One of the major storylines for the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2019 NBA offseason was their botched head coaching search.
After parting ways with former head coach Luke Walton, the Lakers looked to former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue and Philadelphia 76ers assistant coach Monty Williams as two main candidates. But once Williams went to the Phoenix Suns and the Lakers and Lue couldn’t agree to contract terms, they reset their search and quickly landing on former Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel.
The narrative that began spilling out was the Lakers wanted Williams the most out of anyone, but he spurned the Lakers in order to choose the Suns.