The Cavs are being heavily linked to James Borrego and Kenny Atkinson in their coaching search. According to Windhorst, the Cavs will have to deal with some competition from the Lakers for Borrego.

The Lakers may be scrambling now after their dream of landing college basketball coaching star Dan Hurley collapsed on Monday. While the Purple and Gold have some superstar talent, beautiful weather and an iconic franchise history working in their favor, they remain without a coach several weeks after firing Darvin Ham.

One NBA assistant coach had some brutal things to say about the reality of the Lakers job.

“It just isn’t a good job,” the coach told Lakers Daily’s Anthony Irwin. “They negotiate as if it’s some grand honor to coach the Lakers, but the reality is you’re looking at a couple years before you’re going to get scapegoated. That’s obviously the case with most coaches, but the Lakers in particular don’t seem to value the position.”

Factors such as pay, roster quality and the makeup of the Eastern Conference compared to the Western Conference are also working in Cleveland’s favor against Los Angeles, according to Windhorst.