According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Los Angeles Lakers are hiring Milwaukee Bucks’ Assistant Darvin Ham as their next head coach.
The Lakers have hired Darvin Ham as coach, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 28, 2022
This should put an end to countless rumors that the Lakers were waiting and hoping to pilfer Doc Rivers from the Sixers. Doc was first linked to LeBron James and co. back in April.
And folks like Woj, Ramona Shelburne, Brian Windhorst, Marc Stein and Jake Fischer had all speculated that the Lakers continue to loom as suitors in the event Rivers suddenly became available.