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Former Saginaw High and Detroit Piston player Darvin Ham will interview for assistant coaching openings with the Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Bobcats, according to Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News .

Within the middle of the next week, Lakers assistant coach Darvin Ham will talk with the Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Bobcats, according to league sources.

Los Angeles was rocked today by a report carried this morning on Colin Cowherd's ESPN radio show that Dwight Howard may be contemplating using his imminent free agency to abandon the Lakers for the Houston Rockets.

An assistant coach with the Los Angeles Lakers last season, Clifford becomes the Bobcats' sixth different coach since the 2006-07 season.

Steve Clifford assistant coach of the Los Angeles Lakers during Media Day at Toyota Sports Center on October 1, 2012 in El Segundo, California.

Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy, center, and assistant coaches Tom Thibodeau, left, and Steve Clifford wait for the NBA basketball playoff game against the Utah Jazz to end, during the fourth quarter Saturday, April 28, 2007, in Salt Lake City.

Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Steve Clifford has been hired as the new coach of the Charlotte Bobcats , a source confirmed to ESPNLosAngeles.com's Ramona Shelburne.

The Los Angeles Lakers do not yet know Dwight Howard's decision for next season, but the All-Star center made his feelings about Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni known before starting his offseason.