He was playing so good

As soon as trade talks got heated, he stopped playing hard and started playing like trash.

DLO is the trigger that made Ham go crazy with the lineups.

The lineup they starting with in the third quarter is what the starting lineup should be

Bron
Reaves
Prince
Vando
AD

genuinely don't understand how we're just as bad as last year

Feel like its mostly effort and rotations lmao

This team can be good but adjustments need to be made

Final: Pelicans 129, Lakers 109

Next game is on Wednesday at home against the Heat

Darvin Ham says there is a “high level” of concern when it comes to Rui Hachimura’s calf strain injury because he left and couldn’t return, but the team doesn’t want to jump to any conclusions about Hachimura’s status until further evaluation occurs

Darvin Ham says he told his team that they need to "band together" and stay competitive to turn thing around. They are looking forward to getting home after a tough road schedule in December.

Darvin Ham:

"No one wants to be 17-17... But you see who you really are when you face adversity.... This is another challenge I'm looking forward to figuring out along with my staff and the organization."

Austin Reaves:

"The urgency should be there, and I feel like it has for the most part, we just haven't done enough to win."

Max is the only guard who boxes out and Hamas hates him

LeBron James on the Lakers' struggles:

"It is what our record is, and we have to figure it out and get better."

there is a high level of concern with the coaching as well

Hes also statistically the best guy we have that closes out on shooters at the 3 point line

DLO and Prince are so awful at boxing out and closing out

Ham going zone and letting CJ go off in that first half still bothers me

Any time Ham goes zone, it ends in disaster

Going zone is even more pointless when you have mostly an all wing lineup on the court cause now you lose your biggest advantage, which is switching.

And it places more of an emphasis on our already s*** rebounding

Fire Ham, make this thread the coaching staff

LeBron says the flight last night didn't help with his illness. The team got to the hotel at 3:45 a.m. so it's been a rough couple days for him.

LeBron says he has only gotten a "small sample size" of what the Lakers can look like when they're whole and that has been disappointing.

Anthony Davis says giving up open 3-pointers and struggling on the glass were issues for the Lakers tonight. He added that the "energy was very low" to begin the game.

Roll with this lineup

Starters
AD, Lebron, RUi, Max, AR15

Bench
Wood , Prince , Vandy, CAM, DLO

Anthony Davis: "I think our effort, to come out, to start, and our attentiveness, was very low. Just from the point of, C.J., a lot of his 3s were butt naked. And that's tough to deal with."

What does Anthony Davis want to see the Lakers work on as they try to get back moving in the right direction? “As far as the defensive end, communication has to be better. We’ll talk about something and then go out and don’t do it.”

Darvin Ham said the Lakers can turn things around "... Starting with our self-inflicted wounds ... Not securing defensive rebounds, not turning the ball over, being great in transition D. Those 3 things, we can start there. But even before that, our player health. We have to get healthy."

LeBron James on Austin Reaves: "Austin's great. I like Austin no matter where he is. Obviously, it's always great to be on the floor with him. No matter if he's coming off the bench or if he's starting. I just love being on the floor with him. He makes plays."