I don't like how the media treats Darwin ham. They treat him like he did no wrong. He has been a bad coach the past 2 seasons. It doesn't take a basketball savant to know he is a bad coach.

Nobody talks about how the Nuggets went on a run and no timeout happened

It’s not a lack of preparation, it’s the lack of in-game adjustments, utilizing timeouts/challenges, & maximizing his players .

AD is the only reason Lakers have been competitive in this series. Otherwise it would be two blowouts. He can say whatever he wants.

I don’t think anybody in the lakers’ front office knows what they’re doing tbh

Maybe Darvin Ham besides being a NICE GUY isnt a good coach. He never seems to make in game adjustments. He just goes out there with the game plan and Win or LOSE sticks to it. That doesnt work in the Playoffs

I love how the media picks & chooses when to blame a coach lmao.

Should have NEVER been hired PERIOD . Zero ADJUSTMENTS

“Darvin Ham is only in his 2nd year in the NBA!” - never heard the “Steve Nash is only in his first year in the NBA!”-excuse from Stephen A when the Nets stuggled. There it was used against him.

SAS doesn’t watch games. Darvin Ham literally might be the one of the worst coaches in the NBA. If you actually watch the games and have seen him in huddles, he’s horrible. Lakers win in spite of him and not because of him.

Darvin Ham doesn’t coach. He stands there staring into space.

Funny that Denver doesn't really care about how the media os covering their series, they just chilling and winning 😂

Might as well call Ham Bacon because he’s cooked 🥓 🍳

Windy’s the only one who actually spoke from the perspective of Lakers fans. Every Laker fan in their right mind knows Ham’s coaching has been EXTREMELY suspect at times.

Darvin Ham is a terrible coach. Point blank period. His rotations are terrible, his ability to make adjustments is awful, and his non-ability to make timeouts is there. Lakers fans have given him enough chances. We are done with Darvin Ham. He’s a nice guy but a terrible coach.

LB is the one that took the ball out of AD hands by playing hero ball in the 4th instead of sticking to what got them the 20 point lead

I dont think Smith knows what he’s talking about, Ham literally doesnt know what to do when the opposed team goes on runs 😭

Darvin Ham reminds me of Keyshawn on Undisputed, TRASH!! He should not be there. Lakers should’ve gotten Ime Udoka despite the scandal.

Stephen A. Missed the plot ! Darvin Ham is not a championship caliber coach. He makes little to no adjustments in game. He sometimes looks like a Dear in headlights. The Lakers probably wouldn’t even be the 7th seed , they would’ve made the playoffs with at least the 5th or 6th seed had he would’ve used the right rotations to start the season, yes he should’ve started the season with the roster that he eventually was forced to go to. He is a walking punchline. The media coming to the defense of Darvin like this is nasty work! Shows yall really don’t watch the games enough!

Dlo wasn’t missing shots and got subbed. Finished game with challenges. Its really silly the coaching

Darvin scam SUCKS.

look at it on an opposite angle. AD is a veteran player, a leader in Pelicans and Lakers. He KNOWS not to throw the coach under the bus, especially during a playoff run. so why he did it? because the problem is unbearable. Ham is unbearably stupid

AD was correct. The players are clueless because of inept coaching. Ham doesn't call time outs nor make in game adjustments nor call plays, & puts out horrid lineups. The coaching staff, Pelinka, & role players have failed the Lakers.

Darvin rotates players that don’t score. He started Vando, he keeps playing Dinwiddie despite his awful mishaps. Not to mention he doesn’t challenge plays or even call timeouts. Maybe the legend Phil Handy got next.

As a Lakers fan I think I speak for all Lakers fans everywhere. WE WANT DARVIN GONE!!!!!

If Darvin Ham were a White Coach, OH BOY.

anyone who has ACTUALLY watched lakers games knows how horrible ham is, all he does is keep his hands in his pockets. teams go on runs? no timeout. this man is still running 3 guard lineups & wonder why they give up offensive rebounds. never consistent running plays other than iso

i didn't agree with a lot stephen a. said, but going 17 mins in the 2nd half without a bucket, you can't really argue with that.

I’ve never seen one ounce of emotion from Ham. He just looks tired and bored all the time

Lakers weren’t beating Timberwolves, OKC, Dallas, LAC or Denver. They were a play in team for a reason. The media so enamored by the yesteryear and stars that they lost in reality. That’s why all of them picked the Phoenix when anyone who watches one Sums weren’t beating the TWolves

Im convinced the media doesnt watch the Lakers because how do you not see the level of incompetence Darvin Ham has

There’s no way these guys are serious. Unfair to Darvin Ham?? He’s not a bad coach?? Are we just gonna gloss over the fact that the Lakers started going on a run in the second half of the season ONLY after Darvin Ham FINALLY put Rui in the starting lineup?? They’re literally facing the Nuggets in round 1 because of the bad coaching Ham did during the regular season

Darvin Ham is coaching like Mike Budenholzer's last year playoff run vs the heat. No timeout when other team is making a run.

Why ESPN thought we wanted to see Tim's 7 points 1 assist 1 rebound career stats for his 10 years 💀💀💀

So, it's OK for the media to say it but not players?

Why do the media make excuses for Ham? They defend him likes a tenured coached with championships. It took him 50 games to realize having TP start was a bad idea. He lets teams go on 10-0, 12-0 multiple times in a single game and throws out lineups that doesn’t have much experience with each other. He had a lineup of dinwiddie, Vincent, hayes, prince and they lost a huge chunk of their lead.

Isn't Stephen A the same guy who was bashing Darvin for lack of basketball IQ when he wanted AD to shoot five 3's a game? Pot. Meet kettle.

The media keeps making excuses for Ham. No way a good coach is losing that match.

AD might be right, but keep that in-house while the series still going on. Air it out after you get eliminated. Control your emotions bro.

All the people who are on darvin hams side dosent watch the lakers games..

I could coach lakers with AD and Lebron lol. Ham is blessed

the frustration and negative energy the players have after the game 2 loss, we will definitely lose game 3

This segment is terrible. I was at game 1 and when Ham does call TO he doesn’t gather the players, he doesn’t do any adjustments. Doesn’t call any TO’s. Ham just doesn’t know what he’s doing out there. Sorry this segment should be removed. ESPN playing games out here

Was it Ham's fault when they got the 14 point and 20 point lead in both games too? Lol. Players lack accountability it's sad.

But there literally are stretches where it looks like they do not know what they’re doing…😂

All I hear is crying from the lakers ....Get these guys outta here in 4

Darvin ham is a bad coach. Terrible lineups. Didn’t call a timeout when the run occurred. Shoulda ran more sets for AD in the 4th

Darvin Ham got no accountability since day 1.

You knew what to do for 3 quarters straight though huh.

they clearly don’t watch the games .

It's funny they cape for Ham, then comment that they didn't think he had the correct response to Denver's adjustments. Preparation and adjustments are not the same legs

Jamal didn’t hit the game winner on darvin he hit it on you AD

Why this dude keep talking like he knows what will happen in this post season...when the games aint even half way over? Cmon now. SMH 🤦‍♂️

A Lakers Championship Coach can’t just “not be clueless”. He needs to be great. It’s on the front office to be better.

He hasn't had Ham as a coach for the past two years, the guy just isn't cut out for coaching plain and simple.

Darvin scam SUCKS

Ty lue won in his first season against a juggernaut

AD’s statement not directed towards the coaching staff. He’s just verbalizing what’s going on among themselves inside the bb court. It’s more directed on Lebron or anybody who failed to feed him the ball as what they have done in the first half.

Darvin Ham is the issue he don't call time-outs when needed and what AD said is right sometimes they do look like they don't what they are doing

Although I think he is not a great coach, AD doing this in a series shows weakness. That's not something you wanna show against the Denver nuggets

Agree with Tim leglier 🫡 💯

Beautiful TAKE!!!thnk U...❤ ya...Continue 2 put pressure!!!!!!!@!

Legler & Smith work well together , Legler’s knowledge to the game is superb .

What is Wendy talking Lakers defense ain't the problem it is the offense they held Nuggets to 101 points 99 points is not good offense and he doesn't use Max Christie off the Bench one of the best scorers on the bench

Kobe told Dwight Howard that he was SOFT. But it was Dwight’s defense on Jokic that helped the Lakers beat Denver in 5 back in 2020. But back in 2020, Aaron Gordon was not with Denver. Neither was KCP who was on that Lakers squad. So let’s say Lakers got Dwight a fourth time, it’s no guarantee Lakers win because Aaron Gordon is big and as strong as Dwight. I think Denver should get rid of DeAndre and go get Dwight to prevent the Lakers from getting him again. Who Kobe called soft is becoming the Lakers’ savior at beating Denver.

Does anybody remember that these coaches are brought to you thanks to LeGM? Remember Ty Lou, Walton, David Blatt, Mike Brown, and now Ham? Why always throw under the bus the coach? Only Eric Spoelstra survived and became an awesome coach after he left Miami for dead.

Darvin Ham cost the Lakers many games this season by not using every timeout and not challenging important plays like the DLO head contact at the end of game 2. It’s always on the players to perform but it’s on the coach to call the right plays and make adjustments, especially when a team is up double digits multiple times and loses at the end. This Lakers roster is capable of a championship but has also had questionable lineup rotations from the beginning of the season. The biggest issue is coaching and you are now hearing it from the players themselves. AD is keeping it 100.

He said what bron and him talked about.. thanks A.D

Darvin isn’t a bad coach. He makes bad gametime decisions. With that 20 point lead there is only one moment in the fourth quarter that he called the time out to stop the bleeding and he didn’t do anything. He needed to stop the momentum and he never did

unless you're a laker fan, you wont understand what AD is saying. Darvin is a terrible coach. For context, left the game with not 1 but 2 TO left and didnt use a challenge, when he could of. For example, when dlo got hit in the face or when bron went to contest jamal murray, etc. He's terrible at making in game adjustments as well. He waits till the lead drop from 20+ to 5 until he calls a TO. Its not an excuse for the lakers play, but to think darvin is a great head coach is INCORRRECT. L Take by Stephen a smith

The reality is Darvin all he does is trying to motivate players instead of actually coaching. Dlo say it, And now AD. Its not a coincidence. They are in this position because he didn’t follow what he say they was gonna do built continuity and he did the opposite which was benching all his players that got him to the Conference Finals. Lets get real

Lakers should fire Ham this offseason and look to hire Budenholzer, Reddick or Rondo

Lakers 0-10 versus Nuggets: referees and coaches are culpable⁉

Darvin Ham is about to go 0-12 against a single opponent, including 2 4 game sweeps in two straight playoffs. SAS can harumph til' the cows come home and that won't make Darvin Ham a championship coach. And, if the Lakers face the Nuggets in the playoffs next year, what do you think will happen?

I'll never understand blaming Coaches. Darvin Ham has been fine. - DLo going 0-7 is not Ham's fault - Davis getting cooked on a step back game winner is not Ham's fault. Hachimura going 0-7 in that game is not Ham's fault. The team not scoring for 17 minutes isn't his fault. - DLo struggling in the first game is not his fault Energy also just didn't look like it was there. This is a veteran team if you need help getting fired up to play, that's got to come from within. It's not your coach's job to make you want to play a playoff game. You should care. They ran Frank Vogel out of town. Ran Luke Walton out of town. The Lakers have had 5 coaches in 10 years. They've had a revolving door of personnel. What would really change if you fired him? At what point do you look at the Anthony Davis and LeBron thing and admit that the team is just too top heavy and the duo doesn't really compliment each other all that much? They have a top heavy roster and then outside of the top 3-4 guys, there really is no hierarchy of skill so it's hard for him to know who should get minutes and who shouldn't. Their 4th - 10th man are all practically the same skill level. If guys are gonna not make shots what is he supposed to do? It's not like there is some Tyler Herro, Naz Reid, Malik Monk type guy buried on that bench that isn't getting enough minutes. This team just isn't that good. The only consistent guys are LeBron and AD. They don't have Carusos or Caldwell Popes anymore that can make up for off shooting with good defense. They don't have centers 3 deep that have been on teams that made the finals.

Fake laker fans blaming Darvin. While the real true laker fans sit back laugh at this foolery 😂

Darvin Ham’s coaching has been phenomenal, I understand AD’s frustration because he needs to force feed him the ball. That’s the only adjustment he has to make. AD cannot go more than 3 possessions without a shot, especially if he’s being guarded man to man.

Stephen A quick to forget they reached the WCF by eliminating an old GSW team and a beat up Memphis? For me a good coach is adjusting when you face a tough matchup. I just have not seen that from Darvin Ham.

AD just upset bcos he got the buzzer beater shot over him then swallowed by up in the Denver crowd celebration 😂

Hearing LeBron making excuses aaaaaall the time, he tried a little bit too. AD just not that experienced in doing it. Excuse Nation - focus on yourself! Play 48 minutes with lights on. Denver played a bad first and an okay second half with brillant finish. You should have won this one

Lakers are cooked. They been cooked. I'll be happy then ya'll don't get to talk about them anymore. It's boring.

Leggs - am I done in the makeup chair? Mortician - NO

Don't keep AI,Delo ,Rui Hays,vando,vincent, trade them all. And coach change also.

lol AD would talk preparation after he finally played ONE 60+ game season as it’s not like he ever got prepared before a season. He really is the last one to be talking, esp after Murray almost broke his ankles.

Stop giving Darvin ham credit for what LeBron and AD achieved last season. They did that DESPITE awful coaching

This is the problem with sports. Both sides are right...Ham is not a good coach but even if they had phil jackson coaching, they still wouldn't beat the nuggets in a 7 game series.

Stephen A out here just yapping. Nothing new 😂

darvin ham can only do so much he can’t get out there and play this is on the players out there not the coach fault

To laude him just cause he played 76 games , man he is doing his job that he is getting paid for. Let's accept the fact that LeFlop took a horrible shot and missed it. This is typical lakers strategy where you are loosing and you blame game, again skills he picked up from LeFlop

Darvin Ham is a champion as a player and as a coach. He knows how to win !

I’m HAPPY he went public with that statement. 🥓 needs to go

Blame yourself not the coach your the one on the floor not the coach

The Lakers' role players and sometimes LeBron start to take bad, quick shots and not feed AD down low when they have a big lead. Every friggin time😡

I like that players (Anthony Davis), spoke his mind. I'm so tired of players talking in riddles, or sugar coating things and saying what people want to hear, more players need to speak their minds, good for AD.

Nobody talks about how AD got trampled on after the final shot 😂he went into the post game heated

The fact that the past 2 years it's been almost identical type losses, leads to start but no heart to finish, says Ham just doesn't have it to make adjustments and finish games. It's not just the playoffs you see it throughout the season

Erik Spoeltra would’ve figured this out already for the Lakers. Darvin Ham in game decisions is the reason why the Lakers are 2-0 down

That’s pretty wild.. I never thought about Denver being the Lakers issue. And here we are.. Ham has been fired for losing to the champions. That’s pretty wild that you get fired for losing to the best team in the league and defending champion. I could see if this was some random team in the west. But both years, WCF lost and opening round loss to the champs. Scapegoat for sure.

LBJ does the same thing. AD is just following big brother. AD is well aware of what he is doing and what he said. That was purposely done. He and LBJ wants Ham gone. Duh. Didn't we see this with Vogel. As said, Giannis did it to Griffin. Stars know how to speak using colorful words. Barkley was on the money when he said that whenever the Lakers lose, they (LBJ & AD) always throw someone under the bus. Someone other than AD & LBJ gets thrown under the bus. Usually those two are the ones throwing ppl under the bus and not holding themselves accountable

Although AD has had a good season. He has been the Lakers Achilles Heel for quite some time. Plus you got LB managing, coaching, recruiting, and expelling players and coaches at will. The dynamic of the current Laker team is absolutely toxic.