Stephen A. is ‘a bit salty’ about Darvin Ham getting fired by the Lakers | NBA Countdown
Stephen A. Smith, Michael Wilbon, Bob Myers and Malika Andrews discuss the breaking news the the Los Angeles Lakers have parted ways with head coach Darvin Ham.
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39 Comments
If im a team owner. i will never fire a HC with b2b sweeps (recently gentleman sweep) I will listen snd check YT comments and base my decisions off of them. If I see comments blaming the star player, ill trade him and retain the coach. And I will incentivize my staff for alwaysgoing to the playin and winning the in season tournament.
I remember when dude timeout gameplan said contest without fouling 😂
Are you salty Max doesn’t have a job, SAS? 🤡
bring in jj reddick
JJ Reddick here he comes 😂😂😂
FIRE PELINKA COZ HES THE ONE WHO HIRES A COACH…. DONT LET ANYBODY BECOME A SCAPEGOAT JUST BECAUSE LEBRON IS ON YOUR TEAM!
Another victim of LeCoachkiller.
Good riddance of LeBalco James from the playoffs.
Nba been rigging games for LeBalco for two seasons now with that insane free throw disparity.
Darvin Ham is the new scapegoat baby.
LeBalco has more coaches fired than championships!!!
Y fire him? Labitch make all the money, cries to the league over fouls, ask for ALL the players. Y keep giving these Labeeitch so much tv time. Hes a loser. Smfh
Ballwashers
He was a bad coach period.
Darvin "pockets" Ham
This is Ham's fault because he accepted that Lakers job. he should have told them to hire Lebron as the playing coach. No coach will ever be successful with that guy. If ever they win, it's because of LBJ, and if they lose, it's always the coach (and maybe someone else). Michael Malone did not get into the playoffs in his first 3 years but they stuck with him and they learned and grew together. There's no such thing as instant success, and if ever there was, that's short-lived and is not sustainable.
the king is not a king LB he is A clowen boy couch gone ! on your watch we aLL ! know you picked hem ( your Bad !!!!!! ) you cant back ?what you pick LOL
Agree that Ham’s rotation has been terrible at times but to blame it all on him is totally unfair. The team roster is flawed with mounting injuries. What about Lebron who seems only interesred piling up his statsheet. Besides, Lebron is too old be the main guy while AD is too passive taking the lead.
Malika giving Mark Jackson strays. Typical 🙄
Can tell these “experts” don’t listen to Hams comments during the game postgame man never held himself accountable ran lineups that shouldn’t even exist could never call a timeout when other team goes on a run shall I go on
These sport talk shows have become about opinion. A neutral perspective is out the window. Darvin Ham was the captain and take some responsibility but we know you need to look all the decision the office is making. You need realize James is getting old. You can only rebuild a team when you have limited dollars.
Lakers will never find a good coach when they got a star player who thinks he is better coach,dictates more than his coach, and suggest who to trade/recruit for, then later blame them for having a bad game. Let him coach and take accountability for once.
Darvin Ham did a good job. But a win now team with LeBron needs someone to do a great job. It's OK to fire a good coach as long as they know the expectations going in.
Use 3 guards or 4 guards to play against Jokic, Gordon and MPJ, lost all the rebound and still support him to stay？ Quit the Basketball Analyst job, that's ridiculous.
Why is Michael Wilbon surprised that the players can suck and the coaches are the ones who get the consequences
Has anybody in the sports world ever thought that Lebron is the problem in the Lakers organization?? Get real!!!
Lebron is a player / GM. If he says the coach has to go. He has to go
Ham was terrible the minute, the Lakers lost last year vs Denver!! I saw it then, no adjustments til the last minute. Honestly i glad we faced Denver early so we could see the truth. No way a team loses three times to given up leads with no adjustments or better management of the game !!
Lakers have had 4 coaches SINCE LEBRON JAMES JOINED 😂😂😂
Darvin Ham is a good man high character is just he is not a Xs and Os guy his coaching on defense is really bad
Everyone knew he sucks coaching wise. Poor player rotation selection and poor use of timeouts. He was not even paying attention to the game, otherwise, he would have challenged calls.
LeBron is the actual coach so he’s the one that should get fired.
The players of the NBA need to start learning how to respect their coaches. It really doesn’t matter how much money you make, or how much attention you have from the public. You have to learn to treat your coach with respect. They’re the ones who’re in charge, not the team captain, or star players, and it’s starting to become very sad that the athletes of the NBA are failing to understand this, it’s embarrassing. Show some respect.
So when they was winning he got no credit was when they start losing everything his fault got it
I really doubt if these fools watch games. That being said Ham is not the only one to blame. Front office is horrible but they will never be held accountable. And players are also problem. Yes Bron and AD were great but LeBron did miss that open 3. He didn't guard Gordon in game 3. Jamal did hit shot over AD. Reaves was no show in first two games. Russell was on and off. Rui was out doing cardio. Ham didn't help by not calling time outs and his rotations were horrible. He deserves blame but around 20-25% and same with players. But front office deserves 50% of the blame. Now they want to change everything but what happened at the trade deadline? Sixers got Buddy Heild for bag of chips. Dallas signed Gafford! Not a big move but atleast do something to make team better but instead they stood still.
LeBron excuse makers love blaming others
Getting rid of Mark Jackson was not good. It was BS. Kerr inherited a championship ready team. every one in to basketball knows this.
I could care less about these weak players. But its crazy how these analysts defend Ham !!
Stephen A showing his inner racist.
These guys just protecting Darvin Ham as their brother. Darvin Ham was not a great coach. He doesn't have the mental toughness to run the Lakers
If it was a white guy he'd have no problem
bad laker management
Darvin used the preseason as G league tryout. Figured out his rotation after all star break. Doesn't call time out when needed to break the opponent's momentum. Doesn't react to wrong calls to get their attention. No in game adjustments to counter the opponent's plan