When Darvin Ham became the Lakers head coach, he immediately shook things up implementing the four-out-one-in motion offense. Mike Budenholzer used this system in Atlanta and Milwaukee, where Ham worked underneath him and won a ring with the Bucks in 2021.
During preseason, Ham announced that the Lakers were going to use more of the five-out offense instead of the four-out and before the game versus the Orlando Magic, he reiterated why.
“Just having more ball skill players and wanting to keep the court wider open. When you add additional shooting, you put the defense in an indecisive situation in terms of, if there’s an early pick and roll and the guy’s coming off, the guy standing at the wing ahead of the ball is a threat,” Ham said.