Frank Vogel has reportedly emerged as a front-runner to be offered the Los Angeles Lakers' head-coaching job, according to Adrian Wojnarowski and Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN.

Vogel has coached the Indiana Pacers and Orlando Magic. He went 250-181 with the Pacers in the regular season and 54-110 with the Magic. Vogel was 31-30 in the playoffs with the Pacers and had a lot of battles with LeBron James when The King was with the Miami Heat from 2010-14.

Former Orlando Magic and Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel has emerged as the front-runner to be offered the Los Angeles Lakers' head-coaching job, league sources told ESPN.

The Lakers are planning to pair Jason Kidd with Vogel as an assistant coach, league sources said. Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka has spent the past few days gathering information from those who have worked with both Vogel and Kidd about how they believe those two could complement each other on a Lakers coaching staff, league sources said.

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The Lake Show, as we all know, are a mess right now. They were expected to hire Tyronn Lue sine he has a strong rapport with James, but LA reportedly only offered Lue a three-year deal when he was looking for a five-year contract.

The Purple and Gold missed the playoffs in the first season of the LeBron era. The franchise needs to hire the right head coach to lead this team moving forward.