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Created a new thread that caters to all fans of the NBA team Los Angeles Lakers, from Wilt Chamberlain to Magic Johnson,Kobe Bryant to LeBron James era and beyond. Anyone can share update of Lakers stuff, chit chat about regular season, playoffs, draft picks, Laker Legends, nostalgia anything…
I became a Laker supporter when i was in upper primary back in 2001 and they had Shaq and Kobe in the team
 
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https://lebronwire.usatoday.com/202...d-coach-darvin-ham-fired-earlier-this-season/
The Los Angeles Lakers have dealt with spurts of disappointing play at various times this season. They started the year 3-5, and although they won 11 of their next 15 games, they then went through a horrible slump for much of December and into early January.

By mid-January, Los Angeles was just 19-21, which was a far cry from the expectations many had for it when the season started. As a result, head coach Darvin Ham was made into the scapegoat by fans, many of whom were attacking him on social media and practically begging for him to be fired.

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It looks like fans weren’t the only ones who wanted Ham gone. According to a report, players on the team also wanted him to be shown the door.

Via Hoops Wire:

“A source told Hoops Wire that Lakers players wanted assistant coach Phil Handy to replace Ham earlier in the season,” wrote Ashish Mathur. “However, Los Angeles owner Jeanie Buss is a fan of Ham and she has never thought about firing him as coach, the source said.
“… LeBron [James], arguably the greatest player in NBA history, has ignored Ham in many huddles this season and communicated with Handy instead on what the Lakers should run, the source said.”
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Mathur also named Anthony Davis and forward Rui Hachimura as two players who are down on Ham.
There was at least one report earlier this season about how Lakers players were unhappy about Ham’s coaching. In fact, according to some sources, if the team doesn’t make the playoffs this season, his job may not be safe this summer.

After recently winning nine of 10 games, the Lakers have now lost two in a row, at least partly due to James and Davis being compromised by health issues. They’re clinging to ninth place in the Western Conference and are just half a game ahead of the 10th-seeded Golden State Warriors.
 
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djkopikat said:
Why magic johnson kena aids can survive so long, whereas alot die very fast like Freddie Mercury?
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Freddie Mercury was from a time when HIV / AIDS and the topic of gheys was still quite taboo … from what I recall, by the time his condition was known, he was already at full-blown AIDS stage.

Magic was still at HIV stage when he made the statement, on top of that he’s hetero, so his case was “awareness” instead … NBA money + celebrity status = can afford the AZT which was expensive at the time, to prevent it from going full-blown AIDS.
 
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