It’s been seven months since the Lakers fired Darvin Ham, and he’s still surprised he’s no longer coaching the team.
Ham, who was 90-74 in two seasons in L.A., took the Lakers to the Western Conference finals in his first year and back to the playoffs the following year, while guiding them to victory in the inaugural NBA Cup in-season tournament along the way.
And then he was let go in May, days after the Denver Nuggets eliminated the Lakers in the first round.
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“To do as well as I did, I swear to God, anywhere else I’m probably looking at an extension with what I did,” Ham told Andscape on Tuesday.