The NBA Coach Who Couldn't Stop Overthinking

Lakers coach Darvin Ham led the team to a Western Conference Finals, then won the IST Championship, and then got fired. How did this happen?
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[@WuHoops]

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[@MoralesCorner]

Your editing and narrative style is great man. I can tell this channel is going to get really big if you keep delivering like this

[@Obiamajoyisrmd]

You completely overlooked the Injuries particularly vando! He can't play if he's rule out

[@Obiamajoyisrmd]

Vando was hurt early at the start of the season

[@rogersbishop8400]

I NEED MORE !!!!!

[@jamesfreda8686]

Not to say LA doesn’t treat their coaches well in the media, but holy crap it makes me so frustrated when people say Darvin Ham was a scapegoat. Dude was just straight up a bad coach.

[@MoozTheAlpha]

Facts

[@jusbertmeza4424]

Fr and these guys pretend to know ball especially Mike Wilbon he reports on like 80 different sports and pretends to watch all of them 😂

[@Tmangman1]

I think a lot of that has to do with Lebron trying to or succeeding in getting every coach he's ever played for in the nba fired except maybe Ty Lue

[@guttmanshapiro]

Ham was the worst coach in Lakers history, given the talent he had to work with. Byron Scott was terrible, too, but he was just there to babysit Kobe's retirement tour.

[@cookingwithhearttm]

@@guttmanshapiroLuke Walton was pretty bad too

[@luvtoes1523]

What absolutely killed me was when LA was up like 12 against Denver and he didn’t call a timeout till Denver took the lead after a 14-0 run or sum

[@jhan_drums]

Consistently up 20 on Denver sigh

[@VinceStephen]

Dudes so scared to call a timeout like wtfff

[@39872adnan]

@@VinceStephenhis hands were stuck in his pockets 😞

[@kyronmadethis2002]

So what about the players on the court who allowed the 14-0 run? Lmao

[@pyroglyphies]

not to mention that in that entire series, LAKERS were the ones leading most of the quarters until Darvin Ham started gambling with the lineups

[@leong4352]

Darvin Ham was the perfect litmus test for finding out if people watched the games or just looked at the results, because i heard some wild takes about him being top 10 coach lol

[@apparentlylivin]

Right!? Stephen A Smith and Charles Barkley were clearly not watching the games because this dude Darvin did not know what he was doing

[@leong4352]

@@apparentlylivin The only media person i saw accurately or maybe biasedly report on the lakers is Nick Wright, because he was often just fuming at the lakers lol

[@apparentlylivin]

@@leong4352 yep. He was actually watching

[@kungfuhustla1168]

yeah all the dumbasses in media like charles barkley said the lakers scapegoated him, charles is a dumbass who doesnt watch shit

[@vreplay7674]

Nobody said that lol

[@Kreze202]

I never understood Darvin Ham's obsession with Taurean Prince.

[@Rhachette]

Tbh tp was good, but not a starter good

[@Jeilatin143]

well.. look at the Bucks now.. they're starting TP again.. LOL, probably Ham told the head coach

[@richshmula7334]

He was one of the best shooters on the team though

[@Jeilatin143]

@@richshmula7334 well, yeah.. but before the season started.. they all said "continuity". TP is good if he comes off the bench.

[@parkeranimations3671]

@@richshmula7334so what? He had multiple games scoring single digits

[@ruufus]

BREAKING NEWS: Darvin Ham and Taurean Prince confirm relationship.

[@marcelmarshall4240]

Breaking NEWS: So did Bron and JJ.

[@uaushaiaosao9308]

​@@marcelmarshall4240You gonna cry?😂😂😂

[@uaushaiaosao9308]

​@@marcelmarshall4240Theirs is not the same. Lebron and Reddick's relationship was known for a long time. Pockets the clown and Prince were in a closet.

[@mwaithephoto]

Definitely his son or something

[@juans0516]

🤣🤣🤣

[@RandomKid1015]

The lineup of fucking Reddish, Prince, Vando, Bron, and AD was just nasty lol. Who in their right mind would think that was gonna be good.

[@anuragC819]

Darvin Ham(ds in his pockets)

[@TahajjudVance]

He started Beverly fam

[@Arn3z]

Nasty work 😂

[@joelt9034]

Who in the right mind played 3 guards, 1 PF and a 1SF and thought that it was the perfect line up for half the season

[@AqwDragulum]

if that was KCP and Danny Green instead of Reddish and Prince it would've been good. Oh wait-

[@joshtwomey22]

No shock prince followed Ham to Milwaukee, someone needs to investigate that relationship, he cost us so many games, no hate to prince though he was good, just horrible management

[@robertvega8358]

Investigate lmao ?? Your mom never told you no

[@joshtwomey22]

@@TheHomelessDreamer ahahhaahahah oh no the online English teacher isn’t happy, how ever will I live my life knowing that 😭🤷🏻‍♂️

[@TheHomelessDreamer]

@@joshtwomey22 Now now, you be nice too, or I'm telling your parents you're commenting on KZbin....

[@eatenbyopium]

NA FR THEY RELATIONSHIP NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED HAHAHA

[@pabl0sauced0]

​@@TheHomelessDreamer the whole "im a grown up you're just a kid" bs has to be one of the most pathetic trends I've noticed in youtube comments.

[@Glockx8732]

Darvin ham frustrated the hell out of me last year and one thing I noticed also is whenever christian wood was playing well he would take him straight off, he never let any of his players get into any sort of rhythm at all, terrible coach.

[@Daangelvid360]

There was a point in the season when the Wood/AD/Bron trio was our best lineup BY FAR, this bald fucker didn't play them consistently at all

[@gregoryguidry4958]

better than Green

[@discokidd1264]

Y’all act like it wasn’t lbj really calling the shots

[@Daangelvid360]

@@discokidd1264 he was not

[@Jray181818]

Same with Max Christie and Jaxson Hayes. They finished off the year strong for them in December then Ham decides to bench them completely and put them in garbage time.

[@McLovin25165]

I felt bad for rui, dude preparing all summer long even skip playing for his international team just to get benched.

[@_moegreen5770]

They didn’t fire Darvin Ham because he was the scapegoat. They fired him because he was obviously out coached by every top head coach they went up against. Different lineups every night, no adjustments, saving timeouts, etc …

[@mzwandilencube7800]

‘Overthinking’ is a compliment to this fool

[@robertvega8358]

You go try and coach and get shit on by 7 foot dudes

[@sesunero]

​@j.l.howlett6843 @robertvega8358 you're both morons with two brain cells combined

[@marcelmarshall4240]

Why is this channel still speaking on him? It’s strange. JJ better go to the WCF this season, because that’s what Darvin did. We know JJ won’t, so then what?

[@marcelmarshall4240]

@@j.l.howlett6843 For sure. There is no way he gets to the WCF like Darvin did. His team is trash and Bron is old. He won’t last.

[@user-lq3jw3ov8z]

@@marcelmarshall4240 "Why is this channel still speaking on him?" Is a wild question to ask. Because they can, the fuck? So Darvin should get no criticism at all for his inconsistency and blatant favoritism because he got one good run?

[@Knightmare0259]

The biggest issue with Ham's Lakers run was the results based logic being inconsistent. Experimenting with line-ups is great in spurts but he spent about 65/82 games trying to solve a puzzle that everyone could already see. They underperformed in the regular season and ended with a play-in and a 1st round against their worst matchup.

[@uaushaiaosao9308]

Pockets the clown was a worse head coach than Steve Nash.😂😂

[@Wtpb-e2m]

@@uaushaiaosao9308😂😂

[@KingAndy9Real]

@@uaushaiaosao9308 Darvin Hamas is a basketball terrorist

[@MasonCookMrFamous]

This man unironically ran "Oops, all PF's!" as a starting lineup in the NBA. Crazy what a WCF and IST run can keep around.

[@itzwakk335]

As a lakers fan who had to suffer from the terrorism of Russ and Hamovic back to back, this video was HILARIOUS, thank oyu

[@Bakedpotwto]

Now I know who to blame for my goat russ failed seasons there. Fck Darwin ham Idc he ruined russ reputation and wasted lebron and ADs time

[@lesnarbuiltthepyramids3788]

I gotta ask you your perspective as a lakers fan. So I’m a bucks fan right, but for some reason videos about the lakers, aside from espn horseshit banter, are always interesting asf. Why u think the lakers are such a captivating team? I think it’s the colors honestly lmao

[@kingjaydex7464]

Hamovic 💀

[@itsfiddle9242]

@@lesnarbuiltthepyramids3788Lakers are the Huskies of the NBA. Everything is drama whether it’s entertaining, funny, sad or angering. Part of it being LA and where LeBron is. But all the legends that have been there prior.

[@lesnarbuiltthepyramids3788]

@@itsfiddle9242 that makes sense bc I remember even when they had like Robert sacre jordan hill young jclark I just always been interested in the lakers and what they got going on.

[@-13eNnY-]

Only casuals who barely watched the Lakers would say that Ham was a good coach last season. Didn't try to build continuity at all despite that being the major focus throughout that season. Incomprehensible lineups that got repeated runs despite all of the numbers saying that they did not work. Would play minimum guys over guys making multiple times that for no apparent reason. Frequently did not call timeouts until he gave up a 10+ point run to the other team. Stated that he saved timeouts to give LeBron rest time in crunch time but would frequently end the game with multiple timeouts left unused. When he did call timeouts and we could hear what he was saying, most of what he said was just motivational bs instead of actual plays or analysis of the game. Saying that the Lakers used a good coach in Ham as a scapegoat is just completely disingenuous like how some basketball show hosts and coaches tried to argue. Ham wasn't the only issue but he was not helping the team win, no matter how nicely you wanted to put it. The most apt and most positive description for him would've been that he wasn't the worst coach in the NBA last season. To be fair, there were a handful or two that were worse. Did better than Monty Williams last season.

[@troylee4196]

I think most people didn't like Ham, if anything they wondered why Vogel was fired for him

[@-13eNnY-]

@@troylee4196 Vogel was understandably fired because he had basically no offensive schemes whatsoever, and the Lakers no longer had the personnel to be an elite defense after they blew up most of the team and traded for Westbrook. Ham was very different from Vogel and was decent enough at first. He went crazy last year though and completely lost the locker room. Probably got overly confident and tried to prove himself too much after getting to the WCF and getting a contract extension.

[@thedisclosure9613]

They knew HAM is bad coach they wanted him to coaching the lakers so the lakers keep losing. I didnt remember who said it. I think its nuggets coach who praise ham and think he should comeback next season.

[@-13eNnY-]

@@thedisclosure9613 You had people like Charles Barkley saying that though. Made absolutely zero sense.

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

For what it's worth, I don't care how much someone makes when putting together a lineup. If you win more players with a guy on a minimum instead of $30 million, then that's just what you do. Sunk cost and all that.

[@fabiancastaneda3878]

as a Lakers fan, I appreciate that you documented this sad part of the franchise history

[@je5406]

The LeCircus. How one man set a franchise back 10 years.

[@3serio]

👆👆👆 😂😂😂 🚮🚮🚮

[@LakersReaction]

@je5406 🤡 LBJ hater

[@mauricerhodes1756]

@@je5406 before LeBron care to tell us who was one those 51, 61 & 65 loss Lakers teams? You went from that to 2 conference finals and a ring won and you whine?? Pathetic

[@mauricerhodes1756]

nothing is sadder then your Lakers losing 65, 61 & 51 games before Bron came.... go get a life

[@thinlion01]

It's annoying that Doc, Steven, Wilbon all black men got upset that Darvin got fired. It's not his fault blah blah. You can be black and be bad at your job.

[@godlikemonolith]

Worthy wasn’t sad…

[@MrOlaray]

You mean it was all the Lakers fault. How many excuses left?

[@TheHuskyK9]

@@MrOlaray Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. Work on that.

[@jerryalexander8803]

Yea same thing happened when the Pistons fired Monty Williams, like clearly these people weren’t watching Piston games and the deliberate sabotage job Monty Williams did with that team and his players psyche

[@TryPuttingItInRice]

Doc is an incompetent head coach carried by good teams. He's a bum and a choke artist. It's telling and expected that he'd defend Darvin like this.

[@dom3221]

Hilarious that Taurean Prince followed Darvin Ham to Milwaukee lmao

[@MIDNightPT4]

They gotta be family or something lol

[@BitcoinMotorist]

@@MIDNightPT4 Taurean has pictures of Ham at Spearmint Rhino

[@TheHuskyK9]

@@MIDNightPT4 I hope it's that and not something more......freaky lol

[@puckerings]

Yeah shocking that a player would want to play for a coach who obviously believes in his abilities. There must be something strange going on! Give your tiny head a shake.

[@mksee66]

laker fan here. I think this is the best video explaining our frustration last season. mind boggling why ham kept starting prince instead of rui or vando (when he was healthy).

[@jayh825]

THANK YOU fianlly someone gives this an in depth look. One of the most baffling coaching tenures ive ever seen

[@discokidd1264]

Let’s see if JJ has more success then a fake inseason tournament win and a trip to wcf anything less would mean JJ is worse ijs

[@womar8]

@@discokidd1264The lakers did that in-spite of ham. Not because of him

[@jayh825]

What an idiotic way to look at basketball go watch first take kid ​@discokidd1264

[@NoNameWillBeGiven-sj2ib]

@@jayh825 yawn Bron stan

[@kianakuuipo]

Getting pissed off all over again watching this 💀 people really try to tell me Ham was a good coach, I can’t

[@aaron-jeffreyrincon9438]

He was a good coach to go against. That's why everyone wanted him to stay LOL

[@kianakuuipo]

@ LMAO that’s exactly what I always say 💀😂 but there’s some people who genuinely believe the lakers fan base are just haters and it’s actually lebrons fault

[@CraigPark]

Report them to homeland security for being Darvin Hamas fans

[@ashwinranji8790]

the only thing that people could possible use to say that he was a good coach was the WCF appearance, and funnily enough, he completely went away from that lineup that got him there for like half of next season, only to try itt out again and realize, wow. IT WORKS!

[@overqualified420]

Those starting-lineups were absurd, what was he thinking?

[@GlobusTheGreat]

This completely changed my assumptions about Darvin Hamm. He actually was the problem! Those lineups just made it obvious.

[@yoAventus]

he was actually a lunatic like I’m glad it’s being exposed

[@AchieveLem0n]

He wasn’t.

[@user-lq3jw3ov8z]

'Haters mad cuz my hands never cold'

[@micahbarrus8406]

Find you a spouse who looks at you like Darvin Ham looks at Taurean Prince. Great video! Very well put together, and I LOVE the clips.

[@NAMISIMP]

dont search up what team ham and tp is on now 😂😂😂😂

[@areind2450]

I couldn't believe my eyes when I read that Ham and Prince both ended up with the Bucks. Like WHAT!?

[@arkcliref]

​@@NAMISIMP I know already because the franchise that hired Ham also has Doc as their head coach, and so far, their team is dogshit (like Pistons level awful)

[@raizen5389]

​@@arkcliref the ultimate coaching duo doc and ham 😂😂😂

[@arkcliref]

Update: The Bucks are actually not awful they won IST again but I doubt they would win it all as a 5th seed, speaking of the 5th seed JJ has a slightly better record than the Bucks but yeah at this point if you know you know so I won't talk about it further.

[@deadboydarrelin7425]

there’s absolutely no reason Rui wasn’t starting. it’s just ridiculous. he does everything you want him to do and he was bench warming

[@yahirzavala-nm9ur]

I’m a believer in the lakers are better/more well rounded when Vando is in the line up but I agree Rui shoulda been seeing more minutes then Prince and should of been part of the closing line up

[@Bojeezy]

The title should be, “THE NBA COACH THAT SABOTAGED HIS OWN TEAM.” 😂 Great videos by the way. Very well made.

[@SAoutlaw]

prince just played more minutes than giannis and dame 😂 nba needs to investigate those 2

[@YaBoyJDub]

He has been terrible both years, but him CONSTANTLY starting Prince when the stats suggested against it, and THEN going small ball versus Jokić in the playoffs was the ultimate smooth brain moment. So much so that I made a diss track about that man. It's on my channel.😭

[@manz7860]

It's got a great thumbnail too

[@mr.t107]

Never understood hams decisions. People underrate the lakers because of how badly Ham handicapped this team. Great video man

[@NoNameWillBeGiven-sj2ib]

Keep telling yourself that

[@Edward-we9dl]

Oh man you cannot imagine the frustration I had watching the lakers last year. I honestly don't get it, in 2022-2023 Darvin Ham came up with the line up that went to the WCF, in the summer the Lakers had arguably one of the best off-season by signing multiple solid players, everyone expected the Lakers to be at least top 6 in the West, and Darvin Ham somehow fumbled the bag. I don't understand how he went from a coach who turned the 2022-2023 season around, to someone who refuse to use the WCF line up that HE CAME UP WITH.

[@garrettmoriguchi9253]

JJ isn't a perfect coach but this video make me appreciate him a lot more.

[@NoNameWillBeGiven778]

2 weeks later

[@listersheet2430]

I remember everyone telling me I was trippin' when I said Darvin Ham is too stubborn and will get fired after the season. This video will now be my "here is my evidence" video. **SUBBED**

[@KingInChrist]

Crazy high production value. Gonna be proud to see you at the top

[@WuHoops]

Thank you 🙏

[@Isaac-ul8yz]

Thank you for this, so many mainstream media was defending darvin but as a life long Lakers fan watching mostly every game it was so annoying to see Hams lineups, time outs, and like iso ball for days

[@JaeEhlae]

that boy darvin hated timeouts, especially when the opponents was making a comeback 😂😂

[@SpartanArmy117]

I wonder why they reacted that way. Oh well I guess there's no clear reason. /s

[@myochii5726]

So funny how the media reacted when Darvin Ham got fired. You would think the lakers fired a young Pat Riley. These guys never watched his all forwards starting 5 and it showed

[@SpartanArmy117]

I wonder why they reacted that way. Oh well I guess there's no clear reason. /s

[@OmarMyWords]

It's soo satisfying to finally see other people share my views on Darvin Ham's performance/decision-making when looking at the Laker's last 2 seasons. I was scratching my head all season when watching his rotation/lineup changes. AND THEN, i was even more confused by all the mainstream sports media and debate shows criticize the Lakers for firing him, and coming to Darvin Ham's defense, explaining him to be a top coach.

[@edwinsalmeron8303]

That dude a planet fitness coach

[@ryanespiritu1554]

These media clowns going with the narrative that Lakers/Lebron always need a scapegoat. FOH they're just a bunch of haters

[@jayh825]

These dudes don't even like basketball they like Narratives

[@khaelz]

You can argue Darvin is not a good coach but 7 out of the 9 coaches Lebron played for got fired. The argument that somebody needs a scapegoat for every failure he has seems very plausible. Now they hire a no coaching experience dude as headcoach of the Lakers? Maybe another scapegoat for when he fails again lol. Not to mention his lazy defense, whining after every non call, flopping, crowning himself, etc. Yeah... were just a bunch of haters. Open your eyes, Lebron ain't that great. I never understand how you morons worship this overrated overhyped buffoon who has no skill other than to ram his shoulders through the defender to score his points.

[@Eniggma39]

Lebron do throw people under the bus but Ham is awful

[@je5406]

​@@Eniggma39I guess both things can be true in this case.

[@Anthonydu01630]

@@Eniggma39Show me 1 exemple motherfucker

[@underoath257]

This is why Mike Malone insisted the Lakers should keep.Ham. It makes his job easier 😂😂

[@AznPhatty]

I had no idea why Hachimura wasn't playing more under Ham. Made no sense. Now seeing JJ as coach and seeing how Lakers have been playing well really makes me question Ham and what he was doing. JJ is going with the no brainer lineup: LeBron, AD, Reaves, DLo and Hachimura. Vando will be a big help once he's heathy again. There's a reason why Ham only got one year with the Lakers.

[@abreezyyt1705]

this is proof that ham is not doing practice, they practice lineups in actual game 😂

[@jamesgandfini7145]

Watched this video without looking at your sub count and assumed this was a huge channel lol. You definitely got the quality bro, liked and subbed

[@billbixby1976]

Same thing I said. Its 4:30am right now so I had to rub my eyes to make sure i was reading it right! lol

[@WuHoops]

@@billbixby1976thank you guys so much 🥹🙏

[@Bundobust32]

This video is therapy, thank you

[@jimdino77]

Thanks for making this. So many casuals run with the narrative that Ham was “just a scapegoat”…. No. He was the problem

[@jusbertmeza4424]

Im so glad everybody finally caught up with my opinion on Darvin Ham. He arguably lost the lakers like 20 games last season because he refused to call timeouts in key situations and lost a close games with 2 timeouts still and unused challenges. He kept them like he got paid more on how many timeouts he kept at the end of the game. The last game between the clippers and lakers the clippers were up by 15 and the lakers brought it back to down 3 and there was only 5 minutes left and wanna know the next timeout Darvin called? When there was 1 minute left to put in garbage time players because the clippers made a 14-2 run to bring their lead back to up 15. And they had 2 timeouts and unused challenge. Thats when i knew Darvins coaching was actually hurting this team more than the others teams players could ever hurt the lakers.

[@shannylaker]

Love that Taurean is back with Ham in Milwaukee 🥲🤣

[@yaab4845]

Darvin did well his first year and started thinking he was Prime Greg Popovich. He has potential as a coach but he was atrocious all around last season, from the lineup bullshit, to offensive strategy, to timeout management. No disrespect to Taurean Prince, he played well. Darvin just messed up the rotation by overthinking it

[@jimdino77]

14:26 this clip from D Lo is hilarious 😂 how can you say that “respectfully”.

[@KameronVisuals]

•Team goes on a 20-0 run Darvin Ham: 🧍🏾‍♂️

[@thedargon6899]

✋🏿👖🤚🏿

[@Beenonetv]

As a bron and lakers fan I sincerely say this, this was a great video. Darvin ham wasted the whole season for us last year.

[@icrashout]

This really just shows you that the importance of a good coach is, no matter how talented the team is. This man Darvin Ham got Taurean Prince playing more minutes than Giannis and Dame, that is horrendous.

[@fluff975]

"don't settle. go hard on em dudes. everybody tryna play the right way, SALUTE."

[@Zurgkill8]

And now we start the season 3-0 with JJ as the coach 🦾🦾

[@melvincuaresma-SW]

And we don’t even have Christian Wood and Vanderbilt yet, imagine when they come back? 😱

[@spforevr11]

Quality wins too, a pretty tough 3 game opener. To pick up all 3 already shows massive improvements

[@gorcsauce696]

@@melvincuaresma-SWand the bench has been trash asf and he finding way to win without making Bron go ape mode and letting Ad run offense

[@sim5974]

😭😭😭😭

[@andersoncooper2304]

If Darvin didn’t sabotage our lineups I believe we grab a higher and avoid Denver and go to the finals at the bare minimum

[@J0hnM4rt1n]

Lakers scared to play against Nikola Jokic?

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

@@J0hnM4rt1n Not scared so much as the Nuggets were probably the worst matchup for the Lakers. I'm not sure they get to the Finals. But none of the other teams had such a clear advantage against the Lakers.

[@J0hnM4rt1n]

@@JonSmith-hk1bq ah ok I see

[@oceano87]

​@JonSmith-hk1bq The worst part is with a competent coach we coulda beat Denver. We spent the entirety of that matchup IN THE LEAD and up double digits. But we failed to make adjustments in the 2nd half of any of those games and guess what would happen? Mike Malone would rally his guys, make changes and then we would lose innthe 4th quarter. It was so frustrating

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

@@oceano87 Yeah, the Lakers really should have won that series.

[@AchieveLem0n]

Thanks for making this. Absolutely wild to see the season’s progression on this in quick succession. It was absolutely infuriating.

[@vanbrooklyn9745]

I’m actually just surprised that it took that long for the franchise to fire him even when we got to the conference finals he was horrible that season too

[@alanarriaga6204]

Ngl as a warriors fan who dislikes lakers this video def made me fell bad for y’all and I hope y’all do better this season. We dubs can def sympathize with y’all

[@TheWes301201]

what a waste of time, couldnt be me watching a video centered around a rival franchise. L

[@TheHuskyK9]

Well, we're off to a good start with JJ, and y'all are doing alright as well, so we'll see.

[@NoNameWillBeGiven-sj2ib]

​@@TheHuskyK91 month later hahaha Redick is chunks

[@watermelonhead.]

12:34 Looking up and saying "Can you repeat that?" is crazyy😂

[@oceano87]

The WCF run was IN SPITE of Hams coaching and I will die on that hill. If youre a Laker fan that isnt casual, youll remember Twitter had to bully this man to play Lonnie Walker against the Dubs in the playoffs.. and look what happened when he finally did 🙄

[@12poopie]

I swear we would’ve gone to the fucking finals if it weren’t for Ham. Idc how good Denver was that year

[@mico5536]

That transition on 9:56 is funny. Ham loves him some prince

[@7jcjg]

pleeease no lineup questions... just wine....

[@thestylebender7202]

😂

[@TheSchism-y7p]

I'm not going to lie I was expecting a lineup full of Taurean Princes 😂😂

[@SharikhKhan138]

@@TheSchism-y7p, that’s a 2K video I’d pay to see, LMAO.

[@TheHuskyK9]

@@TheSchism-y7p Ham would do that if he could. Prince even followed him back to Milwaukee 💀💀

[@Zachemo7]

little did lakers fans know their next coach would make darvin ham look like steve kerr

[@magicmillz]

Craziest thing about this is Whitlock and Rivers claiming that the lakers were successful because of Ham, not in-spite of him. Great video

[@chrismesina5309]

underrated channel, keep it up bro!

[@WuHoops]

Thank you so much!

[@yannickngarambe2230]

Agree!

[@MoralesCorner]

He's just getting started

[@MBeano]

Overthinking? More like NOT thinking at all. Multiple players commented about having no plans/schemss, and not being prepared for opponents. Lineups were not based on data but just randomness

[@antoine6760]

I waited all season to see that western conference lineup, and I thought this season would be a continuation of that momentum, now with a full season under their belt. But his illogical experimenting went on for over half the season and costed LA their season. Those lineups made no sense, whyy did he keep trying? Whyy was he so hellbent on trying to make them work? They were maybe a lateral movie in the best possible case scenario and a net negative in every aspect at worst, which they were.

[@arikejoja9461]

Smh Darvin Hamburger 🍔 was so clueless last season smh if you have a lineup that works continue it but instead he always goes away from what's working smh 🤦

[@adamegan8352]

Outside of all the goofy lineup decisions, pretty much every instance when it got late in close games we looked like we were not running any plays. The last 3-4 minutes of every game it was just trusting in Bron and AD’s IQ to get it done. Drove me crazy, that’s just not sustainable in the playoffs against the leagues best teams.

[@GetGoodGuy]

I didn’t realise I was watching a small channel until you mentioned it at the end. Congrats, nicely put together video.

[@WuHoops]

Thank you!

[@lorenzo575]

Finally a video for all the Darvin sympathizers and Lebron haters saying that it’s Lebrons fault, not Darvin.

[@uaushaiaosao9308]

Lebron haters are little cockroaches. All 3 teams he has been on would always get hated on because those cockroaches would come in to hate for no reason other than saying that they don't think he is as great as Kobrick or Jorbum.😂😂

[@resolve06]

It doesn’t even take a LeBron hater. Ham wasn’t perfect but yall Lebron dickriders are always over the top. You can die on that hill lol

[@yc99official95]

while i think lebron does deserve *some* criticism for influencing front-office decisions that don't age well (such as getting wade and d-rose for the cavs and blowing up that team mid-season, and the russ trade that blew up more than half of what was left of the 2020 championship season), i think this season wasn't necessarily his fault, sure, he had some mistakes against the nuggets, but darvin ham's bad decision making was the main catalyst

[@Shystyman]

@@uaushaiaosao9308lebron haters are absolute monkey brains but you have to have a special type of lizard to say “kobrick or jorbum” 😂😂😂 cmon bro you had me in the first half ngl

[@womar8]

⁠@@yc99official95It’s crazy how much misinformation is out there. Lebron literally was pissed that the cavs ended up trading kyrie that year, cause he thought he could convince kyrie to stay. Drose and wade were free agents and signed for minimum contracts literally non factors. And that Russ trade was robs way of making up for the mishandling of the Demar Derozan signing

[@jesusa.7058]

This was a great breakdown of what happened with the Lakers this past season. I was unable to keep up with all the news during that time and all I heard was lineups, coaching/chemsitry issues and that burst from Lebron. Watching this made it all complete sense. Definitely look forward to more of your videos!

[@EeDeeReacts]

Prince isn’t a necessarily bad player. He’s good. Just not a starter. It was all obvious to everyone watching the games

[@MistahJay7]

Ofcourse Doc Rivers would say it makes no sense They are perfect for eachother lmao

[@WhiteNegative]

Respectfully, the media doesnt know shit about coaches they cant tell whos good unless its been shoved down their throat

[@danieldiaz9948]

Lmfao, i love the editing in this with the starting lineup announcements after the pundits complaining about the lineups. A+

[@d4m6n]

I was so happy as a laker fan when he got let go. Nothing worse than seeing this mf with his hands in his pockets with teams making runs.

[@cmartinez4727]

First three games of the laker 2024 season (3-0 against quality teams) pretty much shows how bad of a coach ham was. He had no system, and had no clue how to adjust and strategize. Reddick is showing what a difference an actual system does when used with a team with talent.

[@KariConn-v3d]

Great video! I feel like most non-Lakers fans never really understood the frustration with Darvin Ham all season and thought that firing him was just a misdirected "scapegoat" situation for their lack of success. Yes, a lot of it was health/personel issues and an undesirable First Round matchup. However, if you followed the Lakers, there's no question that Darvin regularly screwed the pooch with lineups. I mean, starting 5 Power Forwards? What a joke! Not to mention offending your starters, throwing them off their game/rhythms, and botching any semblance of continuity. And, once you lose the (respect of) the locker room, you've done irreparable damage to the team's morale, their groove, etc., and there's just no coming back from that. Hopefully, (things with) JJ will be much better. I believe they will. Los Angeles Lakers 2025 NBA World Champions! Let's Go!

[@kobejamison9931]

Those 10 teams made good decision passing on him. Dude shouldn’t have been a head coach

[@Mihajlo1469]

I rarely click on a basketball video with relatively "low" view count. But when I do I hope its a hidden gem. I hit it this time. Great job, greetings from Serbia🙏

[@WuHoops]

Thank you so much! Greetings from Canada to my Serbian friend 🙏

[@TheMilchBroetchen]

my favourite darwin ham moments were when he wrote on the clip board "contest without fouling" and his speech "go hard on them dudes, everybody tries to play the right way, salute". Dude was just a fan with front seat tickets. Cant wait how that thing in Mil with him and Doc Rivers turns out.

[@InChatWeTrust]

He was the downfall of that team!!!! He had no idea what was going on. JJ or not any coach would’ve been an upgrade.

[@ForeskinTim]

Banging vid man. Easiest 15 minute watch all year

[@jakehood7463]

He wasn't overthinking. He had strong biases and tried to ignore the empirical evidence.

[@micohdeguzmandmd]

Oh man it's just hilarious everytime the line up is shown, there's always Taurean Prince in it 😂.

[@Hoodrichkevin]

Ham gave me nightmares

[@marshallnelson6127]

Doc Rivers bum self defending Darvin Ham is just perfect 💀

[@vispod5605]

Sending this video to anyone who says Ham was a scapegoat. So frustrating hearing that from people who didn't watch this shit unfold live

[@tomahawk8754]

I can't count how many times I sat at home watching the game screaming at the screen "CALL TIMEOUT" hoping Darvin Scam could hear me.

[@mustbe.sonny.]

You deserve more subscribers, this channel is underrated.

[@WuHoops]

Thank you so much! Just getting started and hopefully it grows 🙏

[@LorenzoPredicts]

13k subs is crazy your videos are really well done man. Can see this having 200k next year easily

[@brandonrojask7832]

Bro your content is so fucking entertaining. Amazing execution and overall quality video. Keep up the good work man I know you’ll have so many more people who would enjoy your stuff

[@WuHoops]

Thank you so much for your kind comment. Really made my day. 🙏

[@poly_g6068]

It's astounding watching other NBA coaches and former players defend Darvin Ham's accomplishments. He wasn't fired because of his accidental successes, he was fired because he made the Lakers go 5 -17 for no reason after the In-season tournament win and nearly sank their playoff hopes again. That doesn't just get memoryholed in the moment.

[@jaydel11]

14:07 of course it's doc rivers saying this after bringing down the bucks season lmao

[@lphjustin]

LOL that's exactly what Doc would've said about himself after he got fired by the Celtics, Clippers, Sixers. After he got fired by Celtics: I brought y'all to one championship and 1 conference Finals After he got fired by Clippers and Sixers: I brought y'all to 3 conference semis

[@fyntc]

Literally the last person that should say all that

[@somerandom6883]

Doc Rivers is habitual fumbler

[@Pr0d3gi]

injuries brang them down dummy

[@mauricenicholson4331]

And guess where ham and Prince are 😳

[@jorgee115]

I'm a heat fan, and the way you broke that down was A1!! He literally single-handedly f'd it up for Lébron.. great video! Please make one on why Lébron left Miami!!

[@haaa911]

Best part of Ham’s tenure in LA was Lakers and LeBron haters trying to gaslight everyone into thinking Ham wasn’t a bad head coach who consistently held the team back

[@bigdadddyd123]

Darvin Ham is the worst head coach in history 😂 all that talent. Generational fumble

[@7jcjg]

amazing breakdown, not following the lakers debacle closely and just laughing at their inability to do anything well after the play-in tourney, this has shown me a whole-ass controversy i was not aware of. we knew ham sucked, but at least I didn't know that this was the way he sucked THE MOST, and its all because of ego and wanting to prove the media wrong....

[@lilv3966]

It’s so fitting that the solution to replacing the guy who made too many lineup changes is a guy who’s never filled out a lineup at any level.

[@Luckybois-v4o]

whats crazy is i feel like the lakers could have swept the nuggets if darvin would use his timeouts if the nuggets were getting hot just watch the 4th qtr of every lakers vs nuggets game

[@dime1012]

You’re just getting started with your channel and it’s already this good and well put together, wow…give it about 2 years and you should be pretty big in the basketball/sports KZbin commentary population