Head Coach Mr. DARVIN HAM Thread

[waterman40]

Ham's "shot in the face" comment was interesting.....

Is it better to be shot in the face, or have a bunch of players who can't shoot the basketball, and two highly paid superstars who don't like to play defense?

Being shot in the face may not be all that bad, especially if it means you have players who can shoot and play D.
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[vasashi17+]

^That was a boss quote from yesterday haha

[PLATNUM]

I liked what I heard from Ham.
The team definitely needs some toughness and some fire.
Hoping he can bring in some X's and O's staff to round things out.

Who is the idiot reporter that mentioned bringing in Russ off the bench?
Stupid question to ask at an introductory press conference.

Our man Emplay got to ask a question. Unfortunately he forgot to introduce himself beforehand
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[danzag]

LFG Coach Ham!!!!!

[epic_]

Coach said a lot of good things.
But one thing he didn't say, which was very smart was: we want Russ to be Russ.

Instead talking of sacrifice and defense was brilliant.
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[yinoma2001]

[wolfpaclaker]

Gary Payton was an elite defender, his entire career. Even then, late in his career when he came to the Lakers, it was tough for him to just play off Kobe/Shaq and not have the ball as much. Even then, at least he had the all time great defensive IQ and some elite defensive skills (hands, anticipating etc) that helped the team to be great.

Westbrook will not turn into that, because he hasn't ever been that player. That's what I saw last year. I never really watched Westbrook play aside from when he played us. When you actually watch him play you realize he's like Melo. He's got so many bad habits on defense, he's not quick enough anymore, and he's not great at playing angles. These won't suddenly change because instead of a white non-NBA player coach telling him something instead of a man of color who was once a NBA player. Lets cut that stuff out, it will not be the reason WB changes his game.

What could happen is WB see that his career is heading down the tubes and instead of pouting in the role he had, he will embrace it a bit more. That's more realistic, especially since he's heading into FA and another bad season and he may not even get the full MLE. So what I see happening is not that at 34 years old he will become this elite defensive player that Ham thinks he can be, I think what we will see is him pout less and be more better of a teammate than he was last year. He didn't have trust with Vogel (and vice-versa) and can probably have that with Ham. Weird we supported Westbrook on this, and that says all it should about Pelinka, Jeanie and co. they have no loyalty to the little/non-big names that get you the titles (Caruso, Vogel, etc) it's all about satisfying the stars and big names. This won't get you a title, but at least the team will be in the playoffs with better health and respect for the coach (from WB).

[yinoma2001]

Wolf, nothing I've seen in Russ's career tells me he's going to do such a dramatic turn about face. If anything, I'd argue that he may try to force his way on another team where he can be the "man" and put up stats. His exit interview was revealing where again, he talked about how he didn't average a triple double. That's his mindset.

It's a contract year and I doubt he will transform into a guy who will sublimate his game and stats. I think it's far more realistic Ham won't buy his B.S. and benches him for say, Nunn, or the Lakers bite the bullet to get Russ off the team. I don't think the impending FA is going to help his behavior as he may be anxious to pad his numbers again heading into FA.
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[Laker's Fan]

Ham said Russ would be expected to shift his effort to defense and play off the ball offensively. I guess if he gets with the program, it’s a win. If (when) he doesn’t, it will be made clear who the problem is. It’s not a bad strategy for the front office actually. Russ is the lightning rod they need.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Russ has increasing interest in getting out. Not enough to opt out mind you, though maybe he takes a pretty big buyout (?). If the Lakers could get the full MLE that might be a productive “trade”.
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[DD20045]

WB needs to realize this is the last year of his career. Its play well or never play again.
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[epic_]

[LakerSD]

https://twitter.com/lakers/status/1535316504777920512?s=21&t=BdTJ6OFzaQKU8qgXO_qkYg

LeCalculated Lakers. Lots of Russ.
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[yinoma2001]

[LakerSD]

[AD23]

Darvin on DP Show

https://twitter.com/TheLakersReview/status/1537507983621386240?s=20&t=xIRBB5k7s5glT56RojjLGQ

[Inspector Gadget]

It’s good to see Darvin Ham in a positive spirit going on show tours talking good about the players, Hopefully they listen.

[LakerDYnasty72]

[troy]

[Halflife]

[Inspector Gadget]

The love affair tour between Ham and Westbrook is making things superstitious, I mean good lord the guy is 33 and has been playing the same way for years, Ham needs to stop acting like he is Jesus.

[2019]

[Car54]