Dan Hurley Turns Down Lakers, Stays at UConn. Where Did the Lakers Go Wrong?

t was going to be a big Monday one way or another, but it went the wrong way for the Lakers. UConn head coach Dan Hurley will remain UConn head coach. He turned down an offer from the Lakers reported to be worth $70 million over six years.

That's a lot of money, no doubt, but was it the right offer for this situation? Or even close?

A very solid argument can be made the Lakers decided to play a hand that required them to go all in, to use the poker parlance, but were only willing to push in 75% of their chips. A move this bold required EVERYTHING to be bold, from the concept to the offer. Now maybe Hurley still would have said no—in the poker analogy, they go all in and still lose the hand—but how you play the hand matters, and just as critically, the downstream impact of losing out on Hurley would look a lot different.

What does this say about the way the Lakers operate? How much could this news impact the search that is now ongoing?

Does this make it harder for them to hire JJ Redick, if that's the next target? Does it make the job less appealing for Redick?

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: Hurley says "no thanks."

SEGMENT 2: Did the Lakers come with the right offer?

SEGMENT 3: What happens now?

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