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Woj says Lakers are planning to take a slow, patient approach to coaching search

Since Jeanie Buss took over the Lakers as team governor, the organization has taken its time with two of its three coaching searches. They waited four months (and three job interviews) before hiring Byron Scott after the dismissal of Mike D’Antoni, and while they only took five days between firing Scott and hiring Luke Walton, that was in part because Walton was heavily in demand for several open jobs and they wanted to make sure they locked in the former Lakers role player.

When they let Walton go, however, they took nearly a month before they agreed to terms with Frank Vogel, which came about three days after their negotiations with Tyronn Lue went up in flames.