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Myles Turner: “Darvin Ham has such a great quote after practice the other day, you know, I live downtown and you know, I respect the people, you know, who are out there working construction, it is so loud, you know what I mean? But, you know, those guys are literally out there busting concrete for damn near minimum wage, and we are expected to come out here, keep ourselves in shape, and, you know, play basketball to make the checks that we make. So, I try to keep that perspective no matter where I am at.”
Legion Hoops: Pat Bev says Darvin Ham asked him for Russell Westbrook’s number to call and apologize: “I told Ham from the beginning, you gotta coach everybody… I see Ham in Vegas. ‘I just wanted to tell you, you was right. You and Russ was right. Y’all were the leaders of my team… You got Russ number?’ It’s too late then.”
Milwaukee Bucks Head Coach Taylor Jenkins has finalized his coaching staff for the 2026-27 season, with Darvin Ham returning as an assistant coach and Pat St. Andrews, Vince Legarza, Brad Jones, Johnny Carpenter, T.J. Ford and Schuyler Rimmer joining the Bucks as assistant coaches. Jack Herum will return in an assistant coach/player development role, while Isaiah Wilkins and Nshan Kenjoian have been appointed assistant coach/player development and head video coordinator, respectively.
I've heard both Milwaukee's Darvin Ham and Brooklyn's Steve Hetzel have made strong impressions on Pelicans officials in their discussions to date. There is a growing sense, meanwhile, that New Orleans is unlikely to have a shot at San Antonio's in-demand assistant coach Sean Sweeney, who is expected to be part of Chicago's search and possibly Orlando's.
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Shamit Dua: There really hasn't been any updates for the Pelicans search at the moment. The team is still evaluating and to my understanding the 5 names under consideration at this moment in time are: Borrego Ham Hetzel Mosley Rondo
According to sources close to the search, Borrego is one of the four candidates who have emerged as the front runners to land the job. He joins a list that includes Rajon Rondo, Steve Hetzel and Darvin Ham. The best guess here is Rondo and Hetzel are at the top of the list.
With so many experienced coaches around him, Rondo was given a spectacular opportunity in Milwaukee to observe how to do the job, but he also asked questions. “He has a trait that every aspiring, currently active or former coach should have, and that’s being inquisitive,” Darvin Ham told The Athletic. “He’s very curious to learn the process of things, what triggers certain actions, what triggers certain reactions on both sides of the ball. “He knows the game, but the art of trying to teach it so the players can comprehend it, that’s the part he’s picking up. The preparation process, how it goes from paper to film to actual on-court methods to after game time, and then, boom, rinse and repeat, so to speak. He’s been great, man. He’s just very intuitive, really asking questions.”
The New Orleans Pelicans interviewed three coaches last week for their head coaching position, a source confirmed to The Times-Picayune Monday afternoon. The three candidates who were interviewed last week were Rajon Rondo, Steve Hetzel and Darvin Ham.
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The Stein Line has learned that the Pelicans have begun formal outreach to candidates they plan to pursue in addition to interim coach James Borrego. Sources say names of strong interest from the league's assistant ranks include San Antonio's Sean Sweeney, Milwaukee's Darvin Ham and Brooklyn's Steve Hetzel. As mentioned from the jump, Borrego remains very much under consideration for the position, sources say.
No wonder, then, that we're hearing Milwaukee plans to a cast a wide net in search of its successor to Rivers. Sources reaffirm what The Stein Line has already written — former Bucks assistant coach Taylor Jenkins and current Bucks assistant Darvin Ham -- are certain candidates for the post, yet I've also been told that Horst has been assembling a candidates list that features a varied cross-section of names, archetypes and experience levels.
The growing expectation within league circles is that Doc Rivers won’t be Milwaukee's head coach next season. Instead, there’s a belief that Rivers could pivot to an undetermined role in Milwaukee’s front office. As for potential coaching candidates, the Bucks have an internal candidate in Darvin Ham who will also be sought after by the Pelicans, according to league sources, this summer. Taylor Jenkins will almost assuredly draw interest from Milwaukee if their head coaching job becomes available. Jenkins will arguably be the most sought-after coach on the market and was previously an assistant coach under Mike Budenholzer when the Bucks advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2019. Another name to potentially consider is Pelicans interim head coach James Borrego, who previously interviewed for Milwaukee’s head coaching job when Adrian Griffin was hired, and will also be available this summer.
James Borrego will be a candidate to retain the job going forward, but others are also expected to be in the mix, including Darvin Ham and Kevin Ollie, league sources told HoopsHype. In addition, league sources say current Orlando Magic coach Jamahl Mosley has several admirers in New Orleans. Should Mosley not be retained by Orlando after the season, he would also be towards the top of the coaching candidate list for New Orleans.