Rumor of the Day

Heard this on sports radio on the way home. Unconfirmed reports are that Coach K of the Duke Blue Devils is in discussions to be new head coach of the Los Angelas Lakers. Here is the ESPN story, so it has some credibility. Here is the story from a Duke site. Boy, talk about a changing ACC landscape. Here are a couple of thoughts off the top of my head:

- Coach K hated ACC expansion because it focused on football. Maybe he doesn't want to share the limelight with football as the #1 conference sport

- Coach K really got hit hard with the NBA draft. His top freshman Deng went pro after one year and his PG of the future S.Livingston ended up getting drafted #4 before ever stepping foot on campus. Maybe he just realizes that his team won't meet "Duke" standards in the next few seasons.

- The Los Angelas Lakers are probably the one team that fits the size of his ego. Anything less would be lowering himself.

- The Lakes without Kobe and Shaq could be like the Bulls after disbanding with Jordan / Pippen. They would suck. Maybe he knows expectations would be drastically lower with Kobe / Shaq elsewhere. Success would be defined but a lot less than a championship ring.

Interesting developments. If I hear more, I'll let you know.