Dan Hurley Turns Down The Lakers Low Ball Offer

The Sports Junkies

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🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The Sports Junkies break down Dan Hurley's decision to decline the Lakers offer to become their head coach.

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0:00.0	So Dan Hurley turns down the LA Lakers,
0:03.8	according to Woj, quote,
0:06.2	massive offer.
0:07.9	Do we criticize Woj a little bit
0:09.6	because the offer apparently wasn't that massive?
0:12.4	When I hear massive, I feel like you're resetting like the NBA coaching market.
0:16.4	Well, maybe Woj was just told by the Lakers it was going to be, he didn't know what the actual
0:20.1	offer was.
0:21.1	It's a lot of money.
0:22.1	It would have been the fifth highest in the
0:24.0	NBA. Yeah I think it's pretty massive like are you gonna pay a guy who hasn't
0:28.8	coached a game in the NBA more than Steve Kerr you You might, and Greg Popovich?
0:33.7	If you want to pry him away from Yukon
0:35.5	and get him to leave a great situation,
0:37.2	you may have to pay him more.
0:38.2	But I think it's a pretty massive offer.
0:39.9	It's almost double what he was making at Yukon. But maybe it was beyond just the annual salary.
0:47.0	Maybe it was control. Maybe he wanted more control. I just don't think he's ready to go to the
0:52.3	NBA. I think he talked about this before any of these offers came in that it's something he's intrigued by down the road, but I just don't think he's at that point in life.
1:03.4	Right.
1:04.4	I think that's exactly right.
1:05.4	And that's why my instinct was.
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