With the arrival of Darvin Ham to the bench of Los Angeles Lakers As the franchise’s 28th head coach in NBA history, the first personnel moves have begun to be made.
According to Dave McMenamin and Adrián Wojnarowski of ESPN, David FizdaleMike Penberty, and John Lucas III, have been fired from their positions as assistant coaches of the Los Angeles club.
On the other hand, Phil HandyY Quinton CrawfordThey will be the only assistants that Ham will keep in the team, belonging to the management of the former coach he will replace, Frank Vogel.
“I like coaches who like to roll up their sleeves and can go out”, is what Darvin Ham said on Monday during his official presentation as the manager of the 17-time league champions.
New era
Darvin Ham after having an 8-year career in the NBA, in which he played for Milwaukee, Atlanta, Indiana, Denver, Washington, and Detroit, where he won a title in 2004, when they beat the team he will now coach, the Lakers .
Coach Ham will have his first experience leading a team, after being hired as a player development coach by the Lakers in 2011 under the management of Mike Brown, until in 2013 he became part of the assistant team. of Mike Budenholzerfollowing him through the Atlanta Hawks and the Milwaukee Bucks, winning the championship last year, and getting his first shot this year.
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“Where I come from in the last nine years, we did everything. We did player development. We did exploration. I had to step in as head coach on a few occasions. But it was a team. We all collaborate on all aspects of our team’s basketball, offensively and defensively. So I’m looking to build that type of similar staffHam commented.
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