There are a lot of Lakers rumors swirling around. I even read one about Jokic potentially being traded to the team, which seems far-fetched. Now they're reportedly considering hiring this recently fired coach. While I think he could be a good assistant, I believe Michael Malone deserves another head coaching opportunity. Most likely, he'll end up with a struggling team that will have a coaching vacancy soon.
I agree, he is the coach with NBA ring and done so much so far, an assistant job doesn't make sense for him, he should be going to a team that could win something, or at least be head coach in some team. Memphis must be in talks, they got an interim coach, and Mike Malone could be a great replacement there.
Most teams will fire coaches, every season that happens, so there will eventually be a team getting him as head coach. The only logical argument for him to be an assistant coach at the moment would be just a short term arrangement for until the end of the season, like a month or two whatever it is, that would be only one and why would any team want him for that short span of time and why would he accept anyways.