As the 2024 NBA Draft takes place on Wednesday and Thursday, the Los Angeles Lakers are expected to explore at least one trade opportunity that could take them from being a solid playoff team to a championship-caliber one.
But at the same time, they still have the task of filling out the staff of new head coach JJ Redick.
Redick has said he wants at least a couple of former head coaches to be on his staff. Several names have come up as possible candidates, and according to NBA insider Marc Stein, two new names can be added to the list: Dwane Casey and Jacque Vaughn.
“The Lakers are still searching for former head coaches to join JJ Redick’s coaching staff,” Stein wrote. “Among the names they are said to have pursued: Dwane Casey (who moved into a front office role in Detroit after coaching the Pistons for five seasons through 2022-23) and Jacque Vaughn (who was fired by the Nets after just a year-plus in charge in February).”
Casey first became a head coach during the 2005-06 season for the Minnesota Timberwolves. He’s best known for being at the helm of the Toronto Raptors for seven seasons beginning in the 2011-12 campaign.
Vaughn, meanwhile, was a head coach for the Orlando Magic and had two separate stints in that capacity with the Nets. He just happens to be a native of the Southland, as he attended John Muir High School in Pasadena.