With media day now over and training camp set to open, the Lakers season begins in earnest today. And while the focus is squarely on newest Laker LeBron James, it is the longest tenured Laker, head coach Luke Walton, who is in the crosshairs.
Hired just couple of months before Brandon Ingram was drafted, Luke Walton enters his 3rd season as Lakers steward with a revamped roster expected to compete at a level well beyond the 35 wins they scrapped to last season. The landing of James, additions of several other notable veterans, and retaining of the best of the team’s young prospects this summer demands a major leap forward.