• Seal_ShellsB
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      Because Lakers fired Vogel for not being able to manage the Westbrook shitshow. Bad rep from big name coaches after that, so then hired Ham. Ham was bad but they needed to spin it on him to avoid worse flak for another head coach firing, so he lasted all season.

      You can tell he was a dead man walking by middle of the season though. Bro did not give a single flying fuck. He knew he was gone.

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        7 days ago

        Darvin Hamas is my favourite “bad” nickname. It fits so funnily, whether true or not, into the internet joke of calling someone a basketball (or any other sport) terrorist and also fits into his name. And also gained steam because both issues were relevant at the same time

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          7 days ago

          I like this one for the reasons you described and the play on words, but I think my favorite is probably when everyone was calling James Harden “literally Hitler” or just “Hitler” during his peak there because of how outrageously hyperbolic it is.

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      7 days ago

      its gonna be hilarious seeing the copium when Lakers do worse under JJ Redick than Ham. yall just wanted a scapegoat

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        7 days ago

        Just another one in a long line of Lebron James scapegoats. Let’s see who it is this year.

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        7 days ago

        Vogel was a scapegoat, Ham was a genuinely not great coach.