Pompey MDA was going to be the coach before Doc They rolled out the red carpet for him Joel gave his blessing But MDA wanted more money All of a sudden Lue comes in for an interview Doc gets fired then he becomes the preferred candidate At that time MDA was the guy Joel wanted to play for

Mike Dunleavy says he was trying to use the full clock to hear all trade offers Joe Lacob was like 'Come on let's go ahead and pick the guy' And I said 'Joe we have time They give you five minutes' He was just getting a little anxious about us taking Yaxel I was willing to be patient

Magic Johnson claims he resigned as the Lakers president because the ownership wouldn't let him fire Luke Walton I thought I had the power to do what I wanted to do I wanted to fire Luke Walton he wasn't the right guy or a great coach I didn't want to fracture our relationship so I just exit

Joe Lacob and Mike Dunleavy Jr appear to argue before making the pick

After Joe was claimed off waivers by OKC in 2022 he refused the coach's ask to play a G-League scrimmage saying Respectfully I'm not a G-League player A week later OKC is down 16 in a game with 4 minutes left Joe is put in scores 15 pts in an OT win Daigneault admits Joe was crazy but right

McMenamin Their 76ers pursuit of LeBron has not slowed down It's being led by Tyrese Maxey who's called LeBron a big brother before Joel Embiid has also been in touch with LeBron Jaylen Brown has also been in touch with LeBron I'm told

Slater Mike Dunleavy on his pre-pick interaction with Joe Lacob We got into it about the best golf course in San Francisco Later said there was some discussion about possible trades before they took Yaxel Lendeborg