Alright, let’s talk about watching Darvin Ham coach. I didn’t just want to rely on what everyone else was saying online or on TV. I figured the only real way to get a feel for it was to actually sit down and pay attention myself.
So, I started making it a point to watch the Lakers games whenever I could. Not just catching the highlights later, but the full game. My whole focus shifted from just watching the players to really trying to see what Ham was doing. I watched his substitutions, when he called timeouts, how the team looked coming out of those timeouts, you know, the small stuff.
First thing I started noticing was the lineup choices. Sometimes they just felt… weird. Like combinations of players that didn’t seem to fit well together on the court at the same time. I’d see a lineup struggle, and then maybe it would stick around longer than I thought it should. This wasn’t a one-off thing; it felt like a pattern over several games I watched closely.
Then there was the flow of the offense. It often looked kinda stagnant to me. Seemed like a lot of relying on LeBron or AD to just make something happen individually, rather than running coordinated plays. I kept looking for adjustments, maybe some different sets being called, especially when things weren’t working, but it often looked like more of the same.
And timeouts, man. There were definitely moments where the other team would go on a run, like a quick 8-0 or 10-0, and I found myself wondering why there wasn’t a timeout sooner to just stop the bleeding and regroup. Sometimes it felt like momentum got away from them because of that.
Putting in that time, really just observing the process from his end as much as you can from a broadcast, led me to form my own opinions. It wasn’t about hating or anything, just trying to understand the strategy. Honestly, after all that watching, I felt like the team’s performance wasn’t always matching the talent on paper, and I started to see why people were getting frustrated. It was an interesting exercise, just dedicating time to watch the coach, not just the ball.
