Lakers get permission to interview Spurs assistant Ettore Messina: The man has seemingly accomplished everything in basketball. Ettore Messina has coached countless championship teams. Plenty consider him to have one of the most intelligent minds in the sports. Yet, Messina still has not become an NBA head coach. Perhaps his chance has come. The Lakers recently received permission from the San Antonio Spurs to interview Messina for their vacant head-coaching position, this newspaper has confirmed. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Lakers’ Jeanie Buss says front office will be judged by “wins and losses”: The ticking clock has sounded louder and louder.