crzymdups wrote:Last thought on this: If Kerr and Walton are part of Phil's coaching tree, why did both of them turn him down?

Kerr went for a much better roster. Walton? Not so much. Lakers are a mess. Phil couldn't sell the Knicks and KP to Walton?

fishmike wrote:

crzymdups wrote:Last thought on this: If Kerr and Walton are part of Phil's coaching tree, why did both of them turn him down?

Kerr went for a much better roster. Walton? Not so much. Lakers are a mess. Phil couldn't sell the Knicks and KP to Walton?

good questions. We can only wonder

put this in one of the other million threads on Walton:

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15433615/luke-walton-homecoming-move-dysfunctional-lakers

It's probably the only job he would've left Golden State for. Yes, he planned to interview elsewhere for the experience. You never know if one of those jobs would've piqued his interest. But being head coach of the Lakers has been his dream ever since Phil Jackson used to let him sit in on coaches meetings when he was a role player for the franchise from 2003-11.