Woj details Darvin Ham’s future with Lakers & potential roster moves | NBA Countdown 

Shout-out OKC, Denver, and Minnesota, 3 teams the media doesn't wanna cover

AD called him out in the presser, Mark Jackson called him out, Lebron throwing a tantrum to get Ham to challenge, DLO ignoring the huddle. Yeah Ham is gone

ESPN is in shambles right now 😂

D Ham had job troubles from the moment he wasn’t in one of the top 5 seeds. That 3-10 stretch where he was starting, I repeat STARTING players that aren’t even getting minutes in these first 4 games of the playoffs. Not because of injuries but because he wanted to experiment.

Stephen A dressed like he's got a meeting with the boss of one of the Five Families.

They need to consider a new coach. Once Jared Dudley left the assistant staff. There chemistry is off for team bonding

yes please do, fire darvin ham

Lebron and AD are putting up great numbers. It’s their teammates and injuries. Ham runs weird lineups too. Also the Lakers don’t have a dominant center. AD is a PF at heart. Other teams have solid centers which is what really kills the Lakers is inside the paint defense. Of course all yall say the same thing though. “It’s Lebums fault.” “ESPN is losing their minds.” It’s just a bad roster that didn’t have a chance to grow like other rosters.

Blame, another coach instead of Lebron.

Sorry SAS, AD was right. For long periods AR and DLo looked lost out there. Facts over feelings, who plays when is a Coach Ham problem. The coach plays the wrong people at the wrong time. Yes, Perk, it is also a Rob problem, Rob should have moved on from AR/DLo, but since Rob didn't make a change, it is up to the Coach to manage their minutes. Coach finally did a little minutes management, Den did not score as much, and AR/DLo finally won their match ups. Game 5 Coach will have to manage better, b/c Den will play better.

Why would you fire the guy that the team says doesn't know what he's doing to hire the guy that taught the current guy to not know what they're doing?

Wow! So Fred Vogel wasn't the problem after all.

Jamal Murray and Jokic asked for challenge in first half and lost. Sometimes as coach, that challenge is a savior towards end of games. lakers were up 15, Lebaby should just play Defense

It is going to be a long off-season in Los Angeles

All I'm gonna say is Darvin Ham broke the curse of Nuggets

Coach Ham brought the team to a in season Champion

That’s clipboard clip that went viral should say it all. Name a play out the timeouts he barely calls where you tell yourself, that was a good play call to stop the momentum.

These dudes are lying to themselves. Darvin has lost the locker room. They don’t even acknowledge his play calling. His obsession with 3 guard lineups is what have them in the playoffs-in every year.

lol what coach is next to be the lebron fall guy?

this roster needs to a retool get more on ball defenders and a 3rd star will help like Donovan Mitchell who I've heard the Knicks and Lakers will have interest.

Late in the season the lakers had a group of guys on the court that literally never played together all season, in a game where there were lots of olayoff implications. They have struggled with rotations all season long. There are players who are missing a ton of shots and seem to barely get any consequences for it. There have been many complaints about not utilizing his resources like timeouts appropriately. Not saying that ham holds all the fault by any means but its not like hes building a brand new team and its the first part of the season. Its the playoffs and the team has identity issues at times as well as accountability issues. Thats one of the things a good coach can crack down on. Got to look at the details and think is what theyve done 'because of' or 'in spite of' darvin ham.

Clearly don’t watch Lakers basketball Darvin played Cam & Prince in the starting line up till feb He misused Rui & Reaves for some reason gave more mins to Cam & Prince Could have had a better record if he put Rui & Reaves in the starting line up

When does right and fair ever matter??? I don’t see Bron opting in or even DLo opting in and I know that many don’t like or want DLo but the lakers need that salary to trade…

Lakers in the last two seasons wasn’t a bad team at all. They had a good roster but not a good coaching staff. With an average coach they could have been way better

Why would y’all fire him when he coached them to an in season banner?!

We’ve all been knowing Darvin Ham was an issue at the start of the season… and his rotation.. It doesn’t create good opportunities for rhythm Then add that with you players who have consistently came up short

I feel like Darvin Ham should've started with a small market team and young players to allow him to establish his ideals on the team with this team its too big of a spotlight i mean I understand the frustration with how he coach, but when you got guys basically not participating in the huddle and players questioning what they werent doing to the press it shows he's loss the lockeroom and kudos to him to keep professional and not call out players

Lakers problem is they don’t have a coach on the floor! Ham is not the problem , you need that leader on the floor besides Bron . Draymond green need to find his way to the lakers

Bro why is this even a question

Woj saying dejounte gonna be more available in the offseason/draft

HSN (Hypothetical Sports Network) formerly known as ESPN.

I honestly hate when these media outlets discuss coaches losing their jobs as if these front offices don’t have social media and watch the clips. I can’t stand Stephen A for this. He always talks about someone losing their job and then postface it by saying “it’s not right” “he doesn’t deserve to lose his job.”

ask shams. woj has zero lakers sources.

I don't understand the Lakers not willing to pay top dollar for a HC. It's a cheaper way to add wins than signing a top free agent. The salary is lower, and that's even before luxury taxes kick in.

Magic winning a championship at the Center Position is the worst thing to happen for Lebron because now everybody wants to see him do the same thing from the position of pf but we say cut his minutes.. If you subtract the minutes but add to the extra bang regardless if he can handle it or not it still destroys the notion of conserving him for the playoffs because you are playing him out of position with the extra discomfort of the banging. How many Times did Mike, Kobe, Magic play out of position... Mike 0 Kobe Maybefew, Magic when it counted the most which was a championship game... Dlo 1 AR15 2 Lebron 3 AD 4 you need a big man and have been playing without one all yr.

Lol SAS already planting the seeds, clip of AD circulating 😂 Then he gonna say " we told y'all" 😅

They’re getting mauled on boards. That’s been the series. Play Hayes AD and LBJ together

what third star can they get for dlo and reaces? Trae Young? A Trae Young and Lebron core would give up 400 points a game

It’s not the coach problem I really hate how you guys always blame the problem on the coach or one of the players the lakers need better players period.

A team with 2 top ten players (according to most media and fans) (one of them considered to be the best defender in the world) just got gentleman swept by a team with only 1 all-star+ player, and the suggestion Perk can come up with is getting a 3rd star? Did they not remember what they had been saying when the Westbrick trade failed? Come up with some new points at least if you want to keep talking about the Lakers.

Ever since Perk unnecessarily played the race card against Jokic for being the MVP 2 years ago while Jokic clearly deserved it, I always have suspicions against Perk whenever he brings up an issue, including this one. Why does he so fiercely aim at Pelinka instead of D Ham? 😁

Darvin Ham shouldn't lose his job i hate this whenever you have superstars and the team doesn't perform the coach takes the fall it's unfortunate. but no this roster hasn't played up to their potential you can't put that all on the coach it's on the players too.

Please hire Mark Jackson!

Darvin Ham "experimenting" with different lineups throughout the season, his stubborn reluctance to start Rui and his bizarre crush on Taurean Prince are why the Lakers ended up in the play-in. He doesn't have any schemes or playstyle, just keeps going on about effort as if that's all there is to basketball. That's why AD said what he said.

Ham has lost the players belief and trust in his strategy. You can see it in the timeouts they aren't even listening or paying attention to him, especially Lebron and AD. Its tough but that's head coaching in the NBA. Ham is not a very good in game manager with adjustments and plays. From what I see he doesn't get much help from his assistants either.

Here we go…

They talking like Ham is a very good consistent coach so far lol . That issue which happened with rotations mid December to mid January is why the Lakers are 7th seed and having to face Nuggets in 1st round . Go see that 1 month stretch where Ham made some worst rotations and an article was reported at that time of locker room not happy with Ham's rotations. He is learning on the fly and that's not enough for winning championship.. DLo(Game1, 3), Reaves(1,3) and Rui (Game 1-3) especially could have played so much better and agree on that part players have to do better but Ham's job is on the line because of sheer inconsistencies through the season. Not being animated in sidelines either like other good coaches and just standing and watching.

Or instead of bringing in a third star…….. you bring in a plethora of good roll players who are gonna do what they need to do? Can’t believe people watched the suns get swept, watched the nets lose all because they players the stars were t good enough and still want big threes out here, they don’t work.

Doc river probably gon coach the lakers next

If Denver never stuck with Michael Malone, who knows where Denver will be. You need stability sometimes but LeGM and AD scream too loud and need scapegoat.

lol it’s not the coach fault if the player is not playing will….coach will give plan to execute.,even though player follow the plan but they cannot shoot the ball… is it the fault of the coach…

Oh god. Name a Lakers coach in the past decade that everybody didn’t wanna fire. I’m tired of hearing this about every coach instead of accepting the fact that the Lakers aren’t a good team

Mark Jackson would probably take a minimum.

Lebaby almost try to get the great Spo fired in first season. Riley wasn’t having none of that superstar ego nonsense

More Nuggets talk please enough talking about bad teams

The last time they brought in a third star was Russell Westbrook

The players are the problem not the coach.

Fire the coach Hamm

All good, ya'll can pickup Doc Rivers after he's done messing up The Bucks.

FIRE HAM

How about blame the man who put the team together. Pelinka did a horrible job with the roster.

The Lakers are too cheap to fire a coach and hire an expensive coach If I’m the Lakers, they have to get more size and more bigger, they have to trade for two more centres/Power forwards or 7 footers. Then use your picks to trade for Zach Lavine

Can lakers come back from 3-0 . Finna be tattooed on ESPN

Let’s blame ham not LEBRON for bulding and picking the coach, perk and Shannon super upset

JJ Reddick

Don't forget the Westbrook failed experiment so they did try to bring in a third star LeBron wanted him that hurt the Lakers they traded the remaining young talent they had Davin ham is in a no win situation its so easy to say trade Reeves and Russell I doubt it will work when this team's future is in doubt with James nearing the end at this point they have to think about a full rebuild

Can we fire Angry Perk already?

a revolving door of non-superstar coaches is all lebron will allow. lebron needs to run the show.

Lakers need to move on from dlo! Also, lakers need to trade austin reeves and rui

Perk once again spewing nonsense with no idea what he's talking about. Darvin Ham isn't him and to be honest I've been reading articles about doing a sign and trade of LeBron to OKC and getting back some nice young talent and 1st round picks. If OKC is actually interested and they can get a deal done Palinka has to at least make it a viable option. LeBrons not getting younger, we could use draft capital and the circus that comes along with him going somewhere else would be a calming factor for this franchise.

Fire Darvin ham

Yeah it’s rob fault dude dismantle the championship team all becuz of control they don’t want bron 2 get all the credit over a story franchise

Laker fans are done with D-Lo… stop blaming the coachb

Every lebron team a coach lose a job , He is a proven coach killer in his entire career. he should be the one coaching since doesnt listen

I would rather keep Austin and dlo and lose. BUILD WITH WHAT WE HAVE. If we get rid of anyone, take away prince, Vanderbilt and this is controversial but take hachimura too

we all know who they really need to move on from but they won't because the Lakers live off of big names

Like a third star will solve their problems...

Darvin should have been fired. His lineups and adjustments have ranged from questionable to craptastic since he got there.

Lakers need lonzo ball

WRONG QUESTION!! Can they move on from LBJ

Here we go again 🤣

The biggest lakers problem is that they treat lebron as a second star. He is too old for defense. If he was ever good at all. He needs to be distributing and the 3rd star on a contender. I'd take Aaron Gordon over him currently. Way fewer mistakes.

So according to Perk, Lakers need 3 superstars to beat the Nuggets 1 star. A round about way of not admitting the greatness of The Joker.

Nah ESPN trying to paint Ham as an unfair scapegoat is crazy!!!😂 Yes the players have to perform but has anyone watched how poorly he has coached all year long? You have to be kidding me he’s cost them at least 5 games over the season from bad clock management and having this infatuation with waiting until the ENTIRE lead they built has dwindled before he calls a TO…..this guy is not a coach he’s an assistant maybe. Just too many rookie mistakes, he doesn’t challenge the out of bounds play that matters but does challenge a random call at the end of a game you’ve already lost 😆 if Ham gets fired after 1 season it’s deserved no doubt. Now the Rob Pelinka issue is a bigger one, he should have been fired roughly 3 years ago. This man let Dwight Javale Caruso KCP Kuzma ALL walk when they had the best defense in the league and a top 10 offense. Why!!? Oh Lebron was hobbled and AD was out, you lose to phoenix ok it happens LETS REGROUP! What does he do? Drops a nuke on the entire team and then tries to convince the world it’s Lebrons fault his master plan was fkn Westbrook😂 and Pat Bev and……..?………nothing, no center or shooters or defensive guards or bench or anything. Fire both Rob Pelinka and Ham then sell the team please because Jeannie’s ownership is the next biggest issue tbh.

Nah we gonna say aha about him being fired cuz you’re saying it so loud and clear as the loudest person on ESPN. If none of you brought up the connection how many people will really connect it

Ask LeBron that question

The real and legitimate question for the Lakers is, can the Lakers move on from Lebron?? 😂

Queen James need no coach she can coach the team all the way to the Finals 😂

This show so scandalous. Smh. Imagine someone in a position of power taking advice from Kendrick Perkins and SAS😂

People put on suits & think their professional my point being take perk off he never makes since

He needs to challenge that out of bound call that LBJ went nuts of…the none challenge demoralizing the team!

Mike Budenholzer is a bad as Darvin. Thanks to the players he had they became champions. So for now let's keep Darvin.

Their gm should get more heat...he made all the trash moves since the bubble

The major problem is that the coach of this team is always under the thumb of lebron so he can’t be too hard on him ever even when bron is underperforming bc then he’ll get fired regardless until that narrative changes it won’t matter who the coach is but just from a coaching standpoint darvin ham sucks tho so yea get him out

LeSwept will rue the days that Aaron Gordon and Joker got drafted. Broom party tonight!!

Not could but should get rid of him

Fire ham is the worse coach n the NBA rn. He’s at best a assistant coach.

They have to right? I mean who else is gonna take blame? Lebron? lol never happen

Kendrick Perkins needs to shut up

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