Details of Lakers’ contract offer to Dan Hurley revealed
Apr 22, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; The Los Angeles Lakers logo at center court during game three of the 2023 NBA playoffs at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers, and details of the contract offer he declined have been revealed.
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Lakers offered Hurley a 6-year, $70 million deal. That averages out to $11.67 million per season and would have made Hurley one of the six highest-paid coaches in the NBA.
BREAKING: Connecticut’s Dan Hurley has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers’ six-year, $70 million offer and will return to chase a third straight national title, sources tell ESPN. LA would’ve made him one of NBA’s six highest paid coaches. pic.twitter.com/hEXo3o00SR
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 10, 2024
Hurley turning down that money could signal that he never wanted to leave UConn for the Lakers. Rather, he may have used the Lakers flirtation to extract a deserving pay raise out of UConn.
Hurley is the 7th-highest paid coach in college basketball despite leading the Huskies to consecutive national championships.
Men's College Basketball highest paid coaches:
1. Bill Self – $9.6M
2. John Calipari – $7M
3. Tom Izzo – $6.2M
4. Bruce Pearl – $5.7M
5. Rick Barnes – $5.7M
6. Scott Drew – $5.1M
7. Dan Hurley – $5M
8. Matt Painter – $4.9M
9. Brad Underwood – $4.7M
10. Kelvin Sampson – $4.6M— Jordan Stocks (@StockTalks21) June 10, 2024
He seems to be deserving of more money from Connecticut.
