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Sources: Lakers preparing massive offer to UConn's Dan HurleAccording to sources who spoke with ESPN, the Los Angeles Lakers are preparing a significant, long-term contract offer to lure back-to-back NCAA national champion Dan Hurley as the franchise's next coach.

The Lakers have had fundamental contact with Hurley and the sides are wanting to raise conversations before long, sources told ESPN. According to sources, the Lakers have conducted in-depth interviews with a number of other candidates, but Hurley has been at the forefront of the search since the beginning.

According to sources, Hurley's dominant program and the storied Lakers brand will be formally discussed by Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka and governor Jeanie Buss. Hurley's program is built on his tactical acumen and elite player development.y

According to sources, Hurley's dominant program and the storied Lakers brand will be formally discussed by Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka and governor Jeanie Buss. Hurley's program is built on his tactical acumen and elite player development.

According to sources, Hurley, 51, has frequently talked about his desire to one day coach in the NBA. He has also told the Lakers that he wants to learn everything he can about working with one of basketball's most successful teams.

According to sources, Hurley informed UConn players at Thursday's practice that the Lakers had contacted him and that he was listening to what they had to say.

On the 20th anniversary of the Lakers' attempt in 2004 to sign then-Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski to a contract that broke all records, the team is looking for Hurley. Krzyzewski chose to stay with the Blue Devils, but college sports have undergone significant change. For non-power-football schools like UConn, the demands of NIL fundraising are particularly arduous and are anticipated to become even more challenging.

LeBron James has been impressed by Hurley's sophisticated offensive actions in relation to the Lakers' stars. Expecting James gets back to L.A. in free organization, the chance of involving the 55th pick in the current month's NBA draft on USC first year recruit watch Bronny James makes Hurley a considerably seriously captivating applicant. James will have the opportunity to play with his son if that takes place, and Hurley and his staff will be in charge of Bronny's professional development.

James wrote about Hurley on X in response to an interview with JJ Redick on a podcast: " He is so amazing!!! together with his workers. incredibly inventive in their [attack]. Love it."

A person who is familiar with the situation told ESPN's Dave McMenamin on Thursday that James

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has not spoken with the Lakers about Hurley, Redick, or the coaching search in general. James has made it clear through his representatives that the Lakers should do what is best for the organization and that he is aware and respectful of the fact that the Lakers need to choose a coach who will stay with the team after he finishes playing basketball.

According to sources, the Lakers have interviewed multiple candidates, including Redick, Boston Celtics assistant Sam Cassell, New Orleans Pelicans assistant James Borrego, and Denver Nuggets assistant David Adelman. The possibility of landing Hurley has been the focus of the Lakers' search, according to sources. The Lakers have continued having conversations with other potential candidates over the past few weeks.

The shifting landscape of NBA roster building under the collective bargaining agreement is one reason Hurley is so appealing. Due to the program building impediments of the new second cover, the capacity of enormous market groups to develop battling programs by exchanging numerous draft picks and youthful players for a third headliner has to a great extent been dispensed with. Past the seventeenth pick in the current month's draft, the Lakers have a youthful center of Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura and Max Christie that administration accepts can in any case show much more prominent improvement under Hurley's training, sources said.