Christian Wood on sporting Mamba sweatsuit: âIâm a big Kobe fan LA guy. I'm going to always support.â
Here's where you can get the red Mamba sweat suit that Wood is wearing.
Unfortunately, they're out of stock right now.
Christian Wood on the significance of being from LA and getting the win over the Clippers: "Real significant, especially beating the Clippers. Both teams definitely want to be the best team in LA."
LeBron James on how Darvin Ham has managed the team's recent ups and downs: "By just staying and trying to keep us prepared when it's time to go out and for battle."
LeBron on the Clippers:
âThey look great. You said the James Harden Clippers? Nah, it's the T. Lue Clippers. It don't take T. Lue long to get it right. It took 5 games, and they been cookin' since.â
Taurean Prince on the late-game 3-pointer:
"I was just prepared for it and I let it go....I'm grateful really. I knew when I made that big mistake I was trying to get as close to him as possible without fouling. Immediately, I wanted to get that play back. When the opportunity came I took advantage of it.
We had been struggling. I think it's going to be great for us to carry that on to the next game."
Taurean Prince: "I feel more valued here than I have anywhere in my career...I think the trust is there and I think that it's up to me to keep that trust."
LeBron on how necessary this win was from a morale perspective: "It doesn't fix everything, obviously. But it helps. But we gotta still learn from the wins more than we learn from losses. ... We have to learn from the mistakes we had tonight, which we had too many still."
Kawhi Leonard understood why he wasnât on floor for most of the final 3 minutes due to the minutes restriction. He said he wouldâve loved to have played but knows he why Ty Lue had to keep him out then.
"I donât think he pays any mind to it... Los Angeles is the no. 1 market arguably in the NBA... Trade talks, firingâall this is gonna come with being a Laker."
Christian Wood on the recent criticism of Darvin Ham as the Lakers head coach
Christian Wood: "I feel like I've been slept on my whole career."
Stay humble please C Wood
A humble Jesus Hardc*ck is a player I'll have on my team
Anthony Davis credited the Lakersâ role playersâ impact on the win over the Clippers: âIt takes âThe Othersâ to win championships ⌠When these guys are playing well, it just makes me and Bronâs jobs a lot easierâ
Taurean Prince: "I feel more valued here than I have anywhere in my career...I think the trust is there and I think that it's up to me to keep that trust."
Taurean Prince on what it is about the Lakers organization that has made him feel that way: âI think thatâs what has kept me locked inâŚYou got to appreciate those things in this league because sometimes it doesnât come.â
that win really masked some INSANE coaching decisions by Ham in the 4th lol
Lue used his last timeout with three minutes to go and benched Kawhi
he basically gave us this win as favor to Bron lol
Peep how Bron made sure to shout him by name in the post game interview
"After an evening spent trying to read the proverbial Lakers room, speaking to anyone and everyone who might have substantive insight into the question of whether Ham is truly in trouble at the moment, itâs the informed opinion of this particular NBA scribe that he would not have been fired even if they had lost Sunday. And that was before discussing the situation with Ham long after the game was over.
But as he shared in a conversation with The Athletic, thereâs a significant factor in play here that should not be forgotten: While Ham has issues to resolve both in his locker room and elsewhere within Laker Land, he has the continued support of owner Jeanie Buss."
"But as things stand, Ham is secure â knowing that the Lakers' most important decision maker is behind him.
For now, he believes L.A. needs to continue to build."
Darvin Ham tells Sam Amick that he understands the gravity of the situation.
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Lakers coach Darvin Ham details the Jeanie Buss factor that matters a great deal and discusses a Thursday film session where players were invited to critique his work.
âWe had a few guys speak up,â he told TheAthletic
âAnd right or wrong, I love it.â
Jeanie Buss reportedly believed that Frank Vogel was mainly responsible for not successfully integrating Russell Westbrook and ultimately greenlighted his firing, per Sam Amick
vando gotta go next offseason, too one dimensional and it seems like hes gotten even worse offensively which i didnt think was possible