The Los Angeles Lakers fulfilled their first major task of the offseason when they fired head coach Byron Scott and replaced him with Golden State Warriors assistant coach Luke Walton last week. Next on their to-do list is finding out if they will keep or retain their top-three protected first round pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, and then the team must turn their efforts to free agency.
Walton had some interesting things to say about the latter during his first comments to the media following the announcement he would take over the Lakers last Friday.