John Lucas III has joined the Lakers‘ coaching staff, tweets Dave McMenamin of ESPN. The team plans to have him work with player development and serve as a “voice in the locker room,” according to Kyle Goon of The Orange County Register (Twitter link).
Lucas, 38, has previous coaching experience with the Timberwolves, serving as an assistant under Tom Thibodeau from 2017-19. He was in a player development role in Minnesota and was the head coach of the Wolves’ Summer League team.
Before that, Lucas played eight NBA seasons with the Rockets, Bulls, Raptors, Jazz, Pistons and Timberwolves and spent time overseas and in the G League as well. His father, John Lucas II, is currently a player development coach with Houston and has had a long career as an NBA coach.
The Lakers had two openings this summer on Frank Vogel’s staff when Jason Kidd left to become head coach of the Mavericks and Lionel Hollins wasn’t re-signed after his contract expired. David Fizdale previously agreed to fill one of those openings. L.A’s other assistants are Phil Handy, Miles Simon, Mike Penberthy and Quinton Crawford.
It was obv ever since he was are OK St with Tony Allen & company that he was gonna be a coach. He just has that type of demeanor
You forgot about David Fizdale.
Vogel needs to offer asst job to terry stotts.. fizdale and vogel are defensive minded coaches. Stotts offenses are top 5 every year.. not only in portland but ran Dallas offense when they won their ring.. Hollins and Kidd were former head coaches as assts.. replaced by Lucas and fizdale and moved penberthy up in coaching chart.. they need stotts
I think Lucas the 3rd will do great for the Lakers if LBJ allows it to happen. Otherwise, Lucas is going to look silly and thrown under the bus. It seems to be a natural trend when LBJ is calling the shots
you have no idea what you are talking about!
Of course I do. AARP is sponsoring the Lakers this year and will be known as their Golden Membership Squad.
Pirates, tell me in what place the Pittsburgh NBA franchise finished last year?
Hahaha,the AARP BS is getting old already. When the AARP team wins the title what would you say next…oh they had a bunch of ALL Stars!!
Lucas is a good choice, smart player with defensive acumen and will help them regain defensive form that was somewhat lost last season.