Welcome to the portion of the season where members of the Los Angeles Lakers leak issues they have with their coworkers! First, we heard about how Luke Walton wasn’t happy with the way the front office handled free agency, and now it’s come to light that the front office isn’t happy with the way Walton built out his own staff.
According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, either Magic Johnson, Rob Pelinka or others from the front office think Walton should have employed someone to help him learn on the job as a head coach in the NBA:
Walton is certainly not blameless in the Lakers’ struggles.