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Things arent’t looking good the LeBron-less LA Lakers right now
Many fans are already calling for the firing of head coach Luke Walton after last night’s embarrassing 108-86 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves which dropped the Lakers to 1-5 without LeBron this season.
I’m usually a Luke Walton apologist, but he was so, so bad tonight.
— Christian Rivas (@RadRivas) January 5, 2019
Fire Luke Walton.
— MAMBAIN™ (@IWILLW1N) January 7, 2019
(How does Thibodeau gets fire before Luke Walton???) Timberwolves fired Thibodeau. Why now? https://t.co/zxCIhkpr58
— Cook (@crookitman) January 7, 2019
@Lakers & @MagicJohnson need to fire Luke Walton. Please.. its been 3 years. Look at Sixers, look at other teams like denver or miami with less superstars. This time its not the players its the coach
— Mang Tomas taga (@tagapuna_julyet) January 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/AbrahamHaji/status/1082089928304091136
Fire Luke Walton 2019 @Lakers
— CHEF BIG HUNT 🥩🥂🍤 (@BigHunt_52_TTU) January 7, 2019
Kobe Bryant, who played with Walton in the 00’s, came out on Twitter to support his former teammate.
Relax. Entire squad is damn near out. Were playing pretty well before that #gethealthy #lakerfam https://t.co/ZvYYIxmY4R
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 7, 2019
It doesn’t seem like the Lakers are thinking about firing as of yet but if they miss out on the playoffs I’m not sure he makes another season with the team.
Yes, those were a bad couple of losses by the Lakers. But with LeBron + scorers out w/ injuries, from what I gather this isn’t falling on Luke Walton as far as management is concerned.
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) January 6, 2019