Almost exclusively hiring executives and coaches with past ties to the franchise has been the Los Angeles Lakers' undoing for years.

The extent of the problem reached its zenith earlier this week, when Magic Johnson held an impromptu press conference to announce his resignation as the team's president of basketball operations, a decision made at least in part due to his stated desire to avoid the uncomfortable nature of a conversation with Luke Walton. Walton, another former Laker, mutually agreed to part ways with Los Angeles two days later.

FOX Sports' Colin Cowherd, though, apparently disagrees with the notion that the Lakers could use some new blood in the organization moving forward. Who does he think should replace Johnson as the team's new chief personnel decision-maker? Kobe Bryant, of course.

Bryant retired in 2016 after a legendary 20-year career, the entirety of which he spent in Los Angeles. He won five titles, two Finals MVP awards, and one MVP with the Lakers, first starring with Shaquille O'Neal for a three-peat in the early 2000s, then leading Los Angeles to back-to-back championships alongside Pau Gasol at the top of the decade.

Bryant, obviously, knows a lot about the NBA, and is revered among the league's current generation of players. Any suggestion that he should be Los Angeles' next president of basketball operations, though, ignores both the fact he has no front office experience whatsoever, and the flagrant organizational nepotism that's caused the Lakers to need new leadership in the first place.

Another complicating factor: It's unclear whether general manager Rob Pelinka, Bryant's former agent, will remain with Los Angeles, consolidate his power to assume Johnson's responsibilities, or hire a new president of basketball operations.