Frank Vogel asked the Lakers who wanted to speak first. No one answered. After about 15 seconds, LeBron James stood up. “I’ll go,” he said. Inside the first team gathering since Kobe’s death as the Lakers begin the monumental task of moving forward.
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- Ah, hell… Nick Van XL
- Going through the camera roll, here is Kobe arriving for his last game, five years ago tonight.
00:00 - LeBron gave his game sneakers to this kid who was so excited that he was sobbing.
00:00 - Brandon Ingram on the “LeBron’s gonna trade you” chants: “Yeah I heard it. I still made the free throw.”
- Kyle Kuzma: “New Orleans fans should probably boo their own team for letting him get 40.”
- LeBron acknowledges that his routine was broken by going to Springfield to see Bronny and Sierra Canyon play. He had no qualms or regrets about it after Lakers got blown out by the Celtics. “This right here is all secondary when it comes to my family,” he said.
- LeBron: "When I looked up and saw we were up 24-8, I was like, OK, he's here in the building."
- Does this keep the Democrats under the second apron?Joe Biden has withdrawn from the US Presidential race.
- Kyle Kuzma fields a question about Danny Green’s dunk at the end of the first half. “Danny?” he says. “I didn’t know he could dunk. Honestly.” Green, eavesdropping from the next stall over, chimes in. “Shit, me either.”
- If LeBron needs to rest, he can rest. Let Quinn cook.
- The Mikal Bridges story is a heartbreaking tale about a mother and her Sun.
- “You’ve just won the NBA championship! What will you do next?” “I’m getting the hell out of Disney World.”
- To all the naysayers, this hat is evidence that Russell Westbrook can, in fact, buy a bucket.
