“I think there are many benefits for social media and Twitter. The bandwidth that I have where I have to be … you have to understand this too, and I’ve talked with a number of my close friends who are head coaches, my bandwidth when you have the kids, there has to be an intentionality about your time when you’re at home.

And my time at the office,” Redick said two weeks before his first training camp as a head coach. “We talked as a staff this weekend about efficiency. Everything I do has to be efficient. Spending time on Twitter is not an efficient use of my time as a head coach.”

"From when Redick first talked about the position with Pelinka in May during the NBA draft combine in May, to officially becoming a Lakers candidate along with New Orleans assistant James Borrego and UConn coach Dan Hurley, several people close to Redick told him it would be a bad idea to take it, sources told ESPN.

You're already doing so well in media, they said. Just wait and other opportunities will arise, he heard. Hey, someone is going to have to replace Gregg Popovich in San Antonio at some point, you could be the guy to coach Victor Wembanyama, they reasoned. Have you paid attention to the Lakers lately? They're a circus, was the refrain."

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"REDICK WAS EATING lunch with his dad when he fielded perhaps the most important phone call of his life. Plucked from the television and podcast studios with no previous coaching experience, he was offered a chance to call the shots for one of the most glamourous franchises in the world -- and had someone he needed to talk to before he could accept.

"'Dad, I got to go make one call,'" Redick said, recalling how he pushed his chair back from his table at the stately Washington Duke Inn on Duke's golf course on June 20.
"So, that's when I first called LeBron. First time we had talked about me coaching. And I came back. I sat back down. I said, 'All right, I'm in.'"

"I wanted the Lakers, as a player and as a fan of the franchise, to be able to hire the coach that should be there," James said. "Not only as I'm finishing my career, but long after I'm gone because there's been so many guys in that seat over the last few years. And to be able to find someone that could be stable in that position is very key for any franchise.

"And for me to be a part of a legacy franchise, I feel like that was important."

And Redick is just enough of a basketball sicko to think he is the guy meant to pull it off."

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Anthony Davis says his focus in on staying healthy and winning, not winning individual awards.

Anthony Davis on how he feels coming into training camp off his summer with Team USA: "I feel good. Felt great all summer, obviously in the Olympics."

For the team, he said: "Health will be the biggest thing for us." He cited Vanderbilt and Vincent being hurt last year.

Anthony Davis said he's comfortable having the ball in his hands more this season, functioning as the hub of LA's offense and playing around the elbows/top of the arc.

Anthony Davis on the hiring process of JJ Redick: "It's different by him being a first-time head coach, but the principles and the schemes that he wanted to bring into the system stuck out to me."

Anthony Davis acknowledges that the West is gonna be tough again this year and that the Lakers need to stay "even-keeled" through wins and losses. He expressed confidence in this Lakers group though: "If we stay healthy through the whole season, we can be a top team in the West."

Anthony Davis on spending the summer with LeBron James: "It was fun. It was good. Me and Bron already have a close relationship. It was probably the first summer that we've been together 6-7 months out of the year already. Kind of need your breaks."

Anthony Davis called it "awesome, historic and powerful" that Bronny and LeBron are on the same team and he gets to be a part of it.

Anthony Davis on which part of his defensive game isn't appreciated enough: "All of it. Every part."

Anthony Davis on the JJ Redick hiring and being involved in the coaching search: "The principles and schemes Redick wanted to bring stood out to me. Relayed that to Rob Pelinka and let Rob do his job from there.”

"I can't wait until they step on the floor together and officially make history....it's been super dope," Anthony Davis said about seeing LeBron and Bronny in the same building together as teammates.

Anthony Davis says JJ Redick was on him all summer about shooting more 3s, including while Davis was playing in the Olympics.

this makes me so happy

Davis said he doesn't think about what kind of help he needs on defense. He takes it upon himself: "Defensively, I don’t try to rely on other guys ... I take so much pride on defense ... I just want us to be a top 5 team in defense this year. And I’ll be happy with that.”

LeBron James says he is a little more "advanced" going into training camp this year after playing in the Olympics.