If the Lakers keep hiring coaches and then firing them after three or four years, Magic may have to settle for being disappointed with his team for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, the Celtics seem primed to challenge for a championship in the upcoming years.
Magic Johnson, the renowned former Lakers president and point guard, is not exactly overjoyed that the Boston Celtics now own the most championship banners in NBA history.
Johnson humorously expressed his annoyance on Twitter/X, as Sports Illustrated noted.
“I detest the fact that the Celtics now officially own more titles than we do.” Johnson wrote, adding an emoticon of an eye roll to punctuate her words. Unlike the Celtics, who have consistently advanced far in the playoffs under head coaches Joe Mazzulla and Ime Udoka, the Lakers have seen ups and downs since winning the 2020 Bubble title.
After firing Darvin Ham, who led the Lakers to an improbable playoff run in the 2022-2023 season, the Lakers have been ridiculed for their approach to hiring a head coach. As reported by Awful Announcing, some, like ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, have insinuated that Lakers star LeBron James may shoulder some blame for undermining Ham’s standing with the organization.
A story describing Ham’s return as the head assistant to Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers dispelled speculations that players in the Lakers locker room didn’t like him.
“I was informed that one of the many, many factors that went into their decision to terminate Darvin Ham was the fact that it was very obvious that AD was no longer on board with Darvin, and they are aware, as everyone else is, that AD has a history of asking for trades in the past. That was his route from New Orleans to the Lakers. The last thing they desired was for AD to become irritated with the circumstances and perhaps entertain such kinds of ideas, according to Amick.
In the wake of the Celtics’ decisive 122-84 victory in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, eighteen banners will
