Amid Lakers’ success, Frank Vogel has played an understated, essential role

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — It’s the ultimate first-world coaching problem: When you have arguably the game’s best player headlining the bill, you’re usually one of the last in line to get credit when reaching the top.
When Frank Vogel, LeBron James’ latest coach, took over the Lakers job, he looked into the past for inspiration: He studied film of James’ Cleveland tenure under Ty Lue, then looked at clips of the Miami Heat — a painful memory to revisit aft