Gilbert Arenas Uses Jonathan Frakes Meme to Back Dan Hurley’s Appointment as Lakers HC Over JJ Redick

Trikansh Kher | 06/06/2024
Gilbert Arenas Uses Jonathan Frakes Meme to Back Dan Hurley’s Appointment as Lakers HC Over JJ Redick

Major developments seem to be underway in the City of Angles. Allegedly, the Los Angeles Lakers are pursuing UConn head coach, Dan Hurley, for the team’s head coaching position. The Huskies head coach rose to fame after he recently led a previously struggling UConn programme to back-to-back national championships, making him one of the most sought-after basketball coaches globally.

While the NBA world tries to speculate on the terms of Hurley’s deal with the Lakers, former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas took the opportunity to troll his friend and ESPN analyst, JJ Redick, who was the frontrunner for the position before Hurley.

Taking to X, Arenas posted a Jonathan Frakes “You are wrong” meme, showing his support for Hurley’s appointment while making it clear that fans speculating about Redick’s appointment are simply “wrong”.

No surprise that Gilbert Arenas isn’t backing his friend in his pursuit of becoming an NBA coach, at least not for the Lakers, as he wants them to pick up a legacy coach this time around, and not another rookie. Talking about it further on his show, Gils Arena, the former Washington Wizard said,

“Why is the Laker job the starting kit for everybody’s career? This is supposed to be where we get the Mayweathers today, we dont want Mayweather going 0-0 and 1-0, let’s get the great one.”

The Lakers will surely have a great coach if they manage to land Hurley during this offseason. While things are still developing by the hour, LeBron James will have until June 29, to decide if he wants to opt into his player option or not, and with his son Bronny James still on the draft board, it will be interesting to see if the signing of Hurley pans out or not.

Woj talks about negotiations between Hurley and the Lakers

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was among the first to break the news of Dan Hurley’s possibly signing to the Lakers. With a few hours having passed since the news broke, the veteran reporter was back with another crucial piece of information. On ESPN, Woj wrote about the Lakers’ situation with Hurley,

“The Los Angeles Lakers are targeting UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley as the franchise’s next coach and are preparing a massive, long-term contract offer to bring the back-to-back NCAA national champion to the NBA.”

Wojnarowski further reported that the Lakers have already interviewed a plethora of candidates for the role but have made it clear that Hurley will definitely be the team’s front-runner for the position as things stand.

The two sides will reportedly escalate their discussions and negotiations over the coming days, as the Lakers GM Rob Pelinka and Governor Jeanie Buss are reportedly eager to discuss Hurley’s plans for the team.

Post Edited By: Hitesh Nigam
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Trikansh Kher

Trikansh Kher is a writer at The Sports Rush. A lawyer by education, Trikansh has always been around sports. As a young track athlete Trikansh was introduced to basketball through 'street ball' mixtapes. He was hooked and it has been 'ball is life' ever since. Trikansh is a designer by profession, but couldn't keep away from basketball. A regular on the blacktop, his love for the game goes further than just hooping. If Trikansh isn't going through box scores for last night's game, you can find him in his studio working on his designs or playing squash at the local club.

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