Woj details Darvin Ham’s future with Lakers & potential roster moves | NBA Countdown
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Adrian Wojnarowski joins NBA Countdown to discuss Darvin Ham’s job security with the Los Angeles Lakers as they face elimination in the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Shout-out OKC, Denver, and Minnesota, 3 teams the media doesn't wanna cover
@2Manchester
Ай бұрын
Agreed 💯
@db314
Ай бұрын
Orlando get done the worst !!!
@KINGFACE96
Ай бұрын
@@db314facts Orlando not even getting mentioned
@DrezzyEFTP
Ай бұрын
Well you have to look at it, America is a money making machine, and they have to find what type of news that will give them the most views. Have you noticed more of the same teams end up competing for the championship whether it's the nba or nfl?
@knapps6288
Ай бұрын
They've been talking Denver all year bro stop
AD called him out in the presser, Mark Jackson called him out, Lebron throwing a tantrum to get Ham to challenge, DLO ignoring the huddle. Yeah Ham is gone
@SriReddy
Ай бұрын
So true
@maxsmart8954
Ай бұрын
not likely they just gave a raise and 4 year contract. 😂 Fortunately for Ham arm chair and You tube click-bators have 0- no pull in the hiring and firing department.
@007bbox
Ай бұрын
Mark Jackson?? Lol
@slickclick4390
Ай бұрын
@@007bbox Aye that's what I said lol
D Ham had job troubles from the moment he wasn’t in one of the top 5 seeds. That 3-10 stretch where he was starting, I repeat STARTING players that aren’t even getting minutes in these first 4 games of the playoffs. Not because of injuries but because he wanted to experiment.
@muahmuzic
Ай бұрын
He dumb
@nicholasjohnson8428
Ай бұрын
It's disgusting how the media continues to give passes to Darvin Ham He was starting Reddish, Vando, and Prince for stretches... WHILE BENCHING DLO, Reaves, and Rui
@mattfowler3760
Ай бұрын
@@nicholasjohnson8428how many coaches need to be hired/fired before people figure out the coach isn’t the problem? 😂🤦♂️The coach isn’t responsible for Lebron letting AG back cut for easy dunks. Coach isn’t the reason why Lebron doesn’t go back on defense a lot of possessions after costly turnovers or missed shots. Stop it 😂
@poppasmurf3670
Ай бұрын
@@mattfowler3760 People get beat on backcuts everyday. People don’t self sabotage their season by starting players that shouldn’t even be in the rotation. No one is saying Ham is bad schematically he’s just not a championship caliber heat coach.
@IGotTheNewness
Ай бұрын
Yeah.. as a Laker fan, I was frustrated watching that cause he could’ve just ran the starting 5 that got them to the WCF from the start of the season. Ham is a weirdo. He has to go.
ESPN is in shambles right now 😂
@fauxbro1983
Ай бұрын
gotta make excuses for lebron
@jordanjohnson9866
Ай бұрын
Nah. /
@hitmancrewgaming1510
Ай бұрын
How
@denisako6493
Ай бұрын
They'll lose many eyeballs
Stephen A dressed like he's got a meeting with the boss of one of the Five Families.
@KINGFACE96
Ай бұрын
Or kfc ceo😅
@vincenttodd6508
Ай бұрын
@@KINGFACE96you do understand what he truly means right? There are only 5 companies that run all of media
They need to consider a new coach. Once Jared Dudley left the assistant staff. There chemistry is off for team bonding
yes please do, fire darvin ham
@barry6768
Ай бұрын
Fire the GM. Trade LeBron and AD. They are overrated. They haven’t accomplished anything in LA. Nobody counts the Covid chip. They at the bottom of the league. Nobody fears them. Denver doesn’t even care in this series.
Lebron and AD are putting up great numbers. It’s their teammates and injuries. Ham runs weird lineups too. Also the Lakers don’t have a dominant center. AD is a PF at heart. Other teams have solid centers which is what really kills the Lakers is inside the paint defense. Of course all yall say the same thing though. “It’s Lebums fault.” “ESPN is losing their minds.” It’s just a bad roster that didn’t have a chance to grow like other rosters.
@haywood0457
Ай бұрын
No. It’s rebounding. Y’all be saying anything without doing a true assessment. DEN mauled LA the first 3 games 280-247 FGA, that’s 10-15 more shots per game on average 145-118 Total Rebounds 38-18 Offensive Rebounds. Game 4 Lakers protected the boards 87-93 46-53 8-9 Whoever controls the boards is likely to win. LAL down 3-1 but been leading 75% of the time played. That’s crazy. If they stay organized and eliminate the unforced mistakes, especially the mental lapses like g2, DEN has no real edge. DEN has to close g5 or it’s going 7 and all momentum is with LAL.
@SriReddy
Ай бұрын
No. LJ is no Kobe and not even MJ
@philderrick6305
Ай бұрын
Well said lakers lack a solid center
It is going to be a long off-season in Los Angeles
Jamal Murray and Jokic asked for challenge in first half and lost. Sometimes as coach, that challenge is a savior towards end of games. lakers were up 15, Lebaby should just play Defense
Why would you fire the guy that the team says doesn't know what he's doing to hire the guy that taught the current guy to not know what they're doing?
Blame, another coach instead of Lebron.
@divinedeparture5560
Ай бұрын
and how is it lebron's fault clown? 🤔🤡
@SriReddy
Ай бұрын
Send LJ to Knicks
Wow! So Fred Vogel wasn't the problem after all.
@MrNaturalSez
Ай бұрын
Fred, Frank... whatever
@datsapaddlin
Ай бұрын
I think Frank was a better coach than Ham but he bout to get swept too 😂. He’s gonna get fired again
@scoobydooby6180
Ай бұрын
He getting swept too. It’s a new era unfolding before our very eyes
@db314
Ай бұрын
Let’s be real … neither isn’t good, doesn’t make Vogal the right coach. Stop it
@YungSpaceship
Ай бұрын
Frank should have never been fired and is a better coach. Suns are built terribly.
That’s clipboard clip that went viral should say it all. Name a play out the timeouts he barely calls where you tell yourself, that was a good play call to stop the momentum.
Coach Ham brought the team to a in season Champion
@Judgedsafe195
Ай бұрын
AD and Bron did that
Sorry SAS, AD was right. For long periods AR and DLo looked lost out there. Facts over feelings, who plays when is a Coach Ham problem. The coach plays the wrong people at the wrong time. Yes, Perk, it is also a Rob problem, Rob should have moved on from AR/DLo, but since Rob didn't make a change, it is up to the Coach to manage their minutes. Coach finally did a little minutes management, Den did not score as much, and AR/DLo finally won their match ups. Game 5 Coach will have to manage better, b/c Den will play better.
this roster needs to a retool get more on ball defenders and a 3rd star will help like Donovan Mitchell who I've heard the Knicks and Lakers will have interest.
@mauricelamar9394
Ай бұрын
He is a free agent. Either this year or next. This year the lakers don’t have enough cap space. And next year the signing of free agents over the cap gets harder.
All I'm gonna say is Darvin Ham broke the curse of Nuggets
Lol SAS already planting the seeds, clip of AD circulating 😂 Then he gonna say " we told y'all" 😅
Late in the season the lakers had a group of guys on the court that literally never played together all season, in a game where there were lots of olayoff implications. They have struggled with rotations all season long. There are players who are missing a ton of shots and seem to barely get any consequences for it. There have been many complaints about not utilizing his resources like timeouts appropriately. Not saying that ham holds all the fault by any means but its not like hes building a brand new team and its the first part of the season. Its the playoffs and the team has identity issues at times as well as accountability issues. Thats one of the things a good coach can crack down on. Got to look at the details and think is what theyve done 'because of' or 'in spite of' darvin ham.
lol what coach is next to be the lebron fall guy?
@thecasualchase6802
Ай бұрын
And explain how it all falls on Lebron?
@yrcddai914
Ай бұрын
Bro chill this mf acting like he go big against Denver
@KarloBlaze
Ай бұрын
I'm sorry, but if you think Darwin Ham is a LeBron's cape goat, I don't know what to tell you. He had nothing but a negative impact on the team ever since he got the job
@GFitness214
Ай бұрын
Of course it’s always the coach fault and Lebron wants another coach fired. I like Lebron but this is bad. Darvin Ham not a bad coach. It’s just Bron be passive aggressive and he turned the team against Darvin Ham. Coaching Lebron must be too stressful fr
@KarloBlaze
Ай бұрын
@@GFitness214 Of course it's stressful when you get hired to coach a player who has more experience and knows every play. It's the same in every sport. I don't know what makes you think Ham is a good coach, but he definitely isn't experienced and flexible enough to lead a win now contending team. I feel sorry for him, that decision wasn't good for both him and the Lakers
HSN (Hypothetical Sports Network) formerly known as ESPN.
When does right and fair ever matter??? I don’t see Bron opting in or even DLo opting in and I know that many don’t like or want DLo but the lakers need that salary to trade…
Woj saying dejounte gonna be more available in the offseason/draft
Doc river probably gon coach the lakers next
Here we go…
Darvin Ham "experimenting" with different lineups throughout the season, his stubborn reluctance to start Rui and his bizarre crush on Taurean Prince are why the Lakers ended up in the play-in. He doesn't have any schemes or playstyle, just keeps going on about effort as if that's all there is to basketball. That's why AD said what he said.
We’ve all been knowing Darvin Ham was an issue at the start of the season… and his rotation.. It doesn’t create good opportunities for rhythm Then add that with you players who have consistently came up short
They’re getting mauled on boards. That’s been the series. Play Hayes AD and LBJ together
@teej6632
Ай бұрын
Lmao worst take ever. Hayes sucks
@haywood0457
Ай бұрын
@@teej6632 Hayes is not bad. You have no basketball IQ.
@mauricelamar9394
Ай бұрын
You will get more rebounds, while sacrificing spacing and shooting. Neither are great shooters. How exactly is that going to fix the problem?
I feel like Darvin Ham should've started with a small market team and young players to allow him to establish his ideals on the team with this team its too big of a spotlight i mean I understand the frustration with how he coach, but when you got guys basically not participating in the huddle and players questioning what they werent doing to the press it shows he's loss the lockeroom and kudos to him to keep professional and not call out players
They talking like Ham is a very good consistent coach so far lol . That issue which happened with rotations mid December to mid January is why the Lakers are 7th seed and having to face Nuggets in 1st round . Go see that 1 month stretch where Ham made some worst rotations and an article was reported at that time of locker room not happy with Ham's rotations. He is learning on the fly and that's not enough for winning championship.. DLo(Game1, 3), Reaves(1,3) and Rui (Game 1-3) especially could have played so much better and agree on that part players have to do better but Ham's job is on the line because of sheer inconsistencies through the season. Not being animated in sidelines either like other good coaches and just standing and watching.
Why would y’all fire him when he coached them to an in season banner?!
Lakers in the last two seasons wasn’t a bad team at all. They had a good roster but not a good coaching staff. With an average coach they could have been way better
Bro why is this even a question
Please hire Mark Jackson!
I don't understand the Lakers not willing to pay top dollar for a HC. It's a cheaper way to add wins than signing a top free agent. The salary is lower, and that's even before luxury taxes kick in.
what third star can they get for dlo and reaces? Trae Young? A Trae Young and Lebron core would give up 400 points a game
@markdeleon1588
Ай бұрын
LeBron comes to the Mavs
@ryceryder85
Ай бұрын
Dame time on the lakers for DLo and Reaves
These dudes are lying to themselves. Darvin has lost the locker room. They don’t even acknowledge his play calling. His obsession with 3 guard lineups is what have them in the playoffs-in every year.
Clearly don’t watch Lakers basketball Darvin played Cam & Prince in the starting line up till feb He misused Rui & Reaves for some reason gave more mins to Cam & Prince Could have had a better record if he put Rui & Reaves in the starting line up
@ronm3034
Ай бұрын
Clearly you don’t watch either reeves was in the starting line but but didn’t play well with lebron and Rui was injured a lot during the season!
lol it’s not the coach fault if the player is not playing will….coach will give plan to execute.,even though player follow the plan but they cannot shoot the ball… is it the fault of the coach…
Darvin Ham shouldn't lose his job i hate this whenever you have superstars and the team doesn't perform the coach takes the fall it's unfortunate. but no this roster hasn't played up to their potential you can't put that all on the coach it's on the players too.
Ever since Perk unnecessarily played the race card against Jokic for being the MVP 2 years ago while Jokic clearly deserved it, I always have suspicions against Perk whenever he brings up an issue, including this one. Why does he so fiercely aim at Pelinka instead of D Ham? 😁
Magic winning a championship at the Center Position is the worst thing to happen for Lebron because now everybody wants to see him do the same thing from the position of pf but we say cut his minutes.. If you subtract the minutes but add to the extra bang regardless if he can handle it or not it still destroys the notion of conserving him for the playoffs because you are playing him out of position with the extra discomfort of the banging. How many Times did Mike, Kobe, Magic play out of position... Mike 0 Kobe Maybefew, Magic when it counted the most which was a championship game... Dlo 1 AR15 2 Lebron 3 AD 4 you need a big man and have been playing without one all yr.
FIRE HAM
I honestly hate when these media outlets discuss coaches losing their jobs as if these front offices don’t have social media and watch the clips. I can’t stand Stephen A for this. He always talks about someone losing their job and then postface it by saying “it’s not right” “he doesn’t deserve to lose his job.”
If Denver never stuck with Michael Malone, who knows where Denver will be. You need stability sometimes but LeGM and AD scream too loud and need scapegoat.
Lakers problem is they don’t have a coach on the floor! Ham is not the problem , you need that leader on the floor besides Bron . Draymond green need to find his way to the lakers
The last time they brought in a third star was Russell Westbrook
@Realsaltyveteran
Ай бұрын
Calling Westbrook a star on the lakers is blasphemous
A team with 2 top ten players (according to most media and fans) (one of them considered to be the best defender in the world) just got gentleman swept by a team with only 1 all-star+ player, and the suggestion Perk can come up with is getting a 3rd star? Did they not remember what they had been saying when the Westbrick trade failed? Come up with some new points at least if you want to keep talking about the Lakers.
Lebaby almost try to get the great Spo fired in first season. Riley wasn’t having none of that superstar ego nonsense
Or instead of bringing in a third star…….. you bring in a plethora of good roll players who are gonna do what they need to do? Can’t believe people watched the suns get swept, watched the nets lose all because they players the stars were t good enough and still want big threes out here, they don’t work.
Can lakers come back from 3-0 . Finna be tattooed on ESPN
Ham has lost the players belief and trust in his strategy. You can see it in the timeouts they aren't even listening or paying attention to him, especially Lebron and AD. Its tough but that's head coaching in the NBA. Ham is not a very good in game manager with adjustments and plays. From what I see he doesn't get much help from his assistants either.
LeSwept will rue the days that Aaron Gordon and Joker got drafted. Broom party tonight!!
I would rather keep Austin and dlo and lose. BUILD WITH WHAT WE HAVE. If we get rid of anyone, take away prince, Vanderbilt and this is controversial but take hachimura too
All good, ya'll can pickup Doc Rivers after he's done messing up The Bucks.
Mark Jackson would probably take a minimum.
Oh god. Name a Lakers coach in the past decade that everybody didn’t wanna fire. I’m tired of hearing this about every coach instead of accepting the fact that the Lakers aren’t a good team
It’s not the coach problem I really hate how you guys always blame the problem on the coach or one of the players the lakers need better players period.
JJ Reddick
Let’s blame ham not LEBRON for bulding and picking the coach, perk and Shannon super upset
@datsapaddlin
Ай бұрын
Lebron wanted Ty Lue
The Lakers are too cheap to fire a coach and hire an expensive coach If I’m the Lakers, they have to get more size and more bigger, they have to trade for two more centres/Power forwards or 7 footers. Then use your picks to trade for Zach Lavine
ask shams. woj has zero lakers sources.
The players are the problem not the coach.
@ImJustAudio
Ай бұрын
Some of the players are the problem but it is mainly the coach for the Lakers. He constantly takes out players that are hot while they're still hot, he constantly keeps players in that are cold, he always runs 3 guard lineups, he doesn't know how to adapt during the games, he doesn't use his timeouts when opposing teams go on runs, he stops play calling during the 2nd half and decides to do iso ball, etc.
@ronm3034
Ай бұрын
@@ImJustAudiowas he the problem out the reason y’all win the in season tournament? Does that not matter anymore lol it’s his first head coaching job! Just like a rookie player he will make mistakes! Blame the gm should have gotten a veteran head coach
Fire the coach Hamm
Lakers need to move on from dlo! Also, lakers need to trade austin reeves and rui
Here we go again 🤣
How about blame the man who put the team together. Pelinka did a horrible job with the roster.
@jayc5756
Ай бұрын
No he didn't
@marcogenio9508
Ай бұрын
It’s crazy how Pelinka was getting so much praise last year for making the Dlo and Vando move and now he’s too blame. ESPN is has a recency bias problem
we all know who they really need to move on from but they won't because the Lakers live off of big names
Fire Darvin ham
More Nuggets talk please enough talking about bad teams
The biggest lakers problem is that they treat lebron as a second star. He is too old for defense. If he was ever good at all. He needs to be distributing and the 3rd star on a contender. I'd take Aaron Gordon over him currently. Way fewer mistakes.
@datsapaddlin
Ай бұрын
Gordon is like the 4th option on his team so that wouldn’t win anything either.
@markdeleon1588
Ай бұрын
LeBron should play with the Mavs
@danielstrongin8525
Ай бұрын
this is a garbage take
@remingtonporter1734
Ай бұрын
Yeah, Lekesha James needs to go to Philly! PERFECT SITUATION! Embiid, Maxey, he can distribute the ball for those 2!
@johnnier.o.d4746
Ай бұрын
yeah,he should go to the nuggets,call the joker his daddy & get another unearned ring ..... but he has to come off the bench & accept as the 10th scoring option ..... who's your daddy ....... 😂🤣😂🤣-😭😭😭😭😭😭
Don't forget the Westbrook failed experiment so they did try to bring in a third star LeBron wanted him that hurt the Lakers they traded the remaining young talent they had Davin ham is in a no win situation its so easy to say trade Reeves and Russell I doubt it will work when this team's future is in doubt with James nearing the end at this point they have to think about a full rebuild
He needs to challenge that out of bound call that LBJ went nuts of…the none challenge demoralizing the team!
WRONG QUESTION!! Can they move on from LBJ
Like a third star will solve their problems...
a revolving door of non-superstar coaches is all lebron will allow. lebron needs to run the show.
Laker fans are done with D-Lo… stop blaming the coachb
Not could but should get rid of him
They have to right? I mean who else is gonna take blame? Lebron? lol never happen
🔥🐷
Yeah it’s rob fault dude dismantle the championship team all becuz of control they don’t want bron 2 get all the credit over a story franchise
Steph Curry for DLow, Reeves and 3 first round picks
The major problem is that the coach of this team is always under the thumb of lebron so he can’t be too hard on him ever even when bron is underperforming bc then he’ll get fired regardless until that narrative changes it won’t matter who the coach is but just from a coaching standpoint darvin ham sucks tho so yea get him out
Nah ESPN trying to paint Ham as an unfair scapegoat is crazy!!!😂 Yes the players have to perform but has anyone watched how poorly he has coached all year long? You have to be kidding me he’s cost them at least 5 games over the season from bad clock management and having this infatuation with waiting until the ENTIRE lead they built has dwindled before he calls a TO…..this guy is not a coach he’s an assistant maybe. Just too many rookie mistakes, he doesn’t challenge the out of bounds play that matters but does challenge a random call at the end of a game you’ve already lost 😆 if Ham gets fired after 1 season it’s deserved no doubt. Now the Rob Pelinka issue is a bigger one, he should have been fired roughly 3 years ago. This man let Dwight Javale Caruso KCP Kuzma ALL walk when they had the best defense in the league and a top 10 offense. Why!!? Oh Lebron was hobbled and AD was out, you lose to phoenix ok it happens LETS REGROUP! What does he do? Drops a nuke on the entire team and then tries to convince the world it’s Lebrons fault his master plan was fkn Westbrook😂 and Pat Bev and……..?………nothing, no center or shooters or defensive guards or bench or anything. Fire both Rob Pelinka and Ham then sell the team please because Jeannie’s ownership is the next biggest issue tbh.
Queen James need no coach she can coach the team all the way to the Finals 😂
Ask LeBron that question
Can we fire Angry Perk already?
People put on suits & think their professional my point being take perk off he never makes since
Every lebron team a coach lose a job , He is a proven coach killer in his entire career. he should be the one coaching since doesnt listen
Trade LeBron for Mitchel and Jared Allen Then Cleveland can draft bronny and have LeGM
So according to Perk, Lakers need 3 superstars to beat the Nuggets 1 star. A round about way of not admitting the greatness of The Joker.
@ronm3034
Ай бұрын
The have two stars
Perk once again spewing nonsense with no idea what he's talking about. Darvin Ham isn't him and to be honest I've been reading articles about doing a sign and trade of LeBron to OKC and getting back some nice young talent and 1st round picks. If OKC is actually interested and they can get a deal done Palinka has to at least make it a viable option. LeBrons not getting younger, we could use draft capital and the circus that comes along with him going somewhere else would be a calming factor for this franchise.
Their gm should get more heat...he made all the trash moves since the bubble
Yes They should Move from Ham
The real and legitimate question for the Lakers is, can the Lakers move on from Lebron?? 😂
Get Rid Of Ham
Mike Budenholzer is a bad as Darvin. Thanks to the players he had they became champions. So for now let's keep Darvin.
Lakers need lonzo ball
Darvin should have been fired. His lineups and adjustments have ranged from questionable to craptastic since he got there.