Chuck Defends Darvin Ham & Frank Vogel From Critics | Inside the NBA

Charles Barkley goes off on people in the media who criticize coaches like Darvin Ham and Frank Vogel and not the front office or players.
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[@Malenia_BOM]

If I ever get the chance to meet Charles in person the one thing I would need to tell him is “thank you for being so transparent in an era where superficial, fake people are found everywhere” And I’m not talking exclusively about basketball.

[@thecorner3499]

Stop meat riding

[@firstnamelastname1566]

Chuck is the GOAT, but don't let this distract you from the fact that LeBum missed a wide open three and got son'd by Murray, solidifying his legacy as the greatest CHOKE artist of all time.😂😂😂

[@gabepizza]

@@firstnamelastname1566 4 NBA championships. 4 NBA Finals MVPS. 2 Olympics gold medals

[@nurionz7140]

Should be easy enough. He hangs out in steam rooms looking for new friends.

[@wubbied4575]

Don’t worry about that, you’ll never meet him 😂

[@billyyank5807]

Shaq trying not to laugh 🤣🤣🤣😭

[@StrygwyrBS]

Vogel is a great defensive coach with a purely offensive roster, he deserves better. Meanwhile, Ham is just an ordinary civilian with a front row seat.

[@davidgaskins2589]

Ham literally played In the league.. most coaches haven't.

[@Cyantist13]

​@@davidgaskins2589though that doesn't always mean they can coach well years after retiring

[@davidgaskins2589]

​@Cyantist13 I was responding to the "civilian " part. He understands xs and os better then most just off his player experience

[@LilCurt1993]

He has a million dollar PAID seat too 😭😭😭😭

[@twosixromeo450]

@@davidgaskins2589can’t coach Lebron. Lebron is the coach

[@JarennSwaggy808]

I think my Lakers made the biggest mistake of letting Frank Vogel go.

[@calebreign8649]

No they had the right decision by firing him they should've hired mark Jackson who is good offensively and defensively who LeBron wanted Vogel wasn't good for that team

[@Young-ep8ik]

Frank Vogel definitely better than Darvin Ham and Mark Jackson lmao. Mark had Steph and Klay and had a bottom offense in the league (insta #2 once he was replaced, and #1 in history the season after) and he played weird lineups.

[@onyxblack1167]

​@@calebreign8649there's a reason why he has no coaching job until now.

[@psychowithsuperpowers9878]

He about to be fired again maybe they can get him back 😂

[@calebreign8649]

@@Young-ep8ikon the warriors he didn't fit what they needed to do mark is exactly what the Lakers need an x&o's coach and he explained on his pod how he would play Denver also LeBron wanted him or Jason kidd, Vogel isn't really that good of a coach his offense is always bad

[@Adam-em1xk]

Chuck is right

[@calebreign8649]

For Vogel

[@KaguyaShinomiya-be5rg]

He's right about Volgel can't say about Ham

[@firstnamelastname1566]

What LeBum basically did vs Nuggets: Choked hard in game 1, choked harder in game 2, a CHOKE of a lifetime in game 3 and the greatest CHOKE the game has ever seen in game 5. With all the help from refs and getting son'd by Murray he then blames the coach, classic LeBlame lmao.

[@revengeszn8739]

​@@firstnamelastname1566 are these bots or what? None of this makes any sense WHATSOEVER

[@scottbabien4395]

If you have a traditional one through 5 lineup the players know what to do and bringing in a defensive coach is great. If you wanna rewrite basketball with essentially 4 wings and a center you need an offensive genius at coach. That's not the only reason to fire Vogel. He made no offensive adjustments mid kept KD standing in the corner all year, called for a foul up 4 with 10 seconds left. Sending the game into double OT and calls his other 2 starters role players and the other guys minimum guys. Normal for media and fans not ok as coach, get him out now.

[@jimmathin1669]

Doc Rivers: Thank you chuck

[@brandoonf6962]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@31tv]

😂😂😂😂

[@michaelmamitesarmecin5137]

LOL DOC RIVERS IS AN EXCEPTION. CHUCK WILL EXPOSE HIM

[@DFW817]

He’s blasting Stephen a smith.

[@erickbolden2584]

And Shams

[@Bigp352]

And Nick Wright

[@untexan]

Chuck’s just tired of these former players in media who want to be buddy-buddy with current players for access, and so they blame everything on coaches. Also Phoenix and the Lakers are Exhibit A and Exhibit B of why you don’t let star players build your roster for you.

[@everythinglakers1713]

The star players on the Lakers literally didn't have much of a say. The Russ trade, yes Bron/AD were heavy factors for it but besides that, Bron wanted Caruso, front office let him go. Bron wanted Demar, team didn't do it. Bron wanted to keep Dudley to maintain 2020 championship veteran presese, team said no. Star players on every team have a say or at the very least is informed about roster construction

[@revengeszn8739]

Its tough to count all the things you got wrong in just a few sentences. Truly impressive. I genuinely mean it. To be THIS wrong and be this confident about it takes true shamelessness

[@SonicSkychaser]

Exactly!

[@SHDrive]

Brooklyn as well

[@rodneyjohnson5457]

Yep Chuck who was on Mike's nuts. He owes the Suns a chip because they should have beaten the Bulls.

[@munimathbypeterfelton6251]

I still think Monty Williams should have never been let go. He brought the Suns to the Finals for the first time in nearly 30 years and they were up 2-0 against the Bucks before blowing it all to Milwaukee. The Suns then made it to the second round of the playoffs the next two years in a row. Yeah, no championships were won under Monty Williams but the Suns never got swept during his time as head coach nor did they have a first round playoff exit.

[@onlychrisb1580]

I agree

[@janordanu2008]

Im a blazers fan and I was glad they fired him because he was making them good in the west

[@Charnelle3]

“I feel better now 🙂‍↕️” 💀

[@brokencigarette3017]

You just know Shaq was trying not to laugh.

[@Killmonger23363]

Shots fired 😂at shannon sharpe

[@NikeZay2]

And he just did a interview with Shannon

[@jimmycharlotin7050]

To be honest for past few years charles barkley has been throwing subliminal shots at espn first take, first thing first, undisputed all of them. If he really wanted to he can all of there names but keep it professional

[@kash1586]

Yeah far reach

[@jimmycharlotin7050]

@NikeZay2 but I totally agree with him the person who orchestrated the roster is the one who take the blame and more importantly it's going to have their fourth coach in 6 years

[@NikeZay2]

@@jimmycharlotin7050 yeah the lakers GM was crazy for disassembling the team that won the chip in 2020

[@ameereduff]

“Them trash ass teams” 😂😂🤣

[@RTrainingSAL]

Frank Vogel is good but Darvin Ham no

[@jamesroby2667]

Darvin Ham is alright.. like charles said the lakers were ass because of the players

[@willvantress7810]

Darvin wasted half the season with horrible lineups. He’s a mediocre to poor game manager. He is a bottom 10 coach in the league. Just is.

[@maxsmart8954]

ANY BALLER KNOWS COACHES ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THERE PLAYERS ARE.

[@everythinglakers1713]

@@jamesroby2667 no they literally weren't, he literally benched DLO/Reaves/Rui during the first half of the season when they struggled a bit while giving players like Prince/Cam all the minutes in the world to go through struggles. Not to even mention not playing Max Christie at all even though he was a positive and constantly going to small guard lineups when other teams went big. The Lakers had the personal, don't even try to twist it, watched every Laker game this szn

[@BoltonDenz]

@@maxsmart8954 so someone coaching a team up 20 points and 15 in another with LeBron and AD on their team is all on the players… 😒

[@protector_of_the_realms]

Vogel is good, has problems on offense sometimes but defensive schemes are great. Ham no. Ham needs to start with a young team with no expectations to get the experience and build himself up. Happy for him to be a coach in the league but not one for a team with championship aspirations at this stage of his career

[@Ispeakthetruthify]

Not defending Ham, but what you said in closing is the biggest part of the problem. The Lakers have championship aspirations, but those aspirations are CLEARLY unrealistic. The Lakers are a bad team, a bad team that is hyped by their slurpers, and shameless sports media. They were a 7th seed that had to play in the 'play-in' for crying out loud. The Lakers shouldn't have had any expectations, so Ham should have been fine with them.

[@robliberachi]

*The Lakers just need a LeScapeGoat*

[@edgarneil]

To funny

[@Mezukage27]

Frank Vogel actually wanted input on his roster management. GM said no. Suns failed because there was no balance. just big names. its not on Vogel Ham lost his locker room way before the playoffs

[@javonkelly4996]

Lebron, AD, KD, Booker.... The drop off from those 4 is Off A Cliff! ... That's why they're at home 🤷🏿.... It's the Players.

[@TheSakuragihanimichi]

Ham didn't exactly make a lot of adjustments. Ask Malone...

[@firstnamelastname1566]

@@TheSakuragihanimichi No amount of COPE will change the fact that LeBlame got son'd really HAAAARD by Murray lmao

[@rodneyjohnson5457]

​@@firstnamelastname1566your sonning is with your corny wit.

[@DonkeyKong5479]

Lmfao all of them except maybe Booker played well tf

[@nickjamesmendoza8837]

​@@firstnamelastname1566😂of course when you hate lebron thats what your gonna say.. hes been punishing your mind for a long time already.. he's sonned your mind and hes your mind's daddy all the time.. make it make sense 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@LargeDude2023]

Ham isn’t on the court bricking wide open game winners. He can only do so much as a coach.

[@UrinalUser]

Fuck that warthog he sucks. D Lo gone too

[@BoltonDenz]

You’re right. Maybe he could’ve called a timeout quicker when the Lakers were clearly losing momentum with a 20 point lead instead of waiting till they lost it. Or maybe he could’ve not been absolutely lost after the 2nd half adjustments made by Malone EVERY single game.

[@kalenwatts8676]

And ham isn't scoring 25 a game and has been doing it for 20 years he can only do so much as a coach

[@ndnd7614]

Ham has done absolutely nothing as a coach

[@MajorFactor]

“He can only do so much as a coach” mf he wasn’t doing jack shi 😂😂😂 I can already tell who’s watched the games and who hasn’t by these comments

[@supernotnatural]

Darvin Ham has only guards he can bring from bench.....

[@sergioandrade8874]

The man had Hayes, Wood, Rui, and Vando all at his disposal at one time and his rotation consisted of Reddish and Prince. What are we talking about here.

[@edgarneil]

@@sergioandrade8874not healthy man and those aren’t elite 4,5’s look how we tried to cover the paint and reeves can’t guard a cup of piss

[@Acdc5]

​@@sergioandrade8874I said it before and will say it again. The Lakers are a big man away from a Championship. Not a big kid, a big man. Rob you don't need Lance or Mitchell. This is how the Lakers won their Championship, Howard and Mcgee!

[@keensymbiosis5057]

Chuck is the truth. Bless you Mr. Barkley. 🙏

[@csurams84]

Shaq was over there cheesin' on the side like I figured he would be 🤣🤣🤣

[@eastbee1034]

Remember when Darvin Ham missed that wide open three?? NOPE...that was LeBUM!!

[@omygunny4978]

Vogel is a championship coach known for his defense. Ham doesn't even know when to use a time out for a challenge. He often wouldn't even use his coaches challenge. I don't think the players ever bought into his coaching.

[@captbkj]

Vogel is a HORRIBLE coach See the last LAL vs PHX playoff series

[@bachnguyen3469]

Okay let me phrase it for u, if he didn't challenge the call, it would have been 2FT for Jokic. Even if they get to the same point where he call timeout that is a 4 point lead not 2 point. Is it a good challenge? Yes

[@Acdc5]

You must be under 40yrs old and never had a chance to watch the great Phil Jackson coach. Phil would let the players figure it on their own. Once he saw where they made adjustments then he call a time-out to make sure everyone was on the same page.

[@ho2673]

Yeah man thanks chuck

[@malcolm6107]

talk to em Chuck

[@Skantezz]

Agree 100% on the talking heads who want to be friends with the players, Stephen A Smith being the prime example.

[@Skantezz]

@Jayden-zn4un He has "exposed" every coach in the league, it's a meme channel. You could make an indictment video on Lebron's lack of effort on D too.

[@alexmiamoasch9696]

Love Chuck, he's right.

[@stacyedney9998]

The thing I keep hearing about Vogel that's messed up is he's never been his teams 1st option as coach. Outside of indy, he's always been the second or third option on the board for coach. He'll, Darvin ham wasn't even the lakers 1st option, they wanted quin Snyder at first

[@dboii9741]

Chuck is 100% about Vogel, he’s 50% right about Ham, yes my lakers roster sucks defensively because we have up KCP to the wizards, let Caruso walk to Chicago and didn’t try to replace Dwight and Javale he is right about that, but Darvin Ham is not a good coach, he’s not a good strategist he doesn’t handle minute management and rotations well, he’s having Taurean Prince who’s an ok 3&d player playing more minutes than he should and utilizing him wrong and don’t get me started on how he just lets D’Lo go play rec style ball and chuck up shots it was irritating to watch. A guy like Max Christie should’ve been playing more this series against Denver

[@Raquib25]

Charles is 100 percent correct

[@Shiyaku93]

Chuck is spectacular

[@charlesjones6708]

Ive been saying that for years. Those GM's need to pack their suitcases.

[@Gmanu29]

Rob Pelinka needs to go.

[@charlesjones6708]

@@Gmanu29 I agree.

[@jolenew9595]

Chuck has never deviated from being honest! I love Chuck for his candor! I also love Shaq's face when he smiles so big he wants to bust out laughing! 😂

[@dr.denggerous8314]

Last seconds Lebron missed at gm2, Reeves missed at gm 5 😅

[@tallsmile28]

Ham blew a 20 point lead. AD had no points in the 4th quarter. He couldnt set up a pick and roll for AD in the 4th quarter?

[@jamesroby2667]

That ain’t on darvin ham .. AD soft ass gotta go get the ball .. Great players ain’t gotta call for the ball .. they go get the ball

[@twosixromeo450]

@@jamesroby2667yup

[@aye_bruh]

bruh acting like the coach runs a play every posession. This ain't football.

[@thunder6742]

@@aye_bruh If your team is struggling offensively, it's probably a good idea to call a play that can get you an "easy" bucket to help get your offense going.....

[@ninerempire3398]

Head coaches don’t call plays every single time on offense lol

[@TodTatney]

Preach!!

[@luisnunezhghy9517]

Facts CB speaking 💯

[@missayawk]

When you reach our age (61) you don't need no more friends. Keep on keeping it real and saying what others are afraid of saying Chuck

[@HKGuuc505]

Finally Sir Charles stood up for the coaches! Coach Ham and Vogel are just 2 of some cases! NBA and some “Klutch” agency need the players to be priceless valuable for the business, then the 90% coaches have just become scapegoats! No respect to them at all!

[@roycemackin86]

Thank you! CHUCK SAID IT!

[@CoachRJ334]

Facts ✨

[@wilsonjoshwilson]

Anyone could see that Ham is an incompetent coach. Some of the worst rotations and timeout management in the league. You don’t think the Lakers would be in a better scenario with a Spo, Mike Malone, or even a Ty Lue etc.?

[@bambam2514]

NO GOOD COACH ISN'T GOING TO THE LAKERS

[@SaveTheBestForU]

Dude had to start DeAngelo Russell and Austin Reeves LMAO. What a roster

[@soleil3gs]

THANK YOU CHUCK

[@DeathFORcameO]

Fans can critizise coaches, players can to some extent critizise or disagree to their coaches.

[@darrellbarnes2096]

Shaq knew not to mess with Chuck on this one!! He was, mad,mad

[@zhechen7372]

Vogel might be a decent coach but Ham? Chuck was definitely high on something in the show.

[@jerrellwilliams5777]

Chuck the realist. Forever going to be fan 💯

[@simply-tom]

Woooo Chuck!!!! I like your passion. Speak the truth!!!!! 👍👍👍

[@tbd407]

Shaqs reactions to Chuck are gold lol

[@joesakic91]

Sir Charles brings everything to the table.

[@missayawk]

PREECH!!! GMs, players and owners all need to take accountability and show some pride!!

[@missayawk]

Chuck has NEVER changed......even at the expense of losing MJ as a " friend".

[@JubeiSenpai]

Chuck the GOAT of sports media

[@stephencherry1387]

I agree %100 with Charles Barkley!!!!!!!

[@kefkapalazzo1]

I wouldn’t say it has nothing to do with the coaches. But both teams are fundamentally flawed and the coschws shouldn’t get the lions share of the blame

[@terryrichardson4362]

Well spoken 😅😅😅😅😅

[@jemje2007]

😂lol Charles is always my favorite

[@Thinkyouknowstats]

Thank you thank you thank you thank you Chuck!!!!!

[@Five0h4rFinest]

-Phoenix front office is trash -Lakers are a young team with an inexperienced HC, but it was overlooked by LeBron and AD

[@justtestingonce]

Sorry Chuck, Vogel always sucked and Ham geez, waits for a 15-0 run before calling timeouts, doesn’t know when to challenge, can’t make adjustments on the fly.

[@detectivemarkseven]

The executives are doing their owners bidding so they wont get fired chuck 😂😂😂

[@mosleyii]

All Facts. No lies

[@magikbullit1989]

Charles is the man!

[@geronimocruz1551]

Finally someone said some facts it’s not the coaches fault it’s the players because there the ones that need to make it happen ,

[@steelyneil24]

Chuck, you'd feel a lot better if you had a championship ring..😂

[@wjl2068]

Yupp barkely even criticized mj for being a bad owner. Dude tells the truth

[@irrelevantopinions81]

Has he ever said anything about him as a player. He was not a god on the court. He criticized today players in a way no one ever criticizing Jordan. It seems hypocritical.

[@MarthaJones-np6to]

Right preach chuck, keep blaming the coach Lakers ppl😢

[@joelmarte7059]

Chuck is always right that's why I watch inside the nba😂😂😂😂😂

[@cliffd8380]

Charles Barkley was notorious coach killer in his playing days. He is one of the worst hypocrites I've seen 😂

[@joelpuente2644]

Charles Barkley is 💯% Right

[@madsportsph]

The smile from Shaq hahaha

[@jdelgado216]

It's like Chuck never saw those lineups with Prince at the 4 that Ham played a lot during the regular

[@deadboydarrelin7425]

I agree with Chuck. Especially about Vogel because he was a really good coach. Darvin is a good coach too. Darvin got them to the Conference Finals last year but I guess that just doesn’t matter right?😂

[@yungbillionaire-zi6ek]

I just never got the NBA coaching carousel some of the same coaches just get fired just to get another one man it's so many good coaches out here NBA just being lazy

[@spunkdragon2018]

100% correct

[@antonioHollywoodLA]

Tell em chuck. Say it again chuck.

[@THNX_G]

Most of the blame should fall on the players. But the coach most definitely is part of the problem.

[@aikcastle5043]

Chuck hates the Lakers/Bron so much he wouldn't even admit Russ, DLo and Ham all sucked!

[@williamsc2429]

Charles is speaking facts… shiii I forgot… The coaches can actually sub in & do the players job also… TRACKING😊

[@glennday7802]

The Lakers, arguably the premier organization in the entire NBA, have an obligation to their fans to hire the absolute best available coach in the league. Does anybody think Ham is that guy?

[@kythegoalie]

No lies were told

[@bonejo4]

Why Lakers got a rookie head coach in Brons last years I dont understand. At least you get a proven head coach that players respect and went through the process, it's a big difference between head and assistant coach. And if you still lose then you can say Lakers front office tried their best.

[@nehebtheunwhorthy3313]

Usually Chuck is right on these things, but not in Ham's case. He did a bad job with the Lakers.

[@markkimberly2930]

While it’s true that the players could have been better, Darvin Ham does not escape any blame lol. Some of the arguments stacked against him were the way he called his timeouts, adjustments, barely challenged and played certain players longer than they should throughout the season. If this wasn’t the case, then fans and media alike would be blaming the players more than the coach.

[@b.akeemvargas830]

Shaw just smiling

[@illmatic19]

wtf is darvin supposed to do? They lost to the best team in the league.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Close games

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Better execute down the stretch call plays for anthony Davis

[@Rick-kl8it]

Chuck💯🙌🏾💪🏾

[@ArrghhMatey]

its true.. those are defensive coaches, not their fault the playera dont execute

[@thelightknight7245]

He's right, as a coach of the team you have to be a little more aggressive to management. If I'm gonna get the blame then ya better damn make sure I have the tools to succeed

[@fizike26]

CHUCK DOESN'T WATCH FILM .. HE DOESN'T WATCH GAMES .. DARVIN HAM SUBBED IN THE WRONG PLAYERS AT THE WRONG TIMES, IT WAS BAD COACHING AND MOST IMPORTANT THE PLAYERS DID NOT WANT TO PLAY FOR HIM.

[@Papershoesintherain]

I agree with you, a team is only as strong as it's weakest player... or in the case of the Lakers...players!

[@commentator2.0]

Salute to Chuck man 🫡

[@Area-5l]

How can you be a great coach but at the same time trying to start your coaching career makes no f-ing sense Barkley.

[@darrendent8288]

I think this all goes back to superteam building crap that really isn’t as successful as many would make it out to be. Team culture is whats lacking on these squads.

[@JinrohDFLL]

Darvim Ham is a hell of a coach. Says no one ever. except Chuck.

[@anthonyserfass2882]

Chuck is the fucking man

[@SilverSpectre266]

This after Shaq got done talking about how he was jealous of LeBrons power over his coach in Cleveland when he was there and able to force training schedule changes and allow family and friends on team flights. The front office are just too scared to lose star players and give them too much power. Now coaches cant even coach without fear of losing their job because their star doesnt like them. Pop and Spo are the only ones immune.

[@christaggart5687]

The Lakers played very well. The games were all close. They took miracle game winners from the Nuggets to win 2 of them

[@mariowaters6718]

Agreed ✅️