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NBA odds: Lines on Lakers’ next coach, from Darvin Ham to Phil Jackson

NBA odds: Lines on Lakers' next coach, from Darvin Ham to Phil Jackson

While we are deep into the NBA playoffs with only four teams remaining, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are conspicuous in their absence. 

They started the season as one of the betting favorites to win the title, but they failed to make even the play-in game.  

After painting Frank Vogel as the scapegoat and unceremoniously dumping him a mere two years after winning the bubble championship, the Lakers are in dire need of a new head coach. 

While we all sit and wonder who that will be, word has come out on whom it will not be, and that is, Juwan Howard. The Fab Fiver is currently coaching his sons at the University of Michigan — his alma matter. 

So with that pipe dream gone, who are the best candidates left for one of the most pressure-packed coaching jobs in all sports? Thankfully, FOX Bet offered up some hypothetical odds for who might lead L.A.’s redemption season.

Juwan Howard turns down L.A. coaching job, Lakers losing appeal? I THE HERD

It looks like Juwan Howard is headed back to Michigan after reportedly declining a head coaching job from the Los Angeles Lakers. Colin Cowherd explores whether or not this Lakers’ team is losing it’s attraction, and compares them to the Detroit Lions, who seem to recycle coaches at an alarming speed.

ODDS ON LAKERS’ NEXT HEAD COACH*
Darvin Ham: +300 (bet $10 to win $40 total)
Terry Stotts: +400 (bet $10 to win $50 total)
Doc Rivers: +600 (bet $10 to win $70 total)
Mark Jackson: +600 (bet $10 to win $70 total)
Kenny Atkinson: +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total)
Quin Synder: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)
Jay Wright: +1600 (bet $10 to win $170 total)
Phil Jackson: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,110 total)

*Odds as of 5/24/2022

Howard played with Lakers GM Rob Pelinka in college and is a former teammate of LeBron James, but that allegedly wasn’t enough to sway the big man to grab the reins in La La land.

Leading the pack is Darvin Ham (+300), an NBA vet who is perhaps most famously known for shattering the backboard…

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