While Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton has received public support from owner Jeanie Buss, president of basketball operations Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka, his tenure with the franchise could be coming to an abrupt end.
With the Lakers’ playoff drought extended to a sixth straight season, the expectation is Johnson will part ways with Walton, a head coach he did not hire. Rumblings of Johnson and Pelinka wishing to hire their own coach date back to last year.
Johnson’s fiery meeting with Walton early in the season sparked speculation that the third-year head coach could be on shaky footing if the team failed to right the ship.