Next up in Lakerland

The Lakers have a new coach after coming to terms with Darvin Ham. Yet as we keep saying — and detail again in this week's around-the-league NBA notes — that was the easy part of the L.A. offseason

There is just one head coaching job still open in the NBA. Only Michael Jordan's Charlotte Hornets are coachless after it emerged Friday night that the Los Angeles Lakers are hiring Darvin Ham.

As covered here last Monday, Ham was the slam-dunk choice for the Lakers ... IF they were indeed intent on selecting Frank Vogel's replacement from the three-coac…