Lakers Given Permission to Interview Milwaukee Bucks Assistant Coach Darvin Ham

After weeks of hypothesis on the Lakers head teaching state of affairs, followers bought their first report of concrete motion on Friday. In accordance with Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Lakers have requested the Bucks for permission to interview assistant coach Darvin Ham.

It was subsequently reported by The LA Instances Dan Woike that the Bucks have granted the Lakers request to debate their head teaching emptiness with Ham.

Woike additionally reported that the previous NBA participant has been beforehand linked to move teaching jobs over the past three years that embrace Minnesota, Boston, Indiana, Washington, Cleveland, and Chicago.

As Charania notes, Ham was with the Lakers for 2 seasons. In these two seasons, the Lakers misplaced within the Western Convention semi-finals in 2012 and bought swept within the first spherical of the 2013 playoffs.

Ham then joined the Atlanta Hawks as an assistant on Mike Budenholzer’s employees in 2013. After 5 years with the Hawks, Ham adopted Budenholzer to Milwaukee the place the group would go on to win the 2021 finals.

It is a step in the precise route for the Lakers, however many consider that the Lakers would favor to rent a longtime former head coach that the entrance workplace feels may command the eye of LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

Which is why names like Quin Snyder, Doc Rivers, Nick Nurse, and Mark Jackson have been featured extra prominently within the Lakers head teaching rumor mill.

That being stated, the Lakers continuously depend on hiring staff which have ties to the group. Ham’s familiarity with the franchise may assist him increase his odds of touchdown the job. That’s, if he even desires to take it.

Woike additionally studies that Ham is being thought of by the Sacramento Kings to fill their head teaching emptiness.

Ham’s Bucks are set to play the Boston Celtics tomorrow within the second spherical of the Jap Convention playoffs.