The Los Angeles Lakers saw talks with Tyronn Lue go south on Wednesday, and will now interview Frank Vogel for their head coaching job at their practice facility in El Segundo on Thursday, according to Broderick Turner of The L.A. Times. Vogel is just one of a few names the Lakers will target as part of their second head coaching search, with Lionel Hollins, Mike Woodson, Jason Kidd and Juwan Howard also expected to be considered. Only Kidd and Howard have interviewed previously. As recently as Monday, Vogel — a former advance scout for the Lakers — was widely considered the favorite to get the lead assistant position under Lue, but it seems now that the team’s negotiations with Lue have flamed out, Vogel will actually be a candidate for the main job. Our own Christian Rivas rounded up Vogel’s resume well in his story on Vogel being a potential lead assistant from back when that development was first reported: Vogel was fired by the Magic last year after going 54-110 in the two seasons he served as their head coach. However, before Vogel’s brief, disappointing stint in Orlando, he was one of the most successful head coaches in the Eastern Conference with the Indiana Pacers. During his six seasons in Indiana, Vogel finished with a winning record of 250-181 and never finished lower than fourth place in the standings. He also had a decent amount of playoff success, leading Paul George and the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals twice only to lose to LeBron James and the Miami Heat. A large part of his sustained success had to do with his defensive mind. In two of the six seasons Vogel was in Indiana, the Pacers had the best defense in the league. They never finished lower than 12th in defensive efficiency during his tenure, according to NBA.com. Vogel would clearly be a decent candidate for the gig given his success in Indiana, but his failure in Orlando with largely the same roster that Steve Clifford led to a playoff spot this year is enough to give reason for pause. Still, all the candidates in this new search have flaws, so we’ll just have to see who the Lakers ultimately decide is best for them, even if it’s not immediately clear that this group is qualified to make such a call. For more Lakers talk, subscribe to the Silver Screen and Roll podcast feed on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or Google Podcasts. You can follow Harrison on Twitter at @hmfaigen.<doc-sep>The Los Angeles Lakers are going through a tumultuous time and it reportedly includes trade rumors swirling around their superstar LeBron James. “Hollywood people” around Lakers owner Jeanie Buss have told her to trade James, who signed a four-year deal with the team last summer, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith said on “SportsCenter” Wednesday night. FLASHBACK: MAGIC JOHNSON'S LATE PUSH SWAYED LEBRON JAMES' MOVE TO LOS ANGELES: REPORT “Nothing is out of bounds right now. We don't know what the hell is going on in Los Angeles,” Smith said. “You've got folks close to Jeanie Buss imploring her to trade LeBron James. He does not have a no-trade clause, and now you haven't given him the coach he wanted.” Smith was referring to the reported breakdown in talks between the Lakers and Ty Lue. ESPN reported, citing sources, that Lue and Lakers officials ended talks about him becoming the next head coach after he turned down an offer. The Lakers reportedly offered Lue a deal in the range of three-years and $18 million. “LeBron James has quietly been about the business of trying to get Kawhi Leonard to come to the Los Angeles Lakers instead of the Los Angeles Clippers. So, making a move like this, by not bringing in the coach he wants, not securing the coach he wants in Los Angeles, you never know what dominos are going to fall right now,” Smith added. The latest rumor comes on the heels of James revealing on his HBO show “The Shop” that he found out from a friend that former president of basketball operations Magic Johnson had stepped down. Smith characterized the people talking to Buss about a potential James trade as “Hollywood people” and added he wasn’t sure who she was listening to. “More importantly, if you're not competing for championships, who's to say you're not going to decide that it's best to move LeBron James? Particularly, when I'm hearing there are people in her ear—albeit Hollywood people, not basketball people—that are telling you to move LeBron James and use him to acquire a multitude of prime assets. Who's to say the Lakers are gonna keep him? We don't know because we don't know who's running the organization,” he said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP James missed out on the playoffs for the first time in 13 seasons. The team missed on trading for Anthony Davis and fired coach Luke Walton at the end of the season. The team hopes to strike big during the upcoming free-agent period, but at this point it doesn’t appear any major free agents would be willing to sign with the purple and gold.<doc-sep>
Former Magic coach Frank Vogel is set to interview with the Lakers on Thursday for the team's vacant head coaching position, according to the Los Angeles Times. The meeting comes after the Lakers and Tyronn Lue ended contract negotiations. It was reported that Lue was seeking a five-year deal and declined a three-year, $18 million deal. Lue recently served as head coach of the Cavaliers, who fired him following an 0–6 start at the beginning of the 2018-19 season. Vogel, 45, most recently coached the Magic but was fired in 2018 after two seasons with the franchise. He went to Orlando after spending five-plus seasons as the head coach of the Pacers. Vogel led Indiana to the playoffs in five of those six seasons, including in 2011, when he took over as interim coach. The Lakers recently added Lionel Hollins and Mike Woodson as coaching candidates to their search, per The Athletic's Shams Charania. On Wednesday, Tania Ganguli of the L.A. Times reported that Juwan Howard and Jason Kidd are still being considered for Los Angeles' open position. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.com reported the Lakers were trying to put Kidd on Lue's potential coaching staff as an assistant. Bill Oram of The Athletic reports the team tried to do something similar with former coach Luke Walton and wanted Kurt Rambis added to his crew of assistants. The Lakers have been searching for a new head coach since firing Walton at the end of the 2018-19 regular season. Walton led the Lakers to a 37–45 record this season, missing the playoffs for the sixth-straight season.