With Jud Buechler leaving, who could the Lakers hire as their next assistant coach?

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We’re less than two weeks from the 2018 NBA Draft away a only a little further from the start of free agency, but the Lakers already have another move to make. A report last month revealed that the New York Knicks were targeting Los Angeles assistant coach Jud Buechler to fill out newly-hired head coach David Fizdale’s staff, and the Knicks confirmed their newest acquisition yesterday. That leaves the Lakers with an opening on their bench, and down one University of Arizona alum to boot. Although it’s always tricky as an outsider to assign credit and blame within a coaching staff, some praise is due for Buechler’s work the past two seasons. In his first job on an NBA bench, Buechler was nominally

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