The Latest Breaking News from Rob Pelinka

At halftime of Friday's Lakers-Suns Summer League game, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski gave a minor update on the Kyrie Irving trade rumors.

Keith Smith: The Los Angeles Lakers have exercised their $1.9M team option for Wenyen Gabriel and their $2.4M team option for Stanley Johnson, a league source tells @spotrac. Source: Twitter @KeithSmithNBA What's the buzz on Twitter? Stanley Johnson ...

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…

There has been talk of the Lakers trading Russell Westbrook for Nets star Kyrie Irving. If it ever happened, it would be a huge coup.

The answer was intended to project optimism but instead revealed the depths of the Lakers' desperation.

The Lakers officially introduced Darvin Ham as the 28th coach of the organization Monday.

Kyle Goon: Rob Pelinka said the Lakers lacked "an identity of toughness" last season, and one thing the front office looks forward to is seeing Ham infuse that into the roster. Source: Twitter @kylegoon What's the buzz on Twitter? Kyle Goon @ ...

Kyle Goon: Russell Westbrook, Austin Reaves and Wenyen Gabriel are among the players present for the press conference today. Source: Twitter @kylegoon What's the buzz on Twitter? Michael Scotto @ MikeAScotto Lakers coach Darvin Ham on Russell ...

Ryan Ward: Rob Pelinka calls Darvin Ham their "unanimous choice" for the Lakers new head coach. Source: Twitter @RyanWardLA What's the buzz on Twitter? Ryan Ward @ RyanWardLA Darvin Ham on returning to the Lakers: "This place will always be special ...