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According to Dave McMenamin of ESPN, the Los Angeles Lakers have hired former WNBA player Shay Murphy as a coaching associate. The L.A.-area native attended USC and had a pro career that spanned more than a decade overseas and in the WNBA, where she won a title with Phoenix in 2014. Murphy joins new additions John Lucas III and David Fizdale alongside the returning Phil Handy, Mike Penberthy, Quinton Crawford, and Miles Simon on head coach Frank Vogel’s bench.