The Los Angeles Lakers have hired Darvin Ham as their next head coach.
The Lakers finished with a 33-49 record last season finishing a horrific 11th place in the Western Conference and missing out on the playoffs entirely.
The team assembled a superstar trio of LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and Russell Westbrook in the offseason and the weight of heavy expectations soon followed. However, Davis was injured for most of the season, James was in and out of the lineup as well, and Westbrook never found his groove. There were reports that the Lakers were asking all of their coaching candidates how they would handle Westbrook next season, but if the former MVP and triple-double machine couldn't work under a championship caliber coach like Vogel, it would be difficult to see him suddenly fitting in with Ham.
That means Ham, his new coaching staff, and the Lakers front office will have to decide what to do with Westbrook and the rest of the roster moving forward. As for the Lakers fans that were expecting a big name hire like Nick Nurse, Quinn Snyder, or Doc Rivers? That didn't happen, but on the bright side, the last time LeBron James had a first-year head coach, they went on to win the NBA Championship.
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