Lakers Make Stunning Decision on Future of Darvin Ham's Coaching Staff

After the news dropped that, as expected, head coach Darvin Ham was being let go after a five-game"gentlemen's sweep" first round defeat against the Denver Nuggets, L.A. has apparently wasted no time in cleaning house elsewhere.of Ham's bench, including longtime assistant coach and player development trainer Phil Handy, who has worked under four different, nonconsecutive Los Angeles head coaching regimes.

The departures of the other assistants doesn't come as much of a surprise, but team president Rob Pelinka and owner Jeanie Buss' decision to ditch Handy, too, is a bit stunning. Handy first served under Mike Brown from 2011-12 and his replacement, Mike D'Antoni, from 2012-13, during the end of the Kobe Bryant-Pau Gasol era. After winning championships with the LeBron James-era Cleveland Cavaliers and the Nick Nurse-era Toronto Raptors, Handy returned to L.A. under head coach Frank Vogel, winning his third title immediately in 2019-20. Even after Vogel was let go in 2022, Handy stuck around.

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