If you were handcrafting a head coach candidate to be someone Lakers fans would hate, there’d be a number of qualities they would need to have.
For one, they’d have to have a connection to the Boston Celtics, the team’s long-hated rivals. Bonus points if they won a championship in Boston, and further points if it came against the Los Angeles Lakers. Repeated match-ups with the Lakers in the Finals are a points multiplier.
Perhaps they’d also have a connection to the Los Angeles Clippers, the annoying little brother that has grown up and started pounding his chest and flexing his muscle without much substance to their braggadocio, but remains a nuisance nonetheless.