Head Coach Mr. DARVIN HAM Thread

[danzag]

He got schooled. That's what happens when you have a first year head coach.

And I like Ham. But I don't know if we have the patience to deal with this right now.

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[governator]

Coach need to call a timeout and regroup the troops when our offense stalled and the opponent building momentum

[pio2u]

That new head coach learning curve has been painful.

[wolfpaclaker]

Statistics say Lakers defense has gotten better, but their offense has gotten much worse under this coaching staff. They've gotten a much healthier and better AD and Westbrook is playing a lot bettert off the bench.

Not sure there's a whole lot most coaches can do with this situation, but I think we have the talent to be .500 with the way AD has been playing. Lebron going in and out of the lineup fails to deliver continuity, something that we've seen previous staff talk about.

My only issue with Ham so far has been that he refuses to give the Lakers more size advantage, which would allow us to play a little slower and get more second chances and paint play, something that suits AD/Lebron a lot. If you ran Bryant/AD/Lebron/Walker/Dennis lineups (Or Reaves instead of Dennis) you have the needed size there to be able to do things his current plan doesn't allow him. He's forcing a pace and style on the team's offense that may be best in the future with a different team but not this team. This team with old Lebron and AD without great 3 point shooting needs to be more physical and dominant with size and interior presence on offense. Instead we run a lot of small weak stuff on offense. With TBryant we even have a big that can shoot some 3s. If not at the very least we should run more Lebron at PG with Reaves/Walker at the wings lineups.

In the end though it's clear he was brought in to help deal with the WB situation and be a strong voice, which he has been. That's what they wanted and they got exactly what they paid for.

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[Megaton]

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This guy is an idiot.


Our offense is (bleep) horrible and he plays Brick 30 minutes per game.

I could care less about his 8 assist because they come at a high expense.

Stops ball movement, freezez team8s which affects defense, and his (bleep) eFG is like 45%. What is the deal here? Keep the vets happy to keep your job? Gtfo


The ball is better on Reaves hands so why is Brick playing?

He turns the ball over 12 times in the last 2 games.

Thats ridiculous

Shooting 5 3s per game as if he is curry when he shoots 30% on them.

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[mad55557777]

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Dennis, Beverly, Reaves, Lonnie all have better net rating that this terrible player. People confuse empty numbers with efficient numbers.

Do you think other teams are worry about a guy that has a eFG% at 45%? And is likely to throw the ball away every single trip... cmon dude...

He can't hurt you.

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[leking006]

Why is he benching TB? He clearly can contribute. Ham loves playing a 4 guard lineup than putting a legit center out there.

[leking006]

He's worst than last year's vogel. Can't believe the Lakers hired his ass. Vogel can maximize this lineup more than him. No way Vogel will field a 4 guard combination.

[epic_]

You really look at the sets the Lakers run and think Vogel's offense was better than Ham's?
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[lakersfever714]

Vogel would destroy opposing teams with a healthy and dominating AD like this. AD said last year he was playing injured even from the start of the season. He was never 100%.

[rock0100]

Ham will eventually become a decent coach and is probably a great assistant coach.

We needed an experienced coach. Snyder, Mark Jackson…. We should have gone in that direction. I’m so frustrated.

[defense]

I have not seen anything great from Ham, but I don't blame him for this season. We were going to suck no matter what. It's a bad team.

[yinoma2001]

1. He has to eliminate that 3-4 small guard lineups. We are just getting destroyed with them, especially on the boards.

2. He also needs to cut back LBJ's minutes. We are getting diminished production from him. Is he strong willed enough to tell LBJ that his minutes are going down, especially when he's stat padding to pass Kareem?

3. Stop closing high leverage games with Russ. He's a great middle innings relief pitcher, but in crucial moments, he makes too many painful mistakes on both sides of the ball.

4. I would consider playing Wenyen as part of a closing lineup to help on the boards. Just getting crushed when we close with AD/LBJ/Russ/Reaves/5th player who is usually a 6'3 under guard.
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[Laker_Jocker]

Ham has done a good job of bringing calm to the chaos but the fact remains that the team as constructed are not good enough to win consistently. And, for a first year coach, his margin of error in terms of getting wins is pretty low.

But it is what it is... LBJ is going nowhere because of his "legacy". Everyone knows has always been both a boon and a black hole on offense with questionable defense throughout. This 38 year old version needs to back off as the offense often looks and functions better with him out (assuming AD is healthy) but no one is going to say that to him and there's no way he is going to sit on the bench if healthy.

Where it sits right now is that anything less than 100% healthy AD (with or without LBJ) and this roster isn't going to beat very many of the decent to good teams. Those Spurs games are a good indicator that the Lakers without AD (and/or when this version of LBJ plays with him) are going to perform like one of the worst teams in the league most nights unless a meaningful trade is found.

[lakersfever714]

One and done. Thank you, next!

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