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Things aren’t looking good for Darvin Ham in LA, and fans are blaming LeBron James.
On Wednesday night, the Lakers suffered their ninth loss in twelve games, and it appears that Ham is on thin ice with the team.
After the loss, The Athletic’s Shams Charania spoke with six anonymous sources that revealed the team is frustrated with Ham’s rotations during the Lakers latest losing streak.
There's currently a growing disconnect between Darvin Ham and Lakers locker room stemming from disjointedness around rotation and adjustments, per me and @jovanbuha.
Story at @TheAthletic on Lakers, losers of 3 in row, nine of 12 and now under .500: https://t.co/shM7alh3xy
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 4, 2024
Via The Athletic
“There’s currently a deepening disconnect between Darvin Ham and the Lakers locker room, six sources with direct knowledge of the situation say, raising questions about the head coach’s standing.”
“The people spoke with The Athletic on condition of anonymity so that they could speak freely on the matter. Those sources have described that the disjointedness between the coach and team has stemmed from the extreme rotation and starting lineup adjustments recently from Ham, leading to a fluctuating rhythm for several players across the roster.”
It didn’t take long for fans to bring up the fact that LeBron has a long history of not vibing with his coaches.
“LeBron being a coach killer is absolutely part of his legacy. He decides what they do on the court, he picks the roster, hell, he picks the damn coach! When it inevitably falls off the rails it’s rinse and repeat.” said one fan.
“Are we going to have a conversation about Lebron being a “coach killer” his whole career?” commented another fan.
LeBron is a coach killer bruh this is just crazy work lol.
— Daran (@dfaustt) January 4, 2024
With the way things are going it wouldn’t be surprising if Ham gets fired in the coming weeks.