EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Darvin Ham gathered his players in the film room before his first official practice as a coach in the hopes of establishing an identity for his team -- and for himself.
"I wasn't going to dare show any Milwaukee Bucks clips," Ham said Tuesday after the Los Angeles Lakers' opening training camp session. "I'm a Laker. A Laker through and through."
Ham plans to be the coach of a Lakers team that strings together stop after stop, his top priority in turning around a group that ranked 21st in defensive rating last season.