Los Angeles Lakers head coaches don’t final lengthy in the event that they aren’t producing outcomes whereas making the storied franchise a reliable NBA title contender from yr to yr.
Darvin Ham is the newest to study the cruel reality of what it takes to be the top coach of the 17-time NBA champions, because the Lakers brass parted methods with the first-time head coach after solely two seasons regardless of back-to-back playoff berths, an NBA Cup title (In-Season Match) and a visit to the Western Convention Finals.
Lakers gamers, together with superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis, weren’t keen on Ham and his lack of preparation throughout his brief stint because the chief on the sideline in Los Angeles.
That stated, his destiny was sealed after the group flamed out shortly within the first spherical of the NBA playoffs final yr, shedding to the Denver Nuggets in 5 video games.
Sadly for Ham, no different group within the league was keen to offer him one other shot as a head coach, so he returned to the Milwaukee Bucks to be an assistant coach underneath veteran head coach Doc Rivers.
Rivers appears confused about why the Lakers didn’t retain Ham, as he stated the next forward of the group’s preseason matchup towards Los Angeles on Thursday by way of NBA Central.
“I’m not going to get into the whole thing that happened there, but he took a team to a Western Finals, and then the following year, he won the in-season tournament, which they say we should have a lot of value on, and then they release him. It literally makes no sense, but it happens. It happens to all of us. It’s part of what we do. But Darvin Ham’s a coach, he should be on the sidelines, and I wanted him next to me,” Rivers stated.
Doc Rivers says it makes “no sense” that the Lakers fired Darvin Ham after he led them to an in-season match championship and the Western Convention Finals
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In the end, the Lakers determined to maneuver ahead with one other first-timer, former participant JJ Redick, who, apparently sufficient, doesn’t have teaching expertise on any degree.
Tonight’s sport in Milwaukee might be fascinating, as Redick doesn’t have a very good relationship with Rivers, and Lakers gamers most likely don’t wish to see Ham.
