The Los Angeles Lakers-Dallas Mavericks pipeline may very well be getting even stronger.
Former Lakers assistant coach Phil Helpful has emerged as a candidate to hitch the Mavericks teaching workers, veteran NBA writer Marc Stein reported on Wednesday. Moreover, Stein notes that one other ex-Lakers assistant, Mike Penberthy, might doubtlessly be part of Dallas as effectively.
The information comes amid studies that longtime Mavericks assistant coach God Shammgod is leaving the staff. Shammgod has reportedly agreed to hitch the Orlando Magic in a bigger function as an assistant coach.
Helpful, 53, coached for the Lakers from 2011-13 and once more from 2019-24. With a background in participant improvement, he was a preferred determine among the many Lakers gamers however was fired in 2024 after the Lakers cleaned home of their whole teaching workers together with Darvin Ham. Helpful then proceeded to take a parting shot at Lakers GM Rob Pelinka after getting fired.
As for Penberthy, 50, he was an assistant coach for the Lakers from 2019-22. He was additionally an NBA champion as a participant for the Lakers, successful the 2001 title as a member of their roster.
Getting Helpful and Penberthy to hitch in on the enjoyable in Dallas will surely be becoming. Earlier within the day, information broke that former Lakers head coach Frank Vogel had landed a job in Dallas as well. He can be serving on the workers of head coach Jason Kidd. Helpful, Penberthy, and Kidd had been all assistants on Vogel’s personal workers when the Lakers received the 2020 NBA championship within the Orlando bubble.
Stein notes that Penberthy particularly has an in depth relationship with Dallas huge man Anthony Davis, a former Laker. Each Max Christie and the Mavs’ newest free-agent signing are ex-Lakers as effectively, so it might simply be one huge occasion of former Lakers figures out in Dallas subsequent season.
