooked 💀
That’s a lower number than reported, not surprised he turned it down.
Now we need JJ to turn it down too. And then LA announces Bronny James will be the new head coach for next year and all will be right with the world
Celtics fans been eating the last 24 hours
I never wanted him as a coach anyways… 😭
This feels like the funniest possible outcome.
Goddamn 70M for 6 years, and you’re probably not even gonna stick around for all 6 of them. That’s pretty hard to turn down.
Yea, I understand turning down 70, can get around that amount in college.. 100M would’ve def got him tho.
Turning down a 100% increase in your salary is actually kind of insane. I guess money isn’t everything
Lmao that’s crazy.
Now watch Jeanie and Rob go back to JJ again asking him to coach the team.
But honestly though this is pretty incredible. The most storied franchise in the history of the NBA, a chance to coach LeBron James and AD and a team with championship expectation and Dan decided “Nah, I’d rather win another NCAA title.”
Either he thinks the organisation is beyond dysfunctional and there’s a chance Bron leaves at any time, or he thinks he’s not ready to deal with a team with Bron and the championship expectations immediately. Both of which are sensible reasons, but the money and opportunity most would have said yes.
Back to shitty candidates who now know that they weren’t the first choice lol. 🪦
That’s not a serious offer. If the lakers really wanted Hurley they wouldn’t have offered one 6yr/70.
They could afford to offer 14-15m and put him in the top 4 of coaches paid. He didn’t need to leave and his family doesn’t want to leave. Gotta shock em
Lakers you WILL enjoy the JJ Redick experience
LMFAOOOOO
It’s just basketball
It’s just basketball
It’s just basketball
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he knows how toxic laker fans are to its coaches
No shit. Win another at Uconn, and you get a statue, on campus god for life.
Sign with the Lakers, you get 6 yrs 70 million, and fired after 3 months by Lebron and Co. Nah. He’s smart.
He can stay at UCONN for 20 years if he wants, like Jim Calhoun.
If he’s going to give up one of the best coaching jobs in college basketball to go to the NBA then it damn well better be a secure position. Which rules out the Lakers and the Suns.
HAHAHAHAHA dude is too loyal and probably got paid even more by UConn’s boosters.