Lakers Fans Want Darvin Ham Fired... Now. Barkley Says Blame Players and Rob Pelinka, not Ham.

WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG?
While not exactly the sentiment of every Lakers fan... it's the sentiment of many when it comes to the expected dismissal of Darvin Ham from his gig with the Lakers. After all, reports following LA's Game 5 loss to the Nuggets earlier in the week suggested Ham's job was all but gone. Subsequent reports say the Lakers are still moving down that path, potentially as early as the end of the week. Which, to be clear, is basically today. So if they know they want to do it, and are continuing to leak that they're going to do it... why haven't they done it?
Well, one reason might be the fallout from the last time they fired a coach. You may remember the Lakers received some flak, and lost out on opportunities to interview desired candidates, after they leaked that Frank Vogel was out and it was reported basically at the buzzer of their final game, before Frank Vogel even reached the podium. So, hey, don't do that again! But is this way any better, whether to be respectful to Ham or to burnish the team's reputation?
What could they be doing, beyond PR and news cycle management? Certainly the Lakers ought to be doing due diligence, making sure they like potential candidates out there more than they like the idea of trying to make it work with Ham. After all, the guy did have a reasonably promising first season before things went south this year, and isn't far off from being one of the more sought after head coaching candidates out there.
Maybe they're double checking with all the critical stakeholders not only about whether they're ok with Darvin going, but also what type of coach would make sense to replace him, and whether that hypothetical coach would be available. So maybe all of these things are happening, but if the Lakers have their minds made up, they ought to get it done sooner rather than later.
Meanwhile, is all of this attention on Ham fair? Some hoops minds think he's getting too much criticism for how the team's season turned out. And does all of this distract from criticism Rob Pelinka should be getting?
HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky
SEGMENT 1: The Lakers haven't canned Ham yet. Why?
SEGMENT 2: What should the Lakers be doing with this time?
SEGMENT 3: Is Pelinka escaping criticism?
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[@solareclipse1884]

One reason why players that move out or get cut from Lakers team look really good is they are cut too soon. Lakers don't allow continuity, I'd say the Lakers should keep the core together including Jaxon Hayes and just adjust the peripheral edges.

[@RobTheWatcher]

Fire the hell out of Darvin. Then rehire him immediately to fire him again!

[@Blurray10]

Damns that’s harsh… but I agree. Do it!

[@N_Ides]

😂😂

[@SANDMAN_7]

Lol ask barkley who did he blame when he was losing

[@j.s3300]

Sugar

[@justthisguy1948]

When was Barkley losing like the lakers? They have 2 of the best players and struggle to make playoffs every year

[@j.s3300]

@@justthisguy1948 when has barkley won like the lakers! Or Bron

[@justthisguy1948]

@@j.s3300 when was Barkley supposed to win? Also I’m pretty sure he made the playoffs every year lebron been in LA 6 years and in 5 of them they were either a playin team or missed playoffs entirely

[@j.s3300]

@@justthisguy1948 if youre good enough, you'll win. He wasnt. And Lebron is 21 years into his career. What were barkleys numbers in year 21?

[@oysterhoys]

The disrespect to be making jokes on firing someone. This scapegoating. Very weak!

[@bagskie]

The present and future of the Los Angeles Lakers lies on the shoulders of Lebron James. The Lakers have a 178mil payroll next season if everyone opts in including DLo (w/o FAs TP, Spencer & Max). 1st apron is at 179.5mil. 2nd apron is 189mil. Now, why Lebron? If Lebron opts out & sign a new deal at 25mil/yr, the payroll goes down to 153mil. 26.5mil below the 1st apron. If this happens, the Lakers can use the full MLE of 13mil to sign a good backup big in Jonas Valanciunis. They can also resign TP (5mil), Max (4mil/yr) & Spencer (3mil). Then the Lakers can now trade for Trae Young (43mil). DLO + Rui + Gabe & 3 1st rounders = 47mil Lakers Roster: Trae - 43m AD - 43m Lebron - 25m Reaves - 13m Vando - 11m Valancuinis - 13m TP - 5m Max - 4m Wood - 3m Dinwiddie - 3m Cam - 2.4m Hayes - 2.4m JHS - 3.9m Lewis - 2m Vetmin buyout FA - 3m Total = 176.7million payroll. Wood will be the backup 4 for Lebron Valanciunis for AD Prince for Vando Max for Reaves Dinwiddie for Trae. 3rd string guys in Hayes & Cam w/ JHS and maybe a veteran buyout player. They can still of course trade AR for a 3&D wing if they want to. But at 13mil, who would you get thats better than AR at 13mil? If Lebron wont do this & sign a new deal of 60mil/yr and the Lakers trade for Trae Young, theyll be way over the 2nd apron. They can only sign FA Andre Drummond for a vetmin & cant sign a good buyout player that earned more than the MLE. They also wont be able to absorb excess salary in a trade & will defer some of their future picks. This is happening to Phoenix & Golden State by the way.

[@briantep458]

i dont care what the analytics say, he is not worth that money for a team that is trying to win a championship. For every 30 pts Lebron scores, he easily gives up 40 do to his lack of defense and rebounding, and also the effect it has on other players (Rui, Dlo, Austin) who have to carry his load. The team is desperately trying to tell the organization something when they beat Boston and Milwaukee earlier this year

[@arshiee13]

This would work better if AR came off the bench to keep the flow of the offence going. Trae and Lebron along with AD, can use another 3-D player along with Vando. 6th man of the year sort of growth for AR! 🤙🏻

[@bagskie]

​@@arshiee13 any which way how they use AR wouldnt. Hes as productive starting or coming off the bench. But the key will still be Lebron signing a massive discount to at least have the option of using the full MLE on either a center or a 3&D wing.

[@erikkdane8485]

Pelinka deserves blame for letting Caruso & KCP go. And for not properly upgrading the center position, and for not adding enough 3&D two-way players with size to the roster. The short one-way players with lazy low energy have to go.

[@rodneyjohnson5457]

I agree but Caruso is always injured. Reaves will be better. Also, losing all those assets for Westbrook set them back.

[@erikkdane8485]

@@rodneyjohnson5457 Injury prone or not Caruso is still one of the best 3&D guards in the league that plays with energy m, hustle, and physicality. The Lakers should have kept him. The Lakers could've had Caruso & Reaves but they screwed up.

[@dorjegyurme7154]

Fire Ham and Pelinka!✌It took Ham 2 mths to Figure Out He Should Start His Best 5 Players and he Doesn’t know When to Call Timeouts✌🏀✌

[@Edd-zd5wb]

Sad Hachimura suffered a low key meltdown this series, but Ham misuse of Hachimura was baffling

[@gamerf2p843]

This would go down as the biggest mistake in laker history

[@N_Ides]

🤣🤣

[@kennywilliams123]

Biggest thing in Lakers history….would be listening to Charles Barkley….the King of wrong predictions.

[@pfunk42]

The biggest mistake would be extending a 40 year old Lebron James

[@MBeano]

To try and say Ham was amazing and had a great 1st year is clueless. Lakers fans, analysts and basketball fans (not merely Lakers fans) ALL unanimously thought MANY of the same things: -What the hell is going on with 3 guard lineups? -Is there any offensive scheme? -Why are you insisting on going small, when you have have bigger players, unused, and the current ones are just being shot over? -Stop holding on to your precious time outs! Hiarding them as if some crazy cat lady collector. These were EXCUSED BECAUSE THE PLAYERS got themselves to the Western Finals. AND Ham got a PASS because it was YEAR 1. Then we saw him continue to be stubborn and make the same exact coaching CHOICES (most of which had NOTHING to due with injury). He continued to show a stubbornness and a lack of understanding of the game, to which your grandma would even comment on how idiotic the choices were. That stubbornness and lack of awareness of the game showed in EVERY action and NON action and choice. NO ONE respects him, not his PLAYERS, other coaches, analysts, other teams players or coaches. His lineups are comedy gold for the entire NBA. When we ask ourselves "Even Luke Walton or Byron Scott would not even have the thought to do or not do some things as dumb as what Darvin has consistently done throughout both years - small ball basin Denver.... really??!? recheck the analysts ahead of that series his first year

[@jakkicee5014]

AD should ask for a trade if he wants another championship

[@erikkdane8485]

Darvin Ham deserves blame for being a severely inept coach. Ham deserves to be fired for being incompetent on every level and never taking accountability for awful coaching mistakes and not bringing out the best in the players.

[@maxsmart8954]

Ham WCF IST in two years Ty Lue nothing in last two years. Lue 4 Hall of famers ? Lakers 2 Hall of Famers, But yall calling Ham in competent?

[@kennywilliams123]

He is not a good game manager

[@dax8]

of interest. Anthony Edwards, "I have to get Lebron's revenge. It's only right. So tell the Nuggets I'm coming!"

[@FreshWitcher]

So when can you fire a coach?

[@praveenchandar012]

I am searching, best coaches and free agents available for lakers roster 🤣🤣🤣 LOL

[@jefftomasello3258]

Hindsight is 20/20 but what doomed the Lakers to their one championship in the Bubble was trading for AD. If they would have waited one more season they could have signed AD as a Free Agent. They wouldn't have won the Bubble Championship but they would have been able to keep all those draft picks and Ingram, Hart, Ball Etc... They would have been in great position cap wise with the ability to make trades to improve the team with continuity and would have won 2 or 3 chips!

[@jonathanmccravy2175]

Ask Charles Barkley who do he blame for him not even winning a championship not even one 😂

[@imjonny2641]

You think they might be waiting for the result of the mavs clippers series? With a possibility of going after Ty lue?

[@N_Ides]

Could be. If they were smart, and that's not guaranteed, they should have some possible replacements in mind before firing SHam.

[@FizzKodomo]

Darvin has lost the locker room and I don't trust the front office to be able to make the right moves to fix that. Nor do I trust them to make the right decision on the next coach. I'm curious.... What about Adrian Griffin? Besides the fact that he was ALSO with the Bucks 🙃, he got Dame and Giannis to a 30-13 start to the season. 🤷‍♂🤷‍♂🤷‍♂

[@deddiev1718]

Reaves shot 26.9 from 3 during the playoffs. That’s pathetic

[@Nfnf889]

lol you really let sir Charles offend you. It ain’t that serious

[@oysterhoys]

Hey Kametzky brothers, disapointing all this Darvin Ham negativity. Lakers and Ham did well with this roster. Could it be better, off course. But as long you cannot get Spoelstra or Ty Lue, or another top coach, don't mess up like the Bucks.

[@erikdayne5429]

It’s not creating negativity to be honest about a negative situation. Darvin Ham is a bad coach. Period. Calling him a bad coach doesn’t make him a bad coach, he is a bad coach and that’s why people call him that.

[@bryants6790]

Fire Ham bring back Frank Defence wins championships

[@bygtymer1303]

Well, the deed was done. I wish Darvin the best. Wouldn't it be funny if the Lakers hire Budenhozer, and he hires Darvin as an assistant? 😂😂😂Wait, that is such a Laker move.😮

[@RetroCody]

Talk about Rob Pelinka. Shouldn’t he be let go too?

[@craigosterberg5045]

It either Ham or the players who have to go.

[@cameronsamuels5769]

Rob Pelinka is absolutely to blame and if you think otherwise your delusional!!!!

[@Flo-vp4ut]

Maybe, just maybe, Charles Barkley wasn't referring to you guys ?

[@hwinoree2257]

The problem with the Lakes is Jeanie does not know the Xs and Os of basketball, and doesn't know how to evaluate talent. And Pelinka is basically learning how to be a GM on the job. I'm sure in 20 years, Pelinka will be a decent GM. Until then, they'll let the inmates run the asylum (Clutch).

[@stanjohnson7849]

😂 Pelinka is not just learning to be a GM. That’s crap! Just ask 95% of the other teams… it’s a very difficult job and yet he gave them a great chance of winning it all…. Arm chair GM’s are a dime a dozen…. Cuz they can just fluff it off when they make mistakes…. Vando healthy, Rui, played better, a few bounces gone to us and we win it all…. A few tweaks and we are in there 💪🏽

[@rodneyjohnson5457]

Buss doesn't evaluate talent. That wasn't a serious statement was it?

[@rodneyjohnson5457]

I tend to agree with you. How do they sign broke down 20 year olds with knee problems? ​@@stanjohnson7849

[@odishamilton2711]

Players got tired....he did not use them 😢 wasn t even using Giles!!!

[@blakepaxton6284]

Pelinka still needs to go but this was a good start. Lue, JJ and Handy are my top 3 replacements. I wonder if we hear some Rondo buzz too.

[@CliNT_WEsTWooD]

If only someone else was hiring the next head coach. You’re sadly mistaken if you think things can’t get worse.

[@justthisguy1948]

They can’t

[@belindatrawick9321]

Why are you guys watching for someone to be fired who else are they going to get as a coach the fact that the Lakers can't commit to a coach is sad

[@DJAdo80]

How many coaches have Lakers gone through???

[@Edd-zd5wb]

One good, Vogel. And one pathetic Ham

[@lucasluces]

Don't blame Ham. LeBlame the LeGOAT. He didn't step up.

[@HatimTimbelsi]

Missing the other intro

[@pinoykayaker]

I saw him laughing on the sidelines while they're down. I can't stand him.

[@jaypeesalazar9029]

Lol. Charles must suck coz he never won a ring. He just talks and talks he never even watched 1 whole game of either the lakers or suns.

[@freddyramirez4013]

Fire him already Bring back Frank

[@kf4778]

Let's not forget the Lakers have lost to the BEST team in the NBA two years in a row. They're not far off from being contenders. People need to calm down. On the other hand, Darvin is incredibly stubborn with his rotations, struggles to make smart strategic in-game adjustments, and the time-out thing is just weird. Also, I can't entirely agree with Andy's opinion on the Westbrook trade. Pelinka trusted his FRANCHISE players (one of whom many consider a Goat), leading to a costly mess he had to fix. Since that trade, you'll notice the FO stopped taking LeBron's advice. Pelinka did bring the Lakers a championship 3-4 years into his tenure, with a roster he was solely responsible for. He deserves some respect for that. The constant slander and mistrust are unwarranted.

[@godsonvalzin2]

Darvin scam needs a lot of more training skills and techniques before handling a head coach job…..

[@deddiev1718]

Brian you and Trevor have already traded Rui. I dare you to say Reaves is untouchable like Trevor did. Then Deja Vu last summer you two built him up like he was Him and it was abject failure😊

[@mikeg8221]

How did he have a very bad second year??? He ain’t miss the playoffs like Vogel

[@Edd-zd5wb]

Ham is half the coach Vogel is

[@Dollaupt]

All this Darvin talk I get it but how lakers media not talking bout the pieces they actually gonna need to be the team LA nation want them to be

[@PhillyP75]

Many of the major talking heads hasn’t truly watched every game like most people who watches this Pod or channel… I think they fire him Late Friday night …

[@brianwilliams4570]

He’s a great guy. Very smart. But, Lost. He doesn’t do rotations well. His timeout calling is abysmal. Too long to make adjustments. He’s an Assistant, not a Chief. At least, for now.

[@mrjinkorea]

Ham should be given one more year. The Lakers gave the defending champs all they could handle and more. Yeah, he made a few really dumb coaching blunders during the series, but is it Ham's fault that DLo and Rui didn't even bother showing up?? And what happens if their next coach is worse, which is highly possible... RU gonna keep changing coaches every year?? That's absolutely frickin insane....Mike Malone was horrible his first few years as Nuggets coach, but the ownership was patient and stuck with him, even though many in Denver wanted him fired in 2019. You just gotta be patient.... Don't let Lebron run every coach out of town that he doesn't like. That's not a winning strategy in the long run!

[@MightyBigMeech]

Darvin made much more than just a few dumb decisions. Also, Mike Malone wasn't out here throwing his players under the bus and not taking ANY accountability for his own mistakes. Getting all defensive and blaming everyone and everything around you is NOT the signs of a good head coach. I agree that Lebron shouldn't be able to run coaches out, but this time, it's not just a Lebron thing. Ham isn't built for coaching a Lakers team. He's not the ONLY issue, but he's a big part of it.

[@mrrnrob]

Ham Lost The Lakers with Sub 500 Record In The First Half of The Season Before The All Star Break. This Put The Lakers In a Bad Position Fighting to get out of the Play- In Tourney, intern the Lakers had to face The Nuggets in the 1st R .Had Darvin Ham Not Messed around with Experimentation with Line up Changes,Benching Reaves & DLO...The Lakers may have been in a better Seeding which would allow them not facing The Nuggets in the 1st Round..The duo of Austin Reaves and D'Angelo Russell reunited back in the starting lineup allow the Lakers a second best record after the All-Star Break..But It Was To Late..NUFF SAID.. Ham must go

[@ohioks-dubblineleedoggman3241]

Not making the playoffs constitutes firing for sure.. and that's what happen to Vogel.... he got what he got

[@user-sm2zq7od1t]

Guys are taking up for Ham because he is a black coach that simple and I guess a lot of guys like him and is not giving a real assessment of his coaching abilities , and deep down I think they want LA with a inexperienced coach

[@hurelulgaenkhtur7626]

They should fire that asss offseason hes clown been all 2 years and westbrick trade was terrible

[@SeenaTabatabai]

Lakers need new ownership, its going to happen they are toxic and make bad moves all the time, its eventualy going to happen.

[@marcusgarvey6231]

Like having no loyalty or patience w Kuzma KCP and Caruso. Haste makes waste. They’d better keep Rui and Reeves as they’re still developing.

[@pasilu007]

All of you KZbinrs have pushing for this. Sorry to have to call you out publicly..... 😂

[@antisocialraiding4444]

It’s both the coaches fault AND the players fault. The problem is that there’s a massive double standard regarding accountability and lakers fans. Did Darvin Ham take responsibility for his poor coaching? No, and lakers fans piled on him and demanded that he’s fired immediately for it. You know who else did not take responsibility? The players. We watched nearly every lakers player give post game interviews and all of them (except Austin Reaves), including Lebron James, blame the failed season on injuries and nothing else. Where was the outrage from lakers fans for the lakers PLAYERS lack of accountability. Does barkley give dumb takes? Sure he does, but he’s not entirely wrong about this one. The team isn’t good enough, just like it wasn’t last year. Literally no upgrades were made to the roster. To be honest, id rather listen to Barkley on this one, who is an 11 time allstar and a top 50 player of all time, than a bunch of no name podcasters who are clearly pandering to their audience for clicks and views and a bunch of no name beat reporters, who are afraid of criticizing the players for fear of loss of access.

[@Edd-zd5wb]

Kobe fanboy?

[@antisocialraiding4444]

@@Edd-zd5wb I’m a fan of Kobe, just as I’m a fan of Lebron. What exactly does that even have to do with anything? Let’s just say I was a Kobe Fanboy? What would that have to do anything? Why would that be relevant to this conversation?

[@Edd-zd5wb]

@@antisocialraiding4444 because this is all about wanting to say LeBron blames everybody but himself... which is exactly no player ever does unless you count "we werent good enough" type phrases that mean nothing

[@antisocialraiding4444]

@@Edd-zd5wb I mean…did Lebron place any of the blame on himself? Did Anthony Davis? Did ANYONE aside from Austin Reaves place even an ounce of blame on themselves? Everyone wants Darvin Ham to take responsibility and say that he could’ve been better, why aren’t we gonna demand the same from the players? Again🤡 franchise led by the biggest 🤡 in lefraud james with 🤡 and delusional fans.

[@solareclipse1884]

Why don't the Lakers destabilize the chicken nuggets by poaching their assistant for the job during the Minnesota series

[@justthisguy1948]

Classic make fun of other successful franchises cause lakers are trash

[@solareclipse1884]

@@justthisguy1948 One question, if the chicken nuggets are so successful, why are are you here in the "trash Lakers" podcasts?

[@justthisguy1948]

@@solareclipse1884 I’m an nba fan I like every team including the lakers that doesn’t mean I won’t tell it like it is

[@solareclipse1884]

@@justthisguy1948 Well if you are a "fan" of the NBA, then you must realize that the Lakers like most franchise are going through the cycle of decline and drafting and unlike many franchises have a chip to show for their efforts in this decade unlike most other teams, so the term "trash" doesn't suit them and so stop trying to show off like you are some aloof "nba fan" that "tells it like it is".

[@justthisguy1948]

@@solareclipse1884 cycle of decline? An entire generation grew up watching lakers suck they have been trash since 2012

[@robertshirley3422]

I'm probably one of a small minority of fans that have seen all of the different Lakers teams since they moved to Los Angeles in 1960. My problem with the current team and situation is that firing Darvin Ham is simply the tip of the iceberg. Not a real solution. Ham is being used largely as the fall guy for a Lakers team that is in need of more than just a few minor tweaks. I see the problem as the ownership and front office and a dismal transition from the passing of Dr. Buss in 2013, and Jeanie's inheritance of running the franchise beginning in the 2013-14 season. I believe we missed the playoffs altogether, beginning with the 2013-14 season, for 6 consecutive seasons!!We then went through the Magic/Pelinka power struggle. I don't know the details, just that the Lakers front office appear to be Nepotism to the max. Pelinka, Kurt and Linda Rambis, the Buss brothers handling talent evaluation, scouting and drafting. One of Dr. Buss' strengths was that he knew to surround himself with experts and let them run things. Everybody knows that Jerry West was legendary for evaluating talent and making shrewd deals. I just look at the past ten years, and how sad it is that this once storied and vaunted franchise now struggles every year just to qualify for the playoffs. We need a front office that is top of the line and will challenge the owner to winning and greatness, rather than being a hostage to a 40-year old future HOFer. The Lebron experiment has not worked. Some fans, and many others, will debate that we got the plastic Covid title in 2020, forgetting that we got amazingly lucky that the commisioner suspended the mid-season for 4 months, which allowed the first year AD to heal and return from an otherwise season-ending injury. AD then dominated the Finals in all categories, even though they gave Lebron the FMVP award. It is time to move on from Lebron. Excluding the above 2020 title, our finishes have bern 10th, 7th, 11th, 7th, 7th. The past three years our overall record is 123-123, a .500 winning %. Jeanie held on to Kobe for too long, offered him an unrealistic contract due to past services, and is about to do the same thing with Lebron!! There is even talk of Bronny. What has happened to this franchise??? Do we need the Guggenheim Group?? Maybe ownership and the front office will wake up when they see our archrival Boston Celtics in June battling for title #18??

[@Murali_bala13]

This franchise has regressed to such as extent that moving on from LeBron might mean a decade of playoff less mediocrity... Lakers will be perpetually vying for the 14/15 seed in the West .... Are you ready for that? With incompetence of this front office in the forefront, What is your confidence that they will put together a winning team?? You pooh pooh the 2020 championship ...it is so grossly condescending... I think 10 yrs from now, having been the laughing stock of the league, butt of the most vile jokes, you'll probably appreciate this LeBron-AD era and will long for the bygone days....😂 That's exactly what you obnoxious Laker fans deserve

[@MrExBearPoker]

Let me repeat this because you guys sometimes don't to be honest. There is NO GM in the league who wouldn't have done what Palinka did in regards to Westbrook. His superstar who he wants to sign an extension asks him to trade for another hall of fame player, selling them on how he can make it work. Why not it's Lebron, who before that had the reputation of making any team work. Yes their going to do it. And only player he didn't have that type of pull was Michael Jeffrey Jordan. Krause valued Phil's opinion more than Jordan. So the Westbrook is not on him.

[@LockedOnLakers]

A few things here. First, neither LeBron nor AD had an extension imminently looming at the time of the Westbrook deal. Yes, you're always thinking about the next one, but that's not the same thing as staring it down. The Lakers were in no pressing danger of losing LeBron or AD if they declined that request. So that wasn't a factor here. Second, as I said here (and many times in previous shows), I don't believe the narrative about Pelinka being pressured into doing this against his will, anyway. The Lakers are a star (bleeper) organization and Pelinka shares that same philosophy. I've never thought this was an idea that he hated to begin with. But that said.... (third) if, and again I stress IF, Pelinka did actually think this was a bad idea, then it's ABSOLUTELY his job to prevent it from happening. And contrary to what you may believe, stars sometimes get told no, or see moves against their wishes. LeBron, for example, didn't get Kyrie as a Lakers teammate when it was abundantly clear that's who he wanted. Kobe had both Caron Butler and Lamar Odom traded away very strongly against his wishes. The Lakers refused to trade Andrew Bynum for Jason Kidd. They hired Mike Brown over Brian Shaw (Kobe's choice), then Mike D'Antoni over Phil Jackson (Kobe's choice). So yeah, if Pelinka really thought Russ would be a disaster, it was his *obligation* to say no. It certainly would have saved the Lakers, and by extension, LeBron and AD, a ton of future aggravation. Appreciate you watching. AK

[@Edd-zd5wb]

No. You do your job like you did when you didnt pay attention to the other LeBron suggestions.

[@Edd-zd5wb]

@@LockedOnLakers 100% correct. Every single word

[@lukeknocks]

I can't lie, that old intro always made me shake my ass in a very VERY zesty way.

[@deddiev1718]

He needed shots Brian. You know nothing about basketball. Have you played with ball hogs. In the NBA it’s allowed

[@ohioks-dubblineleedoggman3241]

Making it to the playoffs twice as a rookie coach.....what are you guys talking about.. Fans are fans.... they don't want to hear nothing but we're going to win or winning...☝🏿trust me I'm one of them.. but to get rid of Ham and we start over is ridiculous and disastrous...🤷🏿‍♂️

[@concepciongrace9569]

Who cares what what barkley says

[@timraschke2915]

You guys are spinning from one direction and joining the bandwagon of lopsidedness. I've been a die hard Lakers fan since 1969. I've witnessed the Jerry/Wilt, Magic/Kareem, and the Kobe/Shaq-Gasol eras. And I've witnessed this next era of LeBron/AD. This tenure of LeBron is very different. He's gone through 81 players and 3 head coaches where he has blamed teammates, coaches, front offices, and refs for his failures for the past 14 years. His layers of media bias are very deep with little resistance. But when he flops, throws childish tandems, and plays laxadazile defense,.it's time to move on from LeBron, and usher in the next era. When LeBron replied, "That it is just basketball", it shows that his heart isn't in it. And when AD stated that we "Don't know what we are supposed to do", it's not a reflection on Darvin Ham, but it's a reflection of LeBron calling his own shots offensively and being out of position to defensively way too many times.

[@jolli4116]

Trade Lebron to the Cavs.

[@Edd-zd5wb]

Why would the Cavs want him?

[@jimcastaneda]

Why listen to Barkley ? He got ZERO ring !

[@edwardtankard2879]

You two guys sound like clowns there is no good way to fire a coach. He didn’t get the job done. He get fired point blank stop acting like clowns.

[@Jonny0nline]

I think Rui fits on this team, if Vando is starting instead.

[@Ahn930]

Trade lebron for k d it will help out both teams

[@rayd4974]

It’ll help the Suns. The Lakers won’t make the Playoffs

[@Ahn930]

@rayd4974 actually no, kd can play well with lakers supporting cast and lbj already complains with coach and cast. Only problem is lbj goes to non la area. Then lbj should stop crying cause he has a good enough team just need continuity not always changes yearly and blame. Rui was guarding porter gordon and jokic that's why his Stat was low when lbj goes around complaining and saying iso with ball not listening to coach and that ruins the team chemistry. That's why ad complained at the end not throughout the season. So let lbj got to a team with 2 other superstar again so in future he can blame min. Players again and coach

[@rayd4974]

@@Ahn930 go see a therapist bro

[@hwinoree2257]

Hire JJ Redick. Then draft Bronny. How many coaches has been fired since Lebron been here? Not 1, .... not 2, .... not 3. I love Jeanie, but bless her heart. The whole thing is a joke.

[@pepsicolazero]

So you wanna keep a horrible coach because you hate Lebron

[@hwinoree2257]

@@pepsicolazero So you want to hire JJ ??? Why is Ham so horrible? Because that dumb@$$ AD said so, lol?

[@reggiepugh6752]

Just let him be under another coach .

[@Ahn930]

Trade l b j for pg Westbrook zubac picks