This was in the postgame of the Lakers loss to the Jazz. Here is a link to the quote provided by ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401468312
Darvin Ham telling it like it is to the media. They are stuck with their roster. Only thing they can hope for is the players play better.
by WhenItsHalfPastFive
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Sometimes, you only win one championship in a championship window. Way better than zero, which is what almost all teams end up with in their window of contending for championships.
It’s as simple as that.
Damn lmao Darvin Ham was their best acquisition in the last 2 years
Lol that’s candid as fuck and i respect it. There really isn’t an easy way out here.
I wonder who all these toxic fans are gonna blame now that Russ he’s playing like the best player of the team
Hield and Turner for Westbrook, the ’27 pick, and the ’29 pick
I still can’t believe how the Lakers are massively underestimating how well Hield and Turner would compliment Lebron and AD, especially with how Hield and Turner are shooting the lights out this season
Turner would be a guy they would target with cap space. Why not just get him a year early?
Lol.. He ain’t telling it like it is. Far from it.
Just because you have 3 HoF players doesn’t mean they are three HoF players in their prime. And just because those players are taking bunch of the salary cap doesn’t mean you have to have a bunch of starters who probably wouldn’t sniff decent bench minutes for other contending teams.
Lmao Darvin Ham letting delusional Lakers fans know you can’t just go and get anyone in a trade like they always beg for
Hes towing the company line. Thats what pelinka told him to say publicly after he told the reporters that they need to get russ, ad and bron some HELP.
Interesting the first thing he brought up was luxury tax. Cheap ass Jeanie.
Darvin Ham seems to forget that if the chemistry is not found in a team, nothing good will come out of it. The chemistry with this roster is not there.
Westbrook needs to be dealt with.
Almost like the writing was on the wall from the way this team was built like the 2004 Lakers.
Question: Who knew?
Answer: Pistons fans
Vogel is a better coach but Laker fans keep ciirclejerking because they’re weirdly optimistic and he’s new. They’ll talk about how the offense is better when Vogel worked with a worse roster and they still aren’t making the playoffs.
Pelinka got this man in a choke hold
Hired scapegoat. Can’t even hate on him, he’s just there to take a fall tbh.
Thanks Magic
The clock is ticking….lebronze isn’t going to bring them a REAL chip. Lakers fans are going to have settle for the Mickey Mouse one
Austin Reaves is a nice player, but I wouldn’t call him a first ballot hall of famer quite yet
Is AD really a first ballot hall of famer? He’s had like 3 winning seasons in his career
Everyone thinks Russ is the issue, when in fact it’s Lebron. I’ve loved Lebron since he came into the league, but his team leading days are long gone. Realistically, he should be giving them 15-20 minutes off the bench, that’s how much he has regressed. As long as he is determined to still be the man on the Lakers, they will be one of, if not the worst team in the league.
Theyre really riding out a season with lebron. Fuck thats brutal. This team wont make the playoffs and im really wondering wtf their plan is. This team sucks worse than last season lol
Meanwhile the paint is a revolving door and Myles Turner is absolutely eating
this team is a disaster. hopefully all 3 are gone by the start of next season and we can rebuild.
There never was much hope,’ he answered. ‘Just a fool’s hope, as I have been told. – Gandalf
The next best player after the big 3 would be the end of the rotation for the raptors (and we’re not even contenders)… and it drops of quickly after that.. even though Russ is better now, you still gave up 3 starter level role players and 3 SRPs that could get you some quality vets.. there is no in season trade that can fix their issues
Brutal honest take. The team without Lebron or AD on the floor looks like a G-league team.
I cant be the only one who read that as “repeated sex offenders” and was like wtf?
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I respect Ham. He doesn’t mince words. We have 3 Hall of Famers and we are still losing.
bron and ad gotta man up and block out the noise. play better and don’t settle
Teams can’t pay players but the TNT crew got the bag to work one day a week 🙌
Kyrie? Schroeder Reeves
Hield Lonnie walker the fourth
Lebron
AD
Turner Meyers leonard
They can still try and turn this around if they make some trades.
AD is a first ballot hall of famer?
Are AD and Russ really first round HOF???
Coach talking about repeater tax ten games in lol
He’s actually not wrong at all. The problem is the top 2 guys are susceptible to injury and the 3rd guy is just a bd fit with at least 1 of those 2 if not both