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Y'know what really makes me laugh?
There was actually a large segment of Lakers fans and NBA media that continued to squawk that Darvin Ham got a raw deal as recently as December.
This years Lakers, until Luka showed up, weren't terribly dissimilar from a roster construction standpoint than last year's team and yet they are CLEARLY a better team. They're just so much more cohesive on offense and defense. Their rotations make more sense. Their energy level is higher.
It's all things that come back to coaching.
Now NBA coaches are still disposable as hell and it wouldn't shock me if Reddick is gone in 3 years as well. But I'm not coming here to praise JJ Reddick -- I'm here to bury Darvin Ham. That guy was ****ing awful. I said it during the season, I said it when they fired him and I'm happy to say it again.
That guy completely sabotaged last year for LA and by simply getting mere competence behind the bench again, the Lakers have put themselves in the same spot in the standings they should've been LAST season when they probably should've been a 4/5 seed based on talent and dodged that first round matchup vs. Denver.
Darvin Ham can eat many dicks.
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