There are 19 total bullet points, but here are some of the more interesting ones:
* Many inside the Lakers believe that simply firing Darvin Ham would turn the season around.
* Taurean Prince was never promised a starting role before signing with the team; many inside Lakers say it's all Ham's decision and they don't understand the reason behind giving Prince a lot more minutes than any other role players.
* The Core 6 guys from last year (LeBron James, Anthony Davis, D'Angelo Russell, Austin Reaves, Jarred Vanderbilt, Rui Hachimura) have felt they were not given enough time and opportunity to work together again like last year. "It's not like they don't like Prince, it's just the main Core (wasn't given proper time)."
* Reaves being benched was the starting point of the Locker Room disconnect: When Reaves was benched they were taken aback by how quickly Ham moved away from them as a combination. Russell and Reaves are close that when Reaves was inserted back into the starting lineup just recently, you see the light come back to them. Unfortunately, they're also playing with Prince and there isn't a great defender between the 3.
* One constant criticism within the Lakers levied to Ham is that he's very close-minded by the type of role player he wants. He tries to pigeon-hole players into roles even if they're not that type of player. Whatever reason this year, you had players slotted into spots that they don't feel they're equipped to fill, and it's being held against them when they don't fill those roles.
* Ham's communication with the player all season has not where it needs to be. Open door policy is not really a thing, but Ham should "open his door occasionally when Austin is knocking on it. You can't keep hiding under your desk". Ham hasn't been very available to his players, not even to the Core guys that help the Lakers get to the WCF.
* There are people in the organization that don't understand what is going on between Ham and Reaves, but now they're also noticing the same thing is happening between Ham and Hachimura, and also between Ham and Vanderbilt.
* You see it kind of volatile when there are clips on twitter with guys rolling their eyes while Ham tries to coach them. You watch any timeout right now and it's never 5 guys that Ham is talking to. You don't reach it this visibily broken without a foundational change to one of the parties. The amount of trust and confidence that he feels from Pelinka and Buss, has made Ham feel untouchable. He has legitimately changed as a head coach.
* Shams Charania's reporting with Jovan Buha earlier this month (about the disconnect between Ham and the Locker Room) there was 6 sources! And those were only the 6 sources who were willing to come out and say those things on their report. But there are plenty of more sources beyond that.
* Jeanie Buss, on what process goes into the decisions she makes that has a trickle down effect on the rest of the organization, and she hasn't made a decisions with a good process that is respected (aka she just hires "friends"). There was no interview process for Magic Johnson, there was no interview process to replace Magic, no interview process for Rob Pelinka. She paired Magic and Pelinka who both have no experience with their jobs. If Pelinka gets fired, who's to say she won't just bring in Kurt Rambis and give him a chance.
* There are people in the organization biding their time in the process hoping that Jesse and Joey Buss gets a shot. They see what Jeanie is doing and they want to see Jeanie detached from any basketball activity whatsoever and just have Jesse and Joey run them because they have utilized good process in running the South Bay Lakers. And it's heading there sooner rather than people realize. We will start hearing more about Jesse and Joey and that noise will get louder and louder.
