The Los Angeles Lakers have reportedly fired head coach Darvin Ham on Friday after two seasons with the team and two playoff exits at the hands of the defending…
The Los Angeles Lakers have reportedly fired head coach Darvin Ham on Friday after two seasons with the team and two playoff exits at the hands of the defending champion Denver Nuggets.The Los Angeles Lakers have reportedly fired head coach Darvin Ham on Friday after two seasons with the team and two playoff exits at the hands of the defending champion Denver Nuggets.
BREAKING: The Los Angeles Lakers dismissed coach Darvin Ham, sources tell ESPN. In two seasons, Ham was 90-74 with a Western Conference Finals berth, two Play-In victories and an In-Season title. Lakers lost in five games to Denver in opening-round.According to Wojnarowski, Ham was informed of his release on a phone call Friday morning with Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka.
Reports surfaced that Ham had lost the locker room with team officials and players pointing to their head coach's fluctuating rotations, poor game plans, lack of in-game adjustments, and defensive principles as to why the team struggled from mid-December to early February. Things only got worse in the playoffs. The Lakers won their play-in tournament matchup with the New Orleans Pelicans and their reward was a rematch with the reigning champion Nuggets.
After the Lakers blew a 20-point lead in Game 2, Lakers' forward Anthony Davis said that the team had moments"where we don’t know what we’re doing on both ends of the floor.” Ham's comments were just the beginning of contention between the coach and his players. In Game 4, there were multiple incidents in which LeBron James emphatically encouraged his coach to challenge a referee's out-of-bounds call. In both cases, Ham chose not to. In both cases, James was correct.The final straw that may have broken the proverbial camel's back came in the third quarter of Game 5 in Denver. The Lakers led 69-60 with six minutes remaining in the quarter.
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