Darvin Ham needed less than 24 hours after his introductory press conference to start reportedly finalizing decisions on his coaching staff. On Tuesday, Ham reportedly parted ways with David Fizdale, Mike Penberthy and John Lucas III from last year’s staff while retaining Phil Handy and Quinton Crawford.
That came a day after Ham had to address the rumors about a potential other addition to the coaching staff in Rasheed Wallace. University of Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway suggested Wallace would be joining the Lakers and Shams Charania of The Athletic reported the Lakers and Wallace, but Ham pushed back against that notion during his press conference.