Being that it was rooted entirely in truth, I don't have a problem with a reporter putting the man who has helped turn dysfunctional a once proud organization on the spot while his newest hire sat next to him eagerly awaiting the end of the question. That said, with that truth being so hurtful, I think it might have behooved said reporter to ask it in a less painful way. I mean, goodness gracious. If that was his attempt at ripping the bandaid off in getting at what wounded the Los Angeles Lakers' ability to hire the head coach of their choosing in an effort to satisfy a noted coach-killer in LeBron James then that bandaid was made of duct tape and wrapped repeatedly around the hairiest of situation. I can't imagine it was easy to happen upon such a sore subject, but my man beat around the bush with such a cringeworthy lack of subtlety that I'm surprised the actual point didn't leap out of the leaves due to second-hand embarrassment. Magic Johnson up and quit publicly without even notifying his boss first, and even that interview went smoother than the one in which Frank Vogel's professional pride was the collateral damage in suffering a death by a thousand cuts in the flow of questioning. I have to imagine the Lakers' backup plan would have preferred he just spit it out, even if "it" was basically a loogie to a hat that probably still smelled a bit like Tyronn Lue, as the alternative route sent him slamming into about a dozen curbs of enthusiasm...
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