Unbelievable, the Laker star responsible for Frank Vogel's firing by Jeanie Buss

After the disastrous 2021-22 NBA season for the Los Angeles Lakers after all the hype that surrounded the huge signing of Russell Westbrook to create a purple and gold Big 3 with LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the head coach Frank Vogel became the space goat and was fired despite being the last coach to give the Lakers a championship title in 2020.

Now it has been revealed that Jeanie Buss reportedly believed that Frank Vogel was mainly responsible for not successfully integrating Russell Westbrook and ultimately greenlighted his firing, with information by The Athletic's Sam Amick.

This information was revealed in the middle of the rumors that have the Lakers potentially thinking of replacing Darvin Ham. “Unlike the [Frank] Vogel situation, where Buss was known to believe the former coach was largely to blame for the failed integration of Russell Westbrook and ultimately greenlighted his April 2022 firing as a result, all signs point to the Lakers’ most important decision-maker standing by the coach who is in the second year of a four-year deal,” The Athletic’s Sam Amick wrote.

“There’s a mutual respect in that relationship, one that resulted in Buss sending a lengthy text message of support to Ham in the wake of Thursday’s report in The Athletic that chronicled the rising pressure that surrounds him. Buss could certainly change her stance, of course, but the current state of affairs suggests Ham still has time to turn this around.”

Thanks to the Lakers' win over the Clippers Ham won more time

Ham and the Lakers managed to snap their four-game losing streak with an impressive home victory over a hot Los Angeles Clippers team on Sunday. The Clippers were riding a five-game winning streak going into the matchup and owned an 8-2 record over their last 10 games. The Lakers, conversely, held a 2-8 record over the same span.