Back to the Los Angeles Lakers Newsfeed

Darvin Ham fires back at Mike Malone, calls Austin Reaves future All-Star in incredible podcast appearance

The atmosphere at Las Vegas Summer League always has a way of making one feel good about themselves. Being surrounded by other basketball junkies in the desert when everyone has just made big additions to their teams and they’re all undefeated in next season’s standings has a way of bringing out the swagger in anyone, and Lakers head coach Darvin Ham is no exception.

Not only was Ham feeling good enough to call out the 10 teams who interviewed him and decided not to hire him as head coach — “they f---ed up royally” — he also made it clear in multiple ways that he’s not worried about anyone, on or off the court.