Windhorst"Yesterday there was a player on waivers yesterday that the Lakers could've claimed in Rodney Mcgruder who I thought would be a really nice pickup going forward...A well functioning front office would've grabbed him and guess who did, the LA Clip

Mannix The Lakers believe they can succeed with a backcourt of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves if they can get the right type of players in the front court They are looking to build a Dallas 20 type roster similar to what Luka had when he went to the NBA Finals

Windhorst When Luka LeBron and Reaves play together they're just not a good team when it's just Reaves and Luka out there the Lakers are an excellent team When all 3 of them play out there they're not It's actually a 20 point difference

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

Windhorst on Victor Wembanyama You can make a case that Victor should win Defensive Player Of The Year MVP and Most Improved

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

On LeBron James' comments about Memphis and Milwaukee and ahead of the Bucks vs Grizzlies game Doc Rivers joked I think we should trade for him let him see Milwaukee and I think he would change his tune