- Video: @billoram, @MarkG_Medina, and I discuss new #Lakers head coach Luke Walton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgv-FQh9yVQ … @ocregister @ladailynews
https://twitter.com/JonathanKhamis/status/745416726540521472
— Jonathan Khamis (@JonathanKhamis)Wed, Jun 22 2016 00:42:51 - Luke Walton promises brand of basketball L.A. fans will enjoy http://dlvr.it/LcnDBR
https://twitter.com/ladailynews/status/745387865329197056
— L.A. Daily News (@ladailynews)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:48:10 https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/745373733460676609
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers)Tue, Jun 21 2016 21:27:56https://twitter.com/ToyotaSportsCtr/status/745377730464612352
— Toyota Sports Center (@ToyotaSportsCtr)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:07:54- Current members of the Los Angeles Lakers roster attended the press conference.
- Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell just strolled into the Lakers facility. We’re a few minutes away from Luke Walton’s introductory news conf.
https://twitter.com/billoram/status/745376186830749696
— Bill Oram (@billoram)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:01:46 - D'Angelo Russell is at the Lakers' practice facility for Luke Walton's intro press conference
https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/745376087060819968
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:01:22
Checking in with the young fellas pic.twitter.com/uZBQaLaqyOhttps://twitter.com/Lakers/status/745380106227441664
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:17:20- Luke Walton’s wife and mother are in the front row. He stopped to say hello to Russell, Nance, Jr. and Brown on his way to the podium.
https://twitter.com/LakersReporter/status/745386535344701440
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:07:08 - Larry Nance Jr. is also here for Luke Walton's press conference
https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/745377677234708480
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:07:41
Luke Walton is here as the Lakers' head coach pic.twitter.com/8y5RDXk14ghttps://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/745378151618871296
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:09:34- General manager Mitch Kupchak and Walton were not shy at poking fun of one another.
- Mitch joked he thought Luke would start working shortly after Warriors trailed OKC, 3-1 in West Finals, & led Cleveland, 3-1, in Finals.
https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/745377854263701504
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:08:23
Luke Walton teased Mitch Kupchak of this picture he had pic.twitter.com/MmgjmfzsTFhttps://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/745386573881966592
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:41:10- Addressing Game 7 between the Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
- Luke Walton: "Thank you for being patient and understanding I had a job to finish up there."
https://twitter.com/billoram/status/745378142101987328
— Bill Oram (@billoram)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:09:32 - Luke Walton on losing Game 7 to Cleveland: "I don't think you ever get over that disappointment."
https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/745378455395565568
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:10:46 - Walton spent nine seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers as a player including two NBA Championship seasons (2009 and 2010).
- Walton invoked '04 & '08 Finals when asked if he's over GSW loss to Cavaliers: "You don't get over those things but they do motivate you."
https://twitter.com/billoram/status/745378669535891456
— Bill Oram (@billoram)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:11:37 - Looking ahead as the Lakers coach:
- "We are going to play a brand of basketball that (#Lakers) fans can appreciate," Luke Walton said. "We are going to compete."
https://twitter.com/JHWreporter/status/745379281539194881
— James H. Williams✍ (@JHWreporter)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:14:03 - Luke Walton just called the Lakers' head-coaching job his "dream job."
https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/745378146405384194
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:09:33 - Remember when Bill Walton said Luke shouldn't take the Lakers job? Luke grins and says, "You pick and choose the advice to listen to."
https://twitter.com/billoram/status/745383849295646720
— Bill Oram (@billoram)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:32:12 - "Basketball is meant to be a game of joy," the new Lakers coach says. Minds. Blown.
https://twitter.com/billoram/status/745379882834628609
— Bill Oram (@billoram)Tue, Jun 21 2016 22:16:27
Luke Walton introduced as coach of the Lakers
A former player for the Lakers, Walton will take over as head coach after spending two seasons as an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors.
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James H. Williams789 Views- Current members of the Los Angeles Lakers roster attended the press conference.
- General manager Mitch Kupchak and Walton were not shy at poking fun of one another.
- Addressing Game 7 between the Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
- Walton spent nine seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers as a player including two NBA Championship seasons (2009 and 2010).
- Looking ahead as the Lakers coach:
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