Jackie MacMullan 5 months ago: The Lakers are going to be a work in progress that's just the truth. Kawhi Leonard is so much easier to plug in to any lineup than Anthony Davis. You have to learn to work around Anthony Davis who by the way has to learn to

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

Russo Lawrence Frank on Kawhi Leonard trade reports and Leonards future with Clippers At the appropriate time well sit down with Kawhi and lay out our plan and if our goals are aligned then wed like to win with Kawhi

NBA Today The sense around the Lakers is that Austin Reaves is actually the one that's further along than Luka Doncic in their respective rehab processes I am told Austin Reaves has started 1 on 1 on court work The Lakers are not expecting Luka Doncic to be back in this series

Skip Bayless I just think the Lakers are a better basketball team on both ends of the floor without Luka LeBron has far less ego than Luka Luka is the most inefficient player in the league

ESPN Brian Windhorst The Lakers are really doing a great job The Rockets offensively are just an absolute disaster Nine turnovers for Kevin Durant some of it are his mistakes They can't score anything on offense

Patrick Beverley puts an end to the Kawhi Leonard vs Kevin Durant debate To win two championships in two different conferences not go join the Monstars Im a huge KD fan I love KD but I gotta go Kawhi I think if you ask peers around the NBAguys who are 812 years intheyll say Kawhi too