AROUND the NBA: Lakers Fire Darvin Ham

[SleepingHero]

Love me some Brunson but between him and Embiid the foul baiting in the series was on another level. Brunson almost looks like Harden when he attacks the rim. Not a single drive where he doesn't snap his head back.

He gets rewarded for it. It's so unfortunate

[The Jom]

He gets rewarded for it. It's so unfortunate

Hasn’t yet made up for all the times he got bum rushed while driving to the rim for Dallas. Will take a couple more years of this for me to call it even.

[HoosierDaddyKidd]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/4007...ources-say


Lakers fire Darvin Ham.

[Chicagojk]

Lakers checking off all the boxes to bring back Lebron.

1) say they would be willing to draft his son
2) fire coach
3) Say they will be aggressive with the three available firsts plus players to upgrade the roster

Tough order to count on a 40 year old. One who is still a stud but still.

They have a good roster, just tough to count on Lebron with is age and AD with his injury. They have had some questionable moves. Trading KCP, Kuzma and a first for Russ. Then letting Caruso walk. This past draft is way to early to make a conclusion but they passed on 3 players who can play right now. The Wood gamble for the minimum. We will see. Most players want to play in LA though and most of those would want to be a Laker.

[Scott41theMavs]

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2024/5/3/2...fs-preview


The T-Wolves were built to beat the Nuggets.

We'd better hope not from where I'm sitting. I understand that the Nuggets have championship experience. So did the 2011 Lakers. The Minnesota roster is far more terrifying for me as a Mavs fan, because they're built to completely shut down two backcourt offensive nukes and have Edwards to put them over the top offensively. None of which has anything to do with KAT, btw. They're dangerous with or without him.

[omahen]

Lakers checking off all the boxes to bring back Lebron.

1) say they would be willing to draft his son
2) fire coach
3) Say they will be aggressive with the three available firsts plus players to upgrade the roster

Tough order to count on a 40 year old.  One who is still a stud but still.

They have a good roster, just tough to count on Lebron with is age and AD with his injury.  They have had some questionable moves.  Trading KCP, Kuzma and a first for Russ.  Then letting Caruso walk.  This past draft is way to early to make a conclusion but they passed on 3 players who can play right now.  The Wood gamble for the minimum.  We will see.  Most players want to play in LA though and most of those would want to be a Laker.

I think you have to have a top 5 player in the league to win it all at the end of the day. Detroit in 2004 was perhaps the only exception from this (went back to last Chicago titles). LeBron at this stage is not top5 anymore and neither is Davis.

[HoosierDaddyKid]

They're dangerous because Connelly when he became GM, implored Finch to keep Gobert on the floor, instead of taking him out when teams go small. They also don't have Rudy playing drop coverage as much, and he has actually learned how to move his feet and guard on switches. That's been the difference. Most thought playing two bigs wouldn't work, and they did struggle at first. But they have found they're groove and it's paid off as the best defense in the NBA in efficiency. Add in Kat who plays in the post more, and a potentially generational talent in Ant Edwards, McDaniels, Reid, Alexander and Conley, and you have a potential title contender.

[HoosierDaddyKidd]

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status...3293807036


Candidates for Lakers HC.

[HoosierDaddyKidd]

https://twitter.com/NBACobwebs/status/17...4374822963


Here's a blast from the past, 2001 Mavs vs Jazz 1st-round playoffs.

[DallasMaverick]

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status...3293807036


Candidates for Lakers HC.

Explains why the Clips are re-upping Lue.

[The Jom]

Perfect timing for a Lue distraction