Price Deandre Ayton says Lakers ability to win despite who's available starts with JJ JJs not giving a crap whos out there you know he wants to play Laker basketball JJ has been in this game for a while so I think anything he says we can trust it And hes proven that point a few times

JJ Redick on Bronny Were gonna have all hands on deck He's improved a lot we trust him The shooting I believe in because of how well he shot it in the G league There was a stretch where he didnt shoot it well Hes improved defensively in terms of his body positioning both on and off ball

Brian Windhorst When LeBron doesnt play and Austin Reaves and Luka do the Lakers are a better team

Dirk on Luka amp the Lakers Luka has been playing incredible basketball averaging almost 40 He has his step back working and when the step back works he's basically unarguable Is that a team you really want to see in the playoffs with 3 guys that can take over down the stretch I've been impressed

Deandre Ayton with the huge block on Nikola Joki in the post

Nick Wright This version of Luka means no one wants to play him He and his team are clutch and connected I'm not picking the Lakers to win the title but they are real contenders

Reporter asks JJ Redick pre-game if playing year round like Luka does is sustainable for players Redick replies Luka's got a certain pace to how he works out laughs that's probably sustainable