Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic <\/p>\n
The Lakers missed out on their guy. <\/p>\n
Dan Hurley decided Monday to remain at UConn and not take Los Angeles\u2019 offer to become the next head coach of the team despite a six-year, $70 million contract offer, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n
Hurley, 51, told ESPN on Sunday that the Lakers made a \u201ccompelling case\u201d and that he was \u201cextremely impressed\u201d with owner Jeanie Buss and GM Rob Pelinka.<\/p>\n
The reigning two-time national champion met with the Lakers in Los Angeles on Friday, and Saturday night he attended the Billy Joel concert at MSG with wife Andrea and UConn assistant Luke Murray.<\/p>\n
The decision comes after the Lakers fired Darvin Ham following just two seasons at the helm, the latter of which saw the team get eliminated in the first round of the NBA playoffs. <\/p>\n
Ham was the Lakers\u2019 seventh head coach since Phil Jackson retired after the 2010-11 season. <\/p>\n
None have lasted more than three seasons.<\/p>\n
Initial reports indicated the Lakers were targeting ESPN NBA analyst JJ Redick, who has no professional coaching experience, to give the team more stability on the bench.<\/p>\n
The Athletic\u2019s Shams Charania reported the Lakers were \u201czeroing in\u201d on the ex-NBA guard as the front-runner for the job. <\/p>\n
Redick, coincidentally enough, co-hosts a podcast with Lakers star LeBron James.<\/p>\n
But ESPN\u2019s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Hurley \u2014 the two-time NCAA Tournament-winning coach \u2014 has been the Lakers\u2019 target since the beginning of the job search.<\/p>\n
The NBA insider reported Pelinka and Buss have shared a high level of excitement for the UConn coach, as they believe Hurley has impressive player development tools in his arsenal.<\/p>\n
James also has been impressed with Hurley.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s so DAMN GOOD!!! Along with his staff. Super creative with their O! Love it,\u201d the four-time NBA champion wrote on X in April.<\/p>\n
Hurley, after his first national title win, inked a $32.1 million contract extension with UConn that runs through 2029.<\/p>\n
In an interview in 2023 shortly after that victory, Hurley said that he had to focus on himself and his coaching before thinking about moving to the game\u2019s highest level.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is something I aspire to down the road,\u201d he said on Barstool\u2019s \u201cPardon My Take\u201d podcast last April.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s so DAMN GOOD!!! Along with his staff. Super creative with their O! Love it\u2014 LeBron James (@KingJames) April 19, 2024<\/p>\n
Following his national title victory over Purdue this past season, Hurley shot down any rumors he would take Kentucky\u2019s open job after John Calipari left for Arkansas.<\/p>\n
Hurley getting courted by the Lakers mirrors the experience Rick Pitino had in 1997 when he left Kentucky for the Celtics after reaching consecutive championship games with the Wildcats, winning once.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I had to do it all over again, I\u2019d probably never leave Kentucky,\u201d Pitino said in March. \u201cDick Vitale, every time I speak to him, says, \u2018If you would have stayed at Kentucky, you\u2019d have more wins than any coach.\u2019 And you think back on that. \u2026 It was worth the experience. But if I had to do it all over again, [if] I had a choice, I probably would have stayed in Kentucky.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pitino told The Post on Friday in Saratoga that he did not think Hurley would go to the NBA.<\/p>\n
The Huskies are now trying to become just the second team in Division I men\u2019s basketball history to win three straight championships.<\/p>\n
The Lakers, on the other hand, are looking to hold the Larry O\u2019Brien Trophy for the first time since the 2020 bubble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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