Twenty years ago, the hottest college basketball coach faced a life-changing decision: Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski turned down a $40 million offer from the Los Angeles Lakers to remain at Duke. Now, UConn coach Dan Hurley, fresh off back-to-back national titles, faces a similar crossroads with the Lakers expressing interest in him.

A potentially generationally impactful decision looms as Hurley must choose between collegiate immortality or coaching the Lakers, a job with equal parts allure and volatility. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reports Hurley is a target for the Lakers' coaching search, setting the stage for a high-stakes and fascinating development in the worlds of college basketball and the NBA.