The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 97-81 in the 2024 NBA Cup championship, and this means assistant coach Darvin Ham has now won the In-Season Tournament back-to-back years.
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Darvin Ham has NEVER lost in the NBA cup!😳
14-0 (!!) pic.twitter.com/KtatwzRZye
— ✞ ³ (@OwnHimMarjon) December 18, 2024
Even though Ham was fired as head coach of the Lakers last season, he does have bragging rights since he has been victorious in the first two ever inaugural NBA In-Season Tournaments, without ever losing a game.
Darvin Ham: 2-time NBA Cup champion 🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/mHiqVrTANa
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 18, 2024
DARVIN HAM IS THE FIRST TWO-TIME NBA CUP CHAMPION
pic.twitter.com/ZAy2y99AjU— Bucks Lead (@BucksLead) December 18, 2024
That is to say, Ham's coaching resume has yet another achievement added to it, considering in 2021 he won an NBA championship as an assistant with the Bucks, then last year won the NBA Cup with the Lakers.
Not to mention, in 2004 he won an NBA championship as a player on the Detroit Pistons, when he played alongside: Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups, and Richard Hamilton.
Darvin Ham is about to receive his fourth NBA ring:
As player:
2004 NBA championship with Pistons
As coach:
2021 NBA championship (assistant)
2023 NBA in season tournament championship
2024 Emirates NBA cupWinner 🏆 pic.twitter.com/vDAxMyE3Ih
— 🏳️💔 (@tsaifanatic) December 18, 2024
In view of the NBA Cup prize money, head coaches receive the same amount as players, so last year Ham got $500,000. Now as an assistant coach, Ham will get a share of the pool money, which will be around 75% of head coach Doc Rivers' payout.
Darvin Ham updated resume:
-2004 NBA championship with Pistons
-1997 NBA slam dunk participant
-2021 NBA championship
-2023 NBA in season tournament
championship (2023)
- 2023 WCF appearance
-2024 Emirates NBA cup ChampionshipGIVE THE MAN HIS ****ing PROPS🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/FvQzDuEKbq
— Darvin Ham Muse (@HamMuse) December 18, 2024
Notably, Bucks' Taurean Prince (6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists) was with Ham in LA last year, so he also is undefeated when it comes to playing in NBA Cup games.
NBA CUP GOATS 🐐
Darvin Ham and Taurean Prince have NEVER LOST in NBA Cup play!
7-0 with the Lakers.
7-0 with the Bucks.
2 NBA Cup Championships. pic.twitter.com/1gCMjJmYrY— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) December 18, 2024
Doc Rivers addresses Darvin Ham and Taurean Prince being 14-0 in the NBA Cup:
“That’s pretty cool!” pic.twitter.com/myv1UHJtnv
— Brett Siegel (@BrettSiegelNBA) December 18, 2024
Taurean Prince and Darvin Ham after going undefeated in the NBA Cup pic.twitter.com/CzAAMvIzZE
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) December 18, 2024
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