The Los Angeles Lakers are seemingly off to the right foot in this 2022 offseason, setting things off by making a widely-lauded hire at head coach in signing Darvin Ham to a reported four-year deal. Now, just because the offseason has started off on the right foot, it doesn’t mean that it will end the same way. The team’s toughest offseason tasks — nailing free agency, convincing LeBron to agree to a contract extension, and deciding what to do with Russell Westbrook — still lie ahead.
Nonetheless, the Darvin Ham hire and the overall process that led to it seem to show that the Lakers front office has gotten their act together.