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"This allows you to put on the gas a little bit earlier and go higher volume right from the jump so that's what I expect."

LOS ANGELES — Darvin Ham was still new to the coaching business in 2011, working his third professional job and first with an NBA team. Then-Lakers coach Mike Brown had hired him to be a player development coach, an out-of-the-spotlight role that proved more important to shaping Ham than he…

SAN FRANCISCO — More than a decade ago, the Lakers handed Mike Brown the keys to their organization and he made a decision that will help shape its future.

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