Lakers Fans React to Darvin Ham's Introductory Press Conference

Lakers fans seemed to like what they heard on Monday from Darvin Ham.

Monday was the dawn of a new day for the Lakers franchise. Darvin Ham, flanked by vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka, held an introductory press conference at the Lakers El Segundo practice facility to officially announce his arrival as the new head coach of the purple and gold.

Lakers fans took to Twitter to respond to Ham's remarks about the future of the team, his coaching principles, and how he plans to maximize Russell Westbrook next season.

Already love Darvin Ham. I love that he is not holding back, demanding LeBron, AD and Russ play relentless on D and set the tone for what they do.

If he can get 3 of the greatest, most gifted athletes in sports history to play D, they will be dominant.

Will it actually happen?

— Candlestick Will (@CandlestickWill) June 7, 2022

Darvin Ham has yet to say or do a single thing that I haven’t liked yet. https://t.co/oKtoU1H8X6

— Richard Staple, BSN, RN🇯🇲 (@RichStapless) June 7, 2022

Darvin Ham’s talked for like 5 minutes and I’m already ready to run through walls.

THE OPTIMIST IS BACK, BABY

— Matthew Peralta (@_MatthewPeralta) June 6, 2022

Great introductory press conference by Darvin Ham. Feels like he’s a great bet to be a really good head coach

— Ralph Mason (@Ralph_MasonJr) June 6, 2022

One fan seemed to really enjoy Ham's "facts over feelings" quip when it comes to critiquing players. 

FACTS

over

FEELINGS

— Darvin Ham #LakeShow

— Stace 💜💛 (@DSTacey1913) June 6, 2022

Fans were also encouraged by Ham's praise of Russell Westbrook.

Idk what Darvin Ham could do for Westbrook offensively…

Here’s what I know he WON’T do:

Publicly humiliate Russ

Coach for self preservation

Disempower players

Open immediate punishment of players for mistakes

Be fake

Be quiet

Accept minimal effort from AD

— 🏆LakersGuru🏆 (@GuruLakers) June 2, 2022

I fully trust Darvin Ham if The Lakers end up keeping Westbrook

Individually, I'm expecting Russ to be sharper, he's missed layups and had bad performances just individually last season, but I trust he'll turn everything around pic.twitter.com/WEi4JlXRXq

— Russ' TD ⚡ (@RussFcb) June 7, 2022

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