While Jeanie Buss fired Frank Vogel, what the Lakers owner did with Ham surprises

The Los Angeles Lakers have been struggling all season long, and despite the fact they are doing better than last year at the moment, coach Darvin Ham has been rumored to be in trouble, this is after recent reports the locker room is disconnected with the purple and gold head coach due to some decisions regarding the team rotation and the constant changes in the starting lineups.

These sparked rumors and reports on the Lakers front office warming on the idea of maybe firing coach Darvin Ham if the team continues a downfall path, but now a report by The Athletic's Sam Amick suggests the coach has full support from the owner herself Jeanie Buss.

“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.