Jeanie Buss: Luke Walton has done ‘terrific job’
Jeanie Buss continues to indicate that the Los Angeles Lakers are happy with Luke Walton as head coach.
Buss joined Zach Lowe’s “The Lowe Post” podcast for an interview that was released on Tuesday. In the podcast, the Lakers owner shared her support for Walton and said everyone in the organization also supports him.
“I can tell you right now, that everyone, Magic, [GM Rob Pelinka] myself, everyone in the organization is behind Luke … We are doing everything we can to make sure that Luke is successful in his job. That’s our job… I think he is doing a terrific job. Given the injuries that we’ve had, it’s a challenge and people forget that he has had two of our starters taken away from him and they’ve won really important games on the road, proving what is possible even without LeBron… I think Luke has done an impressive job,” Buss said, via Ohm Youngmisuk.
The support for Walton is significant. The presence of LeBron James means that there is enormous pressure on a head coach to not only succeed, but to also meet James’ approval. There is a strong belief that David Blatt was fired as the Cavaliers’ head coach because he fell short in the latter category.
The Lakers are 25-23 and have been without the injured James for nearly a month. The talk all season has been that Walton would keep his job, though that hasn’t stopped him from being mentioned in connection with other gigs.
