'Dan Hurley just used and abused the Los Angeles Lakers.' — Skip on Hurley deciding to stay at UConn

Speaking of cons, UConn coach Dan Hurley just took the Lakers to school, Just took the Lakers for a ride, just took the Lakers to the cleaners and then to the bank. Dan Hurley just used and abused the Los Angeles freaking Lakers, the Lakers of Magic and Kareem and Shaq and Kobe and even LeBron and AD used and abused those Lakers. Somewhere Doctor Jerry Buss has to be spinning in his grave. It has come to this. But Darvingham was fired. He was scapegoated by LeBron and Anthony Davis. I think both turned on him. Then the mudslinging started and I started to read that Darvingham didn't work hard enough. He didn't put in enough hours. Could have fooled me, but that's what happens. Then a whole month passed as the search ground on for his replacement and I read that the Los Angeles Lakers had twice interviewed James Borrego. I like James Borrego. He was one of the right hands to Greg Popovich for many years in San Antonio, coach for a while. And Charlotte, it failed because Charlotte always fails, but he's pretty good and very experienced at what he does. But I continue to read over that long month rising speculation that the odds on favorite to be the next Laker coach was, as you've heard many times, JJ Reddick. JJ Reddick with zero coaching experience. Next Lakers coach. Yeah, just a week ago, the great Shams reported that the Lakers had, and I, quote, zeroed in on UN quote, JJ Reddick. And then came the Woj bomb. Dan Hurley was on his way to LA to hear the Lakers pitch and according to Woj Adrian Wojnarowski, the Lakers were preparing a quote, UN quote a massive offer for Dan Hurley. Massive offer? What? Lowe's reported that Dan Hurley has always had his eye on the NBA. It's always been his ambition, if not his dream, to coach in the NBA. And why not the mighty Lakers? Then somebody reported, maybe it was Woj, that the Lakers had been focused on Dan Hurley from the start of their search all the way back a month ago. Focused on Dan Hurley. What I called BS on that. That did not pass my smell test. If they had truly zeroed in on Dan Hurley from the start, the Los Angeles Lakers would have gone after Dan Hurley from the start. His season was obviously way over. And if they had decided to fire Darvingham and hire Dan Hurley from the start, they would have quietly come to some sort of agreement with Dan Hurley. Very quietly, very privately. Hope to keep it out of the news so that they could announce him a couple of days after Darvenham had been fired.