The Lakers hired longtime NBA assistant Darvin Ham to be their next head coach. Here are five things to know about the former Milwaukee Bucks assistant.
Darvin Ham will be the Lakers’ next head coach, with no experience as a head coach. It sounds crazy, but that strategy in a crazy franchise might work.Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka said the team was searching for a head coach with a “strong voice” to hold the team’s top players accountable. Ham is no stranger to big stars.
His first NBA coaching experience came with the Lakers, where he worked with Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard as a player development coach from 2011 to 2012. The NBA jump came after three years in the G League, where he rose to the head coach spot for the New Mexico Thunderbirds for one season.Ham is the latest coach to make journey from the G League to NBA.
Ham also continues a recent trend of former NBA players being hired as head coaches. Last year’s coaching cycle saw seven former NBA players pick up head coaching positions, including four who were first-time head coaches.
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