Luke Walton
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Sep 20, 2026
MattHOST
Also, we need to talk about the NBA.
MattHOST
Luke Walton? He's out there.
MattHOST
We need to talk about what the NBA did for those releases that were fashionable.
MattHOST
They were awful.
Chris McGeeHOST
This is a little Laker related.
Chris McGeeHOST
I am just laying it to Luke Walton and two leagues.
Mike TrudellHOST
In two d-
Chris McGeeHOST
I mean, just two different leagues.
James HamHOST
Uh, that's where he was with Nick Nurse.
James HamHOST
Um, I'm not sure if he's still there or not, but anyway, he's the-- when he was in Sacramento with Luke Walton, he's the stacking days guy.
James HamHOST
So if you remember stacking days or stacking days, okay, that's Rico, Rico Hines, right? Uh, he has hosted NBA players and NBA hopeful, hopefuls on the campus of UCLA for a long time, a couple of decades now.
James HamHOST
UCLA players get to, UCLA players, there we go, uh, get a shot to test their mettle against real pros, including this season against a lot of the Kings' young players.
Olgun UlucHOST
Yeah.
Richard JeffersonGUEST
And I say that my best friend and roommate, Luke Walton-
Olgun UlucHOST
Yeah
Richard JeffersonGUEST
... uh, was, uh, an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors.
Michael FunchesPANELIST
This former Laker coach is known to take pitcher's shirtless with our host, Gieter.
Michael FunchesPANELIST
Is it A, Luke Walton, or B, Paul Westhead?
Mike TrudellHOST
Luke Walton.
Michael FunchesPANELIST
Luke Walton.
Michael FunchesPANELIST
Will, Will.
Michael FunchesPANELIST
Luke Walton.
Michael FunchesPANELIST
Okay, yeah.
Michael FunchesPANELIST
I was hoping one of you guys said Paul Westhead.
Chris McGeeHOST
Summer League champion coach for the Lakers.
Chris McGeeHOST
Spent two years here on Luke Walton's staff.
Chris McGeeHOST
I will never forget this moment, Mike.
Chris McGeeHOST
Phil becomes the Lakers head coach.
OwenHOST
And of course, we had just fired Dave Joerger.
OwenHOST
We'll get into that a little bit later, and we had hired Luke Walton.
FongHOST
Yeah.
OwenHOST
And we also signed a bunch of free agents, and this is where we're gonna c- we're gonna actually start.
OwenHOST
... at the end.
OwenHOST
Um, so, um, basically, they had their best season in forever, and they, and they did what the Kings do.
OwenHOST
They fire, [laughs] they fire Dave Joerger and install Luke Walton, who, by the way, was a hot commodity at, at, at that point because he had led the 2016, 2015-2016 Warriors to 39 and 4 start, one of the greatest starts in NBA history, and he's basically riding off the wave of that despite having three pretty mediocre seasons with the Lakers.
FongHOST
Hm.
Jonathan HernandezHOST
So I've made some of these comps before, but now having watched him for a full season, I'm going to go with these two guys.
Jonathan HernandezHOST
Jake LaRavia reminds me of a little bit of Luke Walton without Luke Walton's superb playmaking vision, although he shows some flashes of it.
Jonathan HernandezHOST
Luke Walton and Jaime Jaquez, with Jaime Jaquez being the aspirational comp for Jake LaRavia.
Jonathan HernandezHOST
Before we saw Jake LaRavia's downturn towards the second half of the season, I would have comped him and Jaime pretty similarly.
Jonathan HernandezHOST
But then Jake just lost his confidence shooting wise.
Jonathan HernandezHOST
And so this is where we get into the Jack of all trades, master of none prototype.
Jonathan HernandezHOST
I think out of these three players, Jaime Hawkins is obviously the better one.
Jonathan HernandezHOST
Luke Walton did have a little bit of his shine when the Lakers offered him seven years, $35 million.
Bill SparksHOST
He was a nice guy.
Bill SparksHOST
Luke Walton, 810.
Bill SparksHOST
And they had, remember when they were Yo 810?
GaryPANELIST
Oh, yeah.
Darius SorianoHOST
It's why Lamar Odom was one of my favorite players.
Darius SorianoHOST
That's why Luke Walton was one of my favorite players.
Darius SorianoHOST
Those two guys did not have the same contribution level, Pete, to championship basketball, but they were both guys who I enjoyed watching play just for the sole purpose of, oh, I love that this dude can pass.
Darius SorianoHOST
So putting that Ben Simmons stuff to the side for a second, I agree with you on the, look, man, we've got $40 million invested or $45 million invested in essentially center play when you talk about Mabu and Kessler.
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