Darvin Ham is attempting to get Russell Westbrook to embrace a supporting role with the Los Angeles Lakers, which is something the team was unsuccessful in persuading him to do last season. The Lakers want Westbrook to play more as a screener and to give more effort defensively.
“I was talking to somebody who was with the Lakers last season and they were saying that if there’s a person in the organization that Russ could listen to, they tried to talk to him,” said Brian Windhorst.
“From what I’m told, just everybody there who Russ would allow an audience for [talked to him],” added Windhorst.
The Lakers parted ways with Frank Vogel this offseason and hired Ham as his replacement.
