Lakers Assistants Looking Elsewhere

First of all, yes, Los Angeles Lakers’ Lamar Odom’s shoulder surgery was a success. Now, moving on to the holistic surgery of the team. There’s been a lot of movement suggesting that the Lakers will need to doctor their coaching staff soon. The Seattle Supersonics and Sacramento Kings requested permission from the Lakers to meet with coach Kurt Rambis for the position of head coach. Rambis has been contributing as assistant coach for nine seasons with the Lakers. And Jim Cleamons is in the middle of an interview process with the Supersonics. Cleamons is on his second go around with the Lakers, and has previous head coach experience with the Dallas Mavericks from 1996-98. In addition, Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw interviewed in Indianapolis on Tuesday for the open coaching position with the Indiana Pacers. Shaw has been assisting the Lakers since the middle of the 2004-2005 season. Shaw was also a Laker himself during their three-peat championship streak from 2000-2002. Shaw is also being interviewed by the Sacramento Kings. These coaching position talks are definitely still in the preliminary phase, pending the hiring on of other positions and some repositioning of staff on the other teams. Positions are still being juggled, so it will be interesting to see where everyone falls into place. Get your Los Angeles Lakers tickets today.

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