LeBron James’ future with the Los Angeles Lakers is up in the air heading into the offseason, and so is head coach Darvin Ham’s.
Many Lakers fans are ready to move on from Ham, and it looks like LeBron’s son Bryce wouldn’t be opposed to that happening either.
According to the New York Post, Bryce James, 16, reposted a video trolling Ham to his TikTok page following the Lakers’ season-ending Game 5 playoff loss to the Denver Nuggets.
The clip features the words “The Nuggets are on a 15-0 run. Darvin Ham:” along with a photo of the children’s television character Arthur with his hands in his pockets.
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Ham, who just completed his second season with the Lakers, is sad to be “in serious peril” of losing his job.
“The Lakers’ unflattering finish leaves Ham’s future as head coach in serious peril, multiple league and team sources tell The Athletic, with some stakeholders indicating it’s highly unlikely he’ll return,” The Athletic reported. “The plan is to reassess everything that went wrong in the coming days before making a final decision. In 2022, Ham signed a four-year deal in the range of $5 million per season, so the team would be assuming the remainder of his deal if he is fired.”
Ham went 43-39 and 47-35 in his two seasons as Lakers head coach, helping guide the team to the Western Conference Finals in 2023 before this year’s early exit.
LeBron, meanwhile, could opt out of his current deal and enter free agency this summer.