The Los Angeles Lakers officially introduced Darvin Ham as their new head coach on Monday, and the first-year head coach has his work cut out for him. The Lakers are coming off a subpar season and have many questions to answer, none more pressing than what to do about Russell Westbrook.
When asked about whether Russ fits with the Lakers future plans, Ham answered "absolutely," before praising the former MVP as "one of the best players our league has ever seen."
He continued, "I don’t know why people tend to try to write him off. I’m gonna approach him like I do every player I’ve ever encountered. We’re going to talk about our running habits with the ball, without the ball, and again, the team. The rhythm of the team and trying to establish a rhythm with LeBron, Russ, AD, and again, share the load. Defensively and offensively. Defensively is where you’re gonna see us make our biggest leaps and bounds. We have to commit to the defensive side of the of the ball or we don’t have a chance to do anything. The offense won’t even matter if we don’t get stops."
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