LeBron James Should ‘Take Accountability’ For Darvin Ham Firing

Darvin Ham is no longer head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers and Michael Wilbon want LeBron James to take accountability.

The veteran analysts didn’t like the treatment Ham was served. In fact, he believes that the Lakers made a terrible mistake, pointing to the fact that Ham managed to take the team to the Western Conference Finals in his first season.

“You know what? I’m angry. I’ve known Darvin Ham for a long time,” Wilbon said on the May 3 episode of “Pardon The Interruption” on ESPN. “He’s a great guy and he’s a pretty damn good coach. Because he took a team that had done nothing the year before and missed the playoffs, and then last year they got to the conference finals with him and everybody had praise for him — including LeBron and Anthony Davis.

“And now, all of a sudden, they — and I’m talking specifically to the two of them — blame him. Their public comments are inadequate.”

Wilbon wants LeBron to act like Kobe and and MJ in the Ham situation

There’s more. Wilbon wants the four-time NBA champion to take accountability for the most recent development of events. It was a rather harsh take, but Wilbon was honest.

“If you [LeBron] want to be the GOAT, you want to tell everybody you’re the greatest player of all time… then take accountability like one. Do that!”

LeBron and other Lakers players criticized Ham for the decisions he was making during games. There was an alleged tension between him and players and the front office made a decision.

Wilbon encouraged LeBron to stop playing the blame game and act like Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan after being eliminated from the playoffs.

“If you’re the GOAT, you do that [take accountability],” Wilbon told James. “You don’t blame this cryptically or backhandedly on Darvin Ham. I don’t want to hear from anybody in a Laker uniform that the primary problem was Darvin Ham. Yes, LeBron and Anthony Davis were great in that series, but they weren’t good enough against Denver, so take that on. GOAT carries responsibility. I don’t see it.”