LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are doing an exhaustive search as they look to find the perfect candidate for their head coaching vacancy. It's going to be a long and arduous process for the Lakers who apparently, are taking their time in what is going to be a critical decision for the future of the franchise.

According to NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Lakers are indeed biding their time here. They are in no rush in appointing their new man at the helm and they intend to take on a rather meticulous process in trying to find the right man for the job:

“They’re doing this search a little differently than other teams might,” said Wojnarowski on NBA Countdown (h/t Zach Stevens of Lakers Daily). “Typically, teams will ask for permission on maybe up to a dozen candidates — a large number, start interviewing them one after another, do sometimes two or three in a day on Zoom, bring them in in person. The Lakers, what I’m told they’re gonna do, is essentially call for permission on a couple guys at a time, talk to those coaches, think about it and then move on to a next group of two, perhaps three.”

This only means that it might take some time before Lakers announce their new head coach. Then again, they might like a candidate from their first tier of interviews. What we can say for sure is that LeBron and the Lakers are being very prudent in their decision here — and rightfully so.