Five candidates the Lakers could pursue to replace Jason Kidd on Frank Vogel's coaching staff

With Jason Kidd likely headed to Dallas, the Lakers might have an assistant coaching opening on their bench

The Los Angeles Lakers may have turned over a good chunk of their roster after winning the 2020 championship, but the coaching staff has remained largely intact since Anthony Davis arrived. Frank Vogel has been the head coach for the past two years and he's kept the same six assistants by his side ever since: Jason Kidd, Lionel Hollins, Phil Handy, Miles Simon, Mike Penberthy and Quinton Crawford. Such staff continuity is a rare thing among contenders. Losing teams tend to poach assistants from winners. After two years, it seems as though that might be happening to the Lakers.  Jason Kidd is expected to become the next head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, ending a two-year stint as Vogel's lead assistant and creating something of a vacuum on his staff. That vacuum could easily grow. Kidd will have to assemble a staff of his own in Dallas, and there is a chance that he tries to bring some of his Los Angeles coworkers with him.  How the Lakers would respond to that, we can't say for certain. While the NBA allows only three assistants to sit court-side during games, there is no set minimum or maximum size for an NBA staff. The Lakers could have expanded their staff before losing Kidd. They could choose not to do anything in response. But Kidd is an extremely prominent member of the coaching staff in L.A., and typically, a team with the financial resources would choose to replace such an important staffer with someone of similar stature. The Lakers might not have been inclined to do so had Kidd departed following the 2020 championship, but after losing in the first round, a bit of new blood could do this staff some good.