Giannis & Lillard will debut together vs. the Lakers tonight, this is what Darvin Ham thinks of it

Coach Darvin Ham has a past with the Milwaukee Bucks, before he became an NBA head coach for the first time with the Los Angeles Lakers, he won an NBA title with the Bucks alongside Giannis as an assistant coach.

The Bucks felt they had a closing championship window, and with recent quotes from superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo seemingly putting pressure on the front office, they reacted with the Lillard deal. Antetokounmpo and Lillard now sit as arguably the most dynamic one-two punch in the sport.

Ham, now in charge of his elite one-two punch with Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis, still looks back fondly on his time with Milwaukee. And he is happy for the entire organization for landing a star like Lillard, who is expected to make his Bucks debut alongside Antetokounmpo against the Lakers on Sunday night.

“I’m happy for that franchise. That franchise means the world to me,” Ham said. “I’m not sitting here without several people within that franchise. Started with Coach Bud. Unfortunately, circumstances where he’s no longer coaching the team, but I think they did an awesome job in selecting Adrian [Griffin]. He’s another one who has paid a ton of dues. Worked for some great coaches, and played for some great coaches. I think he’s going to do a great job over there, they’re doing what championship-caliber teams are doing and what a consistent contender does, and that’s trying to continuously make their team better."

Darvin Ham is interested in following what will happen with the Bucks this season

“I know it probably hurt them to lose Jrue [Holiday] but to get Dame in there, that’s going to be a hell of a one-two punch. You’ve got Khris [Middleton] and Brook [Lopez] and those other guys. Pat [Connaughton], Bobby [Portis]. It’ll be interesting to see how it all comes together, but knowing the type of players and people those guys are, they’re going to work their butts off to make sure that it comes together. It’ll be fun to see and match up with them.”