While the Lakers\u2019 roster was nearly completely overturned during the offseason, the team\u2019s coaching staff had no changes.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s certainly not the norm to have no coaching turnover, but since head coach JJ Redick came in, the team hasn\u2019t had to fill many openings on the coaching staff. However, it feels like a matter of when, not if, that changes.<\/p>\n
Harding has become an important piece of the coaching staff with the Lakers, which may lead to a head coaching job, though not in the NBA. With increasing frequency, Harding\u2019s name has come up for potential head coach openings in the WNBA.<\/p>\n
Accordingly, one name could be Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Lindsey Harding, the former Duke star who was the WNBA\u2019s No. 1 draft pick in 2007. She played nine seasons in the WNBA, then began her coaching career as a scout and development coach with the Philadelphia 76ers. She also had a stint with the Sacramento Kings before joining the Lakers. It would seem likely that the Liberty will at least gauge her interest.<\/p>\n
The Liberty spoke to Harding during last year\u2019s search. Selected No. 1 by the Mercury in 2007, Harding has WNBA experience and a lengthy coaching resume. She was named G League Coach of the Year in 2024 after leading the Stockton Kings to a 24-10 record. She\u2019s served as an assistant on JJ Redick\u2019s staff the past two seasons.<\/p>\n
The Liberty aren\u2019t the only team searching for a head coach. The hometown Sparks also have a coaching opening. They\u2019re also hiring a general manager, so there have been very few rumors about potential coaches on that front. But it would certainly make sense for Harding to be on their shortlist as well.<\/p>\n
For now, all of this is speculation. But the fact that her name is coming up repeatedly and that she interviewed for positions last year certainly makes it seem like it\u2019s a real possibility the Lakers will have an opening to fill on the staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Lakers\u2019 roster was nearly completely overturned during the offseason, the team\u2019s coaching staff had no changes.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":961998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,271674,82,630],"class_list":["post-961997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lakers-analysis","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}