Literally seconds after the Los Angeles Lakers tumultuous 2021-22 season ended — with a thrilling, star-less overtime victory over the Denver Nuggets — ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski was ready to report the long-expected news that the organization will not retain Frank Vogel as head coach.

Woj's report came before Vogel met with reporters for, presumably, his final post-game press conference in Los Angeles.

Vogel began his presser by praising the Lakers' young players for scrapping together a clutch victory in Denver, notably Austin Reaves, who became the fourth rookie in NBA history to drop 30+ points, 15+ rebounds, and 10+ assists in a game. In the final 20 seconds of regulation, Reaves drilled a three, made a steal, then converted a game-tying coast-to-coast layup to send the game to OT.

Inevitably, Vogel was asked about Woj's report. For the first time I can recall since I began regularly sitting in on Lakers' press conferences early in the 2020-21 season, Vogel — while upbeat and smiling — casually tossed out an expletive and dropped any pretense of politeness.

“I haven't been told shit,” he said. “I'm going to enjoy tonight's game, celebrate what these young guys did in terms of scratching and clawing and getting back in this game and getting a W, and we'll deal with tomorrow tomorrow,”

Vogel then reiterated his stance and insisted that he wanted to focus on the Lakers' pulling out a victory, which capped their season at 33-49. All in all, he spoke to reporters for less than three minutes.

Lakers vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka and most of the roster are expected to meet with reporters to conduct exit interviews on Monday. At the moment, Vogel is not on the schedule.

“I love the man,” Malik Monk said about Vogel postgame, after putting up a career-high 41 points. He gave me a chance. I have nothing bad to say about him.”

The Lakers went 126-98 in three regular seasons under Vogel and won the 2019-20 NBA Championship in the bubble.

According to Woj, the Lakers coaching search “is expected to be expansive and lengthy — without a clear-cut frontrunner.” Here are a few names to watch.