He'll go to LA.
I got 40 million reasons (over 5 years) why he'll sign a deal with the Lakers.
Worse case scenario, he's a flop in LA, and he goes back to college ball with $40 million more dollars in his pocket. Even if he didn't go back to Duke, there would be a hundred schools begging for him to run their program.
Plus, its LA. Even if they were to lose both Kobe and Shaq (which I dont think they will, I think they'll keep Kobe), the Lakers organization will always be able to draw free agents and new talent. So its not like Coach K is going to end up with a crap team. He may or moy not win a championship in LA, but he'll have a winning record, make the playoffs and go from there. And like I said, if he's not happy after 5 years he can go back if he wants.
Seems like a no brainer to me.
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