Interesting. There were two camps
In the organization. Pay and play the older guys vs play and don’t pay the younger draft picks.
Owner said to really clean house BOTH had to go. Actually that makes sense.
another rumor I heard is owner wanted to avoid backlash for Firing a Black GM and so fired both.
My two sense. Both earned thier pink slips.
I’m not a Denver fan. Don’t follow them. But from the outside that team owned the lakers 3 years in a row and won it all once. Was a real power. And to blowout all up now. I mean. I don’t get it. They have at least 3-4 guys on the floor who are real problems. And they bring in Russ who seemingly ruins it all
The balance between younger and older players is tricky. Golden state had to navigate it. The lakers ruined a couple chances at championships or long term success by embracing old over the hill guys and moving young ones. It’s a pretty common problem across sports. You just rarely see it blow up so publicly