The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to hire Atlanta Hawks assistant Chris Jent as Darvin Ham's top assistant coach on his staff, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Ham, a first time head coach, made Jent a priority and recruited him hard after getting the Lakers job, sources told Wojnarowski.
Ham and Jent coached with the Hawks together in 2017-18 and Jent - who played collegiately at Ohio State before playing briefly in the NBA as well as overseas - also has ties to Lakers star LeBron James, having served as an assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2006-2011.