Although the Los Angeles Lakers have a new head coach in Darvin Ham, he has kept one important member of former coach Frank Vogel’s staff: Phil Handy.
Handy is a player development coach and is regarded as arguably the best such assistant in the NBA.
Now that the Lakers are suddenly a rather young squad, Handy’s presence and teaching will be more important than it has been in a while.
He had just one year remaining on his current contract, but now it has been revealed that he will be remaining with the Purple and Gold for a while, as he just received an extension.
The Lakers signed assistant coach Phil Handy to contract extension last week, a source told @espn @andscape. Previously, Handy had one year left on his contract. pic.twitter.com/zDwjKSofZ3
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) July 26, 2022
Handy is going into his fourth season with L.A., and he is certainly familiar with LeBron James, as he was a part of the Cleveland Cavaliers coaching staff from 2013 to 2018.
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