Lakers Are Frauds Following Dan Hurley Fiasco

The Lakers are frauds. Like Hollywood, the organization is all about show with no substance. Look no further than their recent fiasco where they attempted to lure Connecticut basketball coach Dan Hurley to Los Angeles.

First of all, the Lakers foolishly fired coach Darvin Ham this offseason after foolishly firing Frank Vogel (who won a title with them in 2020). Then they were reportedly close to hiring former player and current broadcaster JJ Redick to be their next coach. Redick reportedly pieced together a staff in anticipation of landing the job. It should also be noted that Redick never coached a game in his life, but LeBron James likes him so I guess that makes him ready to coach one of the highest profile teams in sports. (Note sarcasm here).

But the Redick story cooled fast because the Lakers made a run at UConn coach Dan Hurley fresh off his back to back NCAA championships. Last week we heard how the Lakers were putting together an offer that nobody could walk a way from. The offer turned out to be a 6 year deal for 70 million dollars. Sure that is life changing money for you and me. But it doesn't crack the top 5 coaching contracts in the NBA. Even Monty Williams, the head coach of the lowly Detroit Pistons, has a bigger contract.

The Lakers are frauds. They took the cheap path. They arrogantly thought that the Lakers name meant that anybody they offered a job to would automatically drop everything and move to LA. Wrong. As it turns out, Hurley and his wife love the northeast. And it was going to take a bigger contract than the Lakers offered. The Lakers coach should probably always be the top two or three highest paid guys in the league.

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If you're shopping for a Fathers Day gift and like me you like to buy presents at a gas station or liquor store - score! I've highlighted 4 Florida lottery scratch off tickets that could soon hit big. Also, I bought a couple of these tickets last weekend so I'll tell you how it went.

Before I get to my recommendations, let me start off by saying I've been very streaky lately. Back in the end of May, I did some side work for someone in Estero and picked up an extra hundred bucks. Wanting to let it ride, I bought two $50 scratch off tickets. Nothing. A hundred dollars gone.

Two weekends ago I went to the casino in Immokalee on Friday night and saw Billy Currington. Then on Saturday it was Wayne Newton. Thanks to some luck on the machine I call "Monkey Fireballs", after tickets, gas, and lots of drinks, I still ended the weekend $72 ahead.

Last weekend was the Belmont Stakes, so we went to the Brass Tap in Bonita Springs to put some money on the horses. I decided to do the "go big", so for the 12th race (the main one), there were two horses with 17 to 1 odds. So I put $18 bucks on one of them. The other horse with the 17-1 odds won and my pick finished at the back. Womp womp. But I did make it to the Florida Everblades game and watched them win the Kelly Cup!

Ok, so let's get to it. Florida Dads are hard to buy for. Generally they just buy the smaller things they really want, making Fathers Day gift giving incredibly difficult. Maybe with all this rain we're getting, buying him a canoe is the way to go. But those things are expensive - so here's the play. Get a card (or have your kid make one), then shove a Florida Lottery ticket in it. You're done.

It's a contest to win $2,000. Have a look. Now back to the scratch offs.

I like to buy tickets that have all their big winners still out there. And since Fathers Day gift budgets vary, the 4 that I picked range from $1 to $50. I'll admit, my method has not worked for me, yet, but I think it's as good a method as any. So here's 4 Florida Lottery Scratch Off Tickets with none of the grand prizes claimed, yet. All the big wins are still out there.

Please play responsibly, and if money's tight - stick to the $1 card. Dad will appreciate that. Happy Fathers Day!

It's a $3 ticket with a top prize of $150,000, and all 8 of the big winners are still out there. It's probably the only way you can play UNO with your dad without starting a fight.

Scratch YOUR UNO™ CARDS and BONUS CARDS one at a time to reveal the number and color of each card, then scratch the matching cards on the GAME BOARD. If your matching cards complete a horizontal LINE on the GAME BOARD, win corresponding PRIZE.

A $1 ticket with a top prize of $5,000. There's 12 big winners out there with none of them claimed, yet. Actually, its a pretty new card with a lot of prizes remaining.

Match any of YOUR NUMBERS to the WINNING NUMBER, win PRIZE shown for that number. Get a "STAR" symbol, win PRIZE shown automatically. Get a "$100 BURST" symbol, win $100 automatically!

Ok, let's get to the $20 ticket. Gold Rush Legacy has a top prize of $10 million dollars, with 4 of those lucky cards out there. There's 20 of the one million dollar winners, with two of them already being claimed. Still - a lot of winners out there.

Match any of YOUR NUMBERS to any of the WINNING NUMBERS, win PRIZE shown for that number. Get a "NUGGET", "COINS" or "24K" symbol, win 5, 10 or 20 TIMES the PRIZE shown for that symbol. Get a "GOLD BAR" symbol, win $500 instantly! Match a WINNING NUMBER to any BONUS spot, win the amount for that spot!

As promised, there's a $50 card on this list. 2 lucky winners on this card will win $25 million dollars. And those 2 have not been claimed yet. There's also 160 of the one million dollar winning tickets, but 35 of those have already been claimed. Still a lot left. This is the ticket I bought a couple weeks ago. Got 2 of them from the Publix Liquors on Corkscrew and 41 in Estero. Both were duds, losing a $100 like that stings a bit, but I bounced back with a trip to the casino.

Match any of YOUR NUMBERS or any of the BONUS NUMBERS to any WINNING NUMBER, win PRIZE shown for that number. Get a "2X", "5X", "10X", "20X", "50X", "100X" or "500X" symbol and win 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 or 500 TIMES the PRIZE shown for that symbol! Get a "STAR" symbol and win DOUBLE all 40 PRIZES!

These stats are as of June 11, 2024 at 10:30 am. If you want to make sure you see the most updated data, here's the website where I found it. Just to be clear, I've never won big playing this method. This is purely for entertainment.

Happy Fathers Day!