Stephen A. & Shannon Sharpe ADDRESS Darvin Ham’s Lakers firing: Blame game?! | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe join Christine Williamson to talk in-depth about Darvin Ham’s firing with the Los Angeles Lakers and how having 10 head coaches impacts LeBron James’ legacy.
0:00 Should Darvin Ham have been fired?
3:00 LeBron and AD didn’t believe in Ham?
3:40 Shannon SOUNDS OFF
7:15 The bottom line…
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41 Comments
If the Lakers would have picked Tatum he would have got traded for AD.
Somebody help me out. What 9 coaches did Bron have cuz I'm only coming up with 7
Darvin is not completely at fault but his coaching inadequacies and non improvement seeding wise is why he’s gone. Buddy had 5 leads against the Nuggets and couldn’t close
Man LeBron got you clowns in the palm of his hands I said this years ago immediately after they hired Darvin Ham . He was hired as a puppet coach to fill the position, everyone knows who runs that team they used him as a scapegoat to potentially take the blame for any problems they faced. Either they would be great and he would get the praise or they are trash and he takes the blame just like Tyron Lou. He was a trash coach they needed to fire him because he’s killing “LeBrons legacy” then they won the chip and all of a sudden he’s great. Guess what happens next? Lakers and LeBron will do the exact same thing this year hire a no name coach with no real experience to be the potential scapegoat when they end up in the playin for the 3rd straight year. There is no way this team with these players are hiring inexperienced coaches to try and win them Chips without LeBron and ADs approval they know exactly what they are doing
Fire pelinka
Pelinka should be fired
If it was a white coach…..ESPN a d Stephen A would advocate for his firing. But watch the Lakers, that defense, chemistry, culture, pace of play. All that, falls in the coach, and was awful with the Lakers. Yes, he should have been sacked.
Okay 👌🏾
MJ punched his players and literally quit when he couldn’t keep his Coach but that’s cool
lebron gotta stop. i get you're chasing chips yearly but how do you create consistency without building with the same people.
Let’s not get it twisted …..
Nuggets got Hambone fired 😅
I hear you Shannon. Continue to blame RUSS for the Lakers shortcomings…
If the Lakers were 8th seed, take out the thunder, take out the mavs, and lose to the nuggets. Ham is still there
Stephen a is nasty racist
He is easy to call fire on white coaches like nash, buden etc
WERE DID ESPN GOT DAT THING WITH RED LIP STICK AND NO HAIR
Those mistakes with rotations and lineups cost the Lakers games in the regular season and possibly the series against the Nuggets so for a team that wants to win a chip you can't have that
“Darvin Ham should not have been fired!” – How to say you don’t know basketball or actually watch lots of basketball games without saying you don’t know basketball or actually watch lots of basketball games.
LeScapeGoat
so SAS didn't see the video of Ham in the full time, not saying a word, writing all the players names, erases and leaves?
SAS doesn’t know anything about basketball
Fire every coach that didn’t make the playoffs then. Darvin Ham is the target of discrimination
HOW U FIRE SOMEONE WHO MADE IT TO THE ECF WHEN NO OTHERS COACHES DID
Jeanie buss in charge of basketball 🏀 is trash shut up Stephen A you just like kissing azs
Hand in pants ham needed to go dgaf what he talkin bout
Real talk lakers need to fire whole lakers management staff just like coaching staff and trade for the stars they need and Darvin ham Sucked just like Rob pelinka
Westbrook wasn’t the problem because you still didn’t have a big. AD scared to play his actual position and be a wing player lol
Been saying this, Rob is the problem
The funniest thing about the Laker /Ham is that it just proves that the entire promo job the NBA and sports media put into the In – Season tournament was bogus. There have been dog farts that had lingered longer – oh right they have a banner !!
Lakers Head Coach == Scapegoat, you're either desperate or deluded wanting that job. It's a trap, don't do it !!!!!
Lebron a common denominator too
I disagree,Ham was not it.
SO BLAME LEBRON!!’ 9 coaches, 4 with the lakers lol in 6 yrs
Nah ham had to go could never get rotations right and stood there with his hand in his pockets
Why are we still talking about the Lakers????
Ham is not there yet when lebron say challenge you challenge have respect for your senior players that cost them a game
But he won the in-season championship tho
Both years they were fighting for the 8th seed. I feel bad that he was fired, but he wasn't great at any particular thing. I would agree that at what point do you look at the GM who is picking these guys.
Skip use to call terrel Owen's team obliterator but that lbj fr..
Laker fans hold this L
The self proclaimed GOAT, and another coach! Tim Duncan won more chips, retired, and Pop is still there!!!
The major media outlets dont have any idea what they are talking about when it comes to this topic.
Shannon shooting his shots at Lebron James for not picking him over JJ on his podcast ! 😂😂😂