{"id":156465,"date":"2025-08-18T19:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T19:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/156465\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T19:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T19:14:11","slug":"dan-hurley-gets-brutally-honest-on-his-future-at-uconn-and-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/156465\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Hurley gets brutally honest on his future at UConn and the NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Dan Hurley made his thoughts crystal clear about a potential move to the NBA. The<strong> UConn Huskies <\/strong>men\u2019s basketball team coach developed one of the most dominant teams in<a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/college-basketball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\"> college basketball <\/a>in recent years, taking the Huskies to back-to-back national championships in 2023 and 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">After that second consecutive title, the<strong> Los Angeles Lakers <\/strong>listed Hurley as a potential candidate to replace Darvin Ham and take the California team to the top of the NBA again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Hurley declined the option and stayed with the Huskies, which led the Lakers to bring in <strong>JJ Redick <\/strong>to Crypto.com Arena. While the Lakers\u2019 option was off the table, Hurley could also become a candidate to coach the New York Knicks after they fired Tom Thibodeau.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dan Hurley on whether he\u2019s considered joining the NBA<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">During a Thursday appearance on \u201cInside College Basketball Now,\u201d Hurley told Jon Rothstein that he<strong> never considered the Knicks head coaching vacancy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BUS_20250818_BUS_474741_dan-hurley-1024x576_05f26066.webp&#038;width=1024&#038;height=576.webp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"Head coach Dan Hurley of the Connecticut Huskies looks on in the second half of a semifinal game against the Creighton Bluejays during the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 14, 2025 in New York City. The Bluejays won 71-62.\" class=\"h-auto\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center mt-5 text-[14px] leading-[20px] font-normal\">Head coach Dan Hurley of the Connecticut Huskies.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">\u201c<strong>No, not even a small part of me (thought about it),\u201d<\/strong> Hurley said. \u201cI think, when you\u2019re coming off the year that we had, I think, you know, every thought \u2013 and it\u2019s hard to turn off, I think, you know, for most of us, you know, that are coaching at the level, you know, that I\u2019m coaching at at this level of sport?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">\u201cI don\u2019t think \u2013 your mind very rarely drifts from your team, your program, your players, where things are headed, <strong>especially when you\u2019re coming off of, you know, a season like we had had, <\/strong>you know. So, that \u2013 yeah, that was never even a thought, really,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"break-word\">The Huskies will enter a new season after losing to the <strong>Florida Gators <\/strong>in the 2025 NCAA tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dan Hurley made his thoughts crystal clear about a potential move to the NBA. 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