Darvin Ham can continue working more calmly after the Lakers’ victory over the Clippers by a score of 106-103 on Sunday night at the Crypto.com Arena. The Los Angeles quintet came out of a negative streak of four losses in a row against one of the best teams in the Western Conference and with LeBron James decisive in the important stretches of the game with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.
Darvin Ham’s future at the helm of the team had been called into question because the team had only won two of the last 11 games prior to the duel against the Clippers. Additionally, it had been reported that there was a disconnect between the coaching staff and the players on the current squad since they won the In-Season Tournament last December in its inaugural edition.
Support message
According to ‘The Athletic’, it was the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers herself, Jeanie Buss, who gave the vote of confidence to Darwin Ham to continue leading the project. The report confirms that Buss sent a text message to the Lakers coach to calm the waters about a possible dismissal.
“Unlike the Frank Vogel situation, where Buss was known to believe the then-coach was largely to blame for the botched integration of Russell Westbrook, and as a result, ultimately gave the green light to his firing in April 2022, All signs point to the Lakers supporting Ham in his second season of a four-year contract,” wrote journalist Sam Amick.
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“There is mutual respect in the relationship between management and coach. So much so that Jeanie Buss sent a text message of support to Ham following the report published last Thursday in The Athletic that described the pressure due to poor results,” Amick wrote in his report with The Athletic.
The Lakers have little margin for error from now on. After the victory over the Clippers they improved their record to 18 wins and 19 losses in the Western Conference. The Lakers climbed one position and are in tenth place, a game and a half behind the Houston Rockets. The next game will be at home against the Toronto Raptors and they will look for another victory so that Ham can continue working with peace of mind.
2024-01-08 20:44:49
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