{"id":1195,"date":"2016-04-24T20:25:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T03:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2016-04-24T20:25:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T03:25:40","slug":"byron-scott-fired-lakers-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/byron-scott-fired-lakers-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron Scott Fired By LAKERS Sources Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN Reports: The Los Angeles Lakers have fired coach Byron Scott after they posted the worst record in franchise history in each of the two seasons since he was hired, sources have told ESPN&#8217;s Stephen A. SmithE.<\/p>\n<p>Scott had said he expected to be back a week ago, two days after the team closed its 2015-16 season with a win over the Utah Jazz, which gave the Lakers a franchise-worst 17-65 record.<\/p>\n<p>Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak had said he and Lakers part-owner and executive vice president Jim Buss plan to have an &#8220;informal lunch&#8221; with Scott at some point in the next two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers have been in rebuilding mode since Kobe Bryant ruptured his Achilles in April 2013. All-Star center Dwight Howard left the team for less money elsewhere the following offseason, then All-Star center Pau Gasol did the same in the summer of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Bryant, meanwhile, wasn&#8217;t the same dominant player since his Achilles injury. The five-time champion suffered consecutive season-ending injuries in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. 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