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Head coach Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors are currently coming off of what was a highly frustrating 2023-24 season that saw the team get sent home in the first round of the Play-In tournament vs the Sacramento Kings. While Kerr got his own pockets secured during the season via a long-term extension, the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are without a head coach or even a coaching staff after the team cleaned out house and fired Darvin Ham and his staff following a first-round loss to the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Playoffs. While resentment had seemingly been growing in the Lakers locker room in regards to Ham, Anthony […]

The Los Angeles Lakers moved on from Darvin Ham and are now searching for their next head coach. According to Adrian Wojnarowski and Dave McMenamin of ESPN, the Lakers are expected to begin reaching out to candidates soon. Miami Heat assistant Chris Quinn, New Orleans Pelicans assistant James Borrego, and former player JJ Redick were […]

When things go wrong in the NBA, usually the first person to take the blame for the failure is the head coach. Whether it is right or wrong, that’s usually the way it plays out. The Phoenix Suns became the latest to engage in this behavior with the firing of head coach Frank Vogel on […]

The Los Angeles Lakers decided to fire head coach Darvin Ham on Friday after two years at the helm. Many have criticized the move, including ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. Smith absolutely ripped apart the Lakers on Monday morning during First Take, saying Ham essentially didn’t deserve to be let go: “He got screwed. It was […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are not interested in merely hiring a new head coach to replace Darvin Ham. They are overhauling the entire staff, including respected assistant Phil Handy, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. Handy had worked under both Ham and Frank Vogel, winning a championship with LA in 2020. Sentimentality is being thrown out […]

LeBron James will turn 40 years old next year but still wants to play in the NBA. Could LeBron, however, become a player-coach? It is an interesting idea. His future with the Los Angeles Lakers is currently uncertain, and Darvin Ham was dismissed by LA on Friday. The idea of LeBron replacing Ham as the […]

A predictable move was made by the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday as they fired head coach Darvin Ham. The Lakers were recently eliminated from the playoffs as they lost in five games against the Denver Nuggets. Ham has been the coach of the Lakers for the past two seasons, and they had two mediocre […]

Darvin Ham’s net worth in 2024 is $5 million. Ham is a basketball coach who most recently served as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers before they fired Ham after the Lakers failed to advance past the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs. He was also a former professional basketball player who […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have parted ways with Darvin Ham after two seasons as head coach, league sources confirmed to ClutchPoints on Friday. This news was first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. 🚨 BREAKING: The Lakers have fired Darvin Ham after two seasons, per @wojespn pic.twitter.com/s0Etriv7PK — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) May 3, 2024 Ham, 50, signed […]

The Los Angeles Lakers saw another disappointing season come to an end, and certain NBA executives are speculating that LeBron James’ former coach Tyronn Lue may be a prime candidate to steer the franchise as its next head coach. Lue coached James during his second stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers for two-and-a-half seasons from 2016 […]

The first thing that the Los Angeles Lakers need to take care of in the offseason is deciphering the direction they want to go in. At times, LeBron James was clearly defiant with some of Darvin Ham’s calls. Meanwhile, Anthony Davis admitted that they felt lost in that NBA Playoffs first-round exit against the Denver […]

The first thing most of the Los Angeles Lakers faithful did after their squad got bounced in the NBA Playoffs yet again was hurl vitriol toward someone. Who was at the receiving end of comments that insisted that they get fired? Well, it was Darvin Ham. From comments about being lost delivered by Anthony Davis […]

A lot of noise has been made in recent days about whether or not Darvin Ham and Frank Vogel deserved to be fired for what transpired this season with the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns, respectively. Ham has been on the hot seat ever since the Lakers won the first-ever NBA In-Season Tournament in […]

Since the arrival of LeBron James in the Los Angeles Lakers, the goal has been to win multiple NBA championships. The Purple and Gold managed to win one title under LeBron’s reign; however, they never followed up on another. After winning the 2020 NBA Finals, the Lakers made one bad decision after another. Firstly, they […]

When it comes to LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers, FOX Sports personality Skip Bayless will never run out of ideas to criticize the four-time league Most Valuable Player. So, when Los Angeles fell prey in the first round to Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets, part of the consequence was to hear Bayless […]

On Monday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers saw their 2023-24 season officially come to a brutal conclusion with a 108-106 road defeat at the hands of the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 of their first-round series. It officially ended a tightly contested series that saw the Nuggets continually taking over down the stretch of close […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have a massive decision to make regarding the immediate future of head coach Darvin Ham. After losing to the Denver Nuggets in five games, the Lakers have been kicked out of the playoffs. Once thought to be championship contenders after making the Western Conference Finals a year ago and winning the […]

There is a rising chorus of voices calling for the job of Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham. Ham is in the crossfire after the Lakers got bounced by the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference Playoffs on Monday. Ham’s future with the team is in peril, per The Athletic. The […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are out of title contention once again. Just like last  year, it was the Denver Nuggets that kicked LA out of the postseason. While on paper this series was better (1-4 series loss instead of a sweep), the games told a completely different story. At every point of the series, the […]

Darin Ham’s long-term status with the Los Angeles Lakers has been a topic of discussion all season. Now, after losing in five games to the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs, Ham’s immediate future with the organization is in serious doubt, with stakeholders indicating that it is “highly unlikely” that […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will face off against the Denver Nuggets on Monday night in what could be a game that will result in many internal changes to the organization. After facing elimination from the first round of the playoffs, down 3-0 to the Nuggets, the Lakers survived Game 4 and lived to fight another […]

The Los Angeles Lakers engaged the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of their crucial Western Conference quarterfinal matchup. The Lakers put on a dominating performance under the leadership of LeBron James; however, things did not go smoothly toward the end of the game. James appeared to get upset at head coach Darvin Ham after he […]

On Thursday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers fell into a 0-3 hole in their Western Conference playoffs first round matchup vs the reigning champion Denver Nuggets, who made quick work of the Lakers in last year’s conference finals, sweeping the Purple & Gold out of the postseason after their impressive run up to that point. […]

With LeBron James leaving the court, boos rained down from the very top row of Crypto.com Arena on Thursday night. The Los Angeles Lakers, who entered the NBA Playoffs on a roll and were looking to make noise against the Denver Nuggets, have suddenly been met with a reality that head coach Darvin Ham wished […]

The Los Angeles Lakers had a chance to win their NBA Playoffs Game 2 clash but then everything crumbled after that Jamal Murray game-winner. It was the same story all over again. They got to a hot start against the Nikola Jokic-led Denver Nuggets. Then, there were questionable schemes and rotational calls ran in the […]

One would think that the adversary in an NBA Playoffs clash would be the opponents that the team is facing. While this is still true between the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets, there have been some internal issues with the squad. After Jamal Murray hit a big shot to sink the LeBron James-led squad […]

The first thing Los Angeles Lakers fans and some members of the team went out to do after Game 2 of their NBA Playoffs clash was blast the officiating. Many heated heads were not pleased with how certain fouls committed by the Nikola Jokic-led Denver Nuggets to players like Anthony Davis, LeBron James, and D’Angelo […]

The Los Angeles Lakers, on Tuesday night, looked poised to snap their nine-game losing skid against the Denver Nuggets dating back to last year’s Western Conference Finals. LeBron James and Anthony Davis played very well, while D’Angelo Russell seemed to have exorcised his playoff demons against the Nuggets, as the Lakers took a 19-point lead […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are struggling to execute defensive coverages that will give the Denver Nuggets a constant headache. It was very evident in the first game of their NBA Playoffs clash that LeBron James and Anthony Davis were the only versatile personnel that Coach Darvin Ham had against the Nikola Jokic-led squad. However, it […]

When the first quarter ended and the Los Angeles Lakers had a 33-25 lead over the Denver Nuggets, it seemed as if Los Angeles finally had enough to fend off the defending NBA Champions. In the previous games played, it appeared as if the Lakers didn’t have an answer for Nikola Jokić and a Denver […]

It got a bit hairy at times in the fourth quarter, but the Los Angeles Lakers managed to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans in their Play-In Tournament matchup by a score of 110-106 to advance to the NBA Playoffs as the seven seed in the Western Conference. Darvin Ham and his team are clearly thrilled, […]

LeBron James is 39 years old and still setting career milestones. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar dropped 40 points on 9-of-10 shooting from three during a 116-104 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday at Barclays Center. James’ nine made threes tied his career-high, also set this season during a January win over the Clippers. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been on a bit of a roll as of late, as they picked up their fifth straight win on Wednesday night with a 136-124 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. While there have been a lot of things working for the team, head coach Darvin Ham’s decision to stick Rui Hachimura […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ guard Gabe Vincent isn’t exactly having his best season with a shooting percentage below 38% on the year so far in just five games played. He is averaging just over five points per game and has been injured for way longer than the Lakers’ management expected. The Lakers’ roster has been […]

Recently, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers rolled into Sacramento to take on the Kings as winners of two in a row and looking to make a significant stride up the Western Conference playoff ladder. Instead, James turned in one of the worst performances of his season and the Lakers were blasted by the […]

D’Angelo Russell has emerged as the Los Angeles Lakers’ most trusted floor general this season. However, that wasn’t the case last season, with head coach Darvin Ham benching him in the Western Conference Finals in favor of veteran point guard Dennis Schroder, now with the Brooklyn Nets. Ham had a prior relationship with Schroder, having […]

The Los Angeles Lakers lost their momentum from a two-game win streak on Wednesday night, as they got tripped up by the Sacramento Kings in a 120-1076 road loss to their Pacific division rivals. After the game, Los Angeles head coach Darvin Ham revealed what he told LeBron James and the rest of the Lakers […]

It always seems to be a mystery as to what version of the Los Angeles Lakers fans will witness on a given night. Sometimes, the Lakers turn up against the best teams in the NBA, as evidenced by their LeBron James-led epic comeback win against the Los Angeles Clippers and a dominant effort against the […]