OAKLAND >> A faint but familiar thumping leaked through the closed doors of the Golden State Warriors practice Saturday. Strains of a melody followed. When the door cracked open, Warriors assistant Jarron Collins' grinning face popped out, a torrent of sound escaped and the hallway was treated to Randy Newman's 1983 soft rock jam, "I Love L.A."
A day earlier, Walton had accepted the Lakers' offer to become the Lakers' next head coach.The day before that, Thursday, Walton exited a hotel at Oakland's Jack London Square, confident about the six-hour interview he had just given Lakers executives Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak, but with no idea how quickly the organization he played eight-plus seasons with was looking to act.Pumpin' music and other things Luke Walton plans to adopt to the Lakers from the Warriors
