Frank Vogel: "To me, it's gonna be important to make sure that we stagger Rondo and LeBron so we can let each of them have their turn running the show and being the primary ball handler our there.

Chipalu Minnesota Timberwolves Head Coach Chris Finch on facing the Lakers without LeBron James in the lineup Seems to activate Luka amp Reavesseem to share the shots They become exponentially more dangerousbeen pretty good when 2 of those 3 been out because of just a usage puzzle

LeBron James on this year's Lakers Not quite sure how many games we've had where we had a full roster I know it's been a lot more than over half for sure Our success is gonna come down to obviously I think our health We've gotten past the marathon and now the sprint is about to start

Coaches Corner Heat coach Eric Spoelstra discusses the open-side pick-amp-roll with Tim Legler digresses into Tyler Herros evolution as a player He came into the league as an off-ball shooter then developed ball handling and on-ball scoring and now has added playmaking ability

SVG LeBron really was carrying that team in Cleveland In fact the guy we had the most trouble with other than LeBron was Wally Szczerbiak No knock on Wally Szczerbiak but he is not Pau Gasol It wasn't because Kobe was necessarily better than LeBron he just had more around him

LeBron Ive heard nothing but great thing James gets the off-balance mid-range jumper to fall

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