Rumors of the Los Angeles Lakers looking to pursue Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau to replace the still employed Byron Scott for their head coaching position swirled Wednesday. Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak, a man who would presumably know about such matters, called in to Bill Reiter's radio show Thursday to issue a strong denial of those reports:
Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak addressed the rumored interest in Tom Thibodeau on @sportsreiter's radio show: pic.twitter.com/IpUNJkFZzs
— Sean Highkin (@highkin) May 21, 2015
Rumor refutation does not get much more direct than that.