Lakersi uručili otkaz treneru, a on već u razgovorima za novi posao

Nakon što su Sacramento Kingsi otpustili svog trenera, danas su istim putem krenuli i Los Angeles Lakersi. Luke Walton više nije trener popularnog kluba te će tako Lakersi osim nasljednika za Magica Johnsona morati pronaći i zamjenu za Waltona.

Klub se oglasio preko svog službenog Twitter profila.

„Los Angeles Lakersi i Luke Walton sporazumno su odlučili otići svatko svojim putem“, stoji u objavi, a GM Rob Pelinka je dodao: „Želimo zahvaliti Lukeu za njegovoj posvećenoj službi u posljednje tri godine. Želimo njemu i njegovoj obitelji sve najbolje u budućnosti“.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Los Angeles Lakers and Luke Walton have mutually agreed to part ways.<br><br>&quot;We would like to thank Luke for his dedicated service over the last three years,&quot; said General Manager Rob Pelinka. &quot;We wish Luke and his family the best of luck moving forward.&quot;<a href="https://t.co/3cgU3WPgnJ">https://t.co/3cgU3WPgnJ</a></p>&mdash; Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/1116793500001980417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2019</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Steve Kerr on the Lakers firing Luke Walton: “They lost one of the best human beings in the NBA.” <a href="https://t.co/VFEhtgwN4U">pic.twitter.com/VFEhtgwN4U</a></p>&mdash; Logan Murdock (@loganmmurdock) <a href="https://twitter.com/loganmmurdock/status/1116797693966241792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2019</a></blockquote>

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Međutim, Walton bi mogao ekspresno pronaći novi posao. Kako prenosi novinar New York Timesa, Marc Stein, Sacramento je već kontaktirao Waltona te bi uskoro s njim trebali odraditi razgovor za novi angažman. Osim toga, uprava Kingsa je zatražila i dozvolu od San Antonio Spursa za razgovor sa Ettoreom Messinom, pomoćnikom Gregga Popovicha.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Kings have formally requested an interview with Luke Walton, as <a href="https://twitter.com/sam_amick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sam_amick</a> just tweeted, and also intend to request permission from the Spurs to interview San Antonio assistant coach Ettore Messina, according to league sources</p>&mdash; Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1116798247253811202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2019</a></blockquote>

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