I chatted with Lakers guard Austin Reaves about his eye-opening Korn Ferry qualifying round, LeBron’s PGA Tour investment, the YouTube golf space, Sahith Theegala’s putting, mental toughness in basketball vs. golf, and a whole lot more. https://t.co/4DgT71CpwJ

I reviewed THE BIKERIDERS https://t.co/SHC27DPCm5

Austin Reaves gives himself a B- for his debut round of 76 in the @visitknoxopen qualifier. ⬇️ @Lakers

Austin Reaves shot a 6-over 76 https://t.co/yWY9GiH0el

Full D'Angelo Russell quote, on his season:

Anthony Davis: "The way you continue to compete for championships is kind of keeping the core together."

Max Christie, a restricted free agent, got one question, said he "really wanted to be out there, for sure. It sucks seeing us eliminated because I felt I could've helped the team" and his exit interview was over and LeBron was ready

D'Angelo Russell: "Hell of a year by D'Angelo, humbly saying that."

Austin Reaves: “I just really enjoy being around these guys...Everybody on our team is a joy to be around. I’ve spoken about it a billion times, my relationship with DLo off the court…Bron and AD, as well. I consider them my friends. As long as I can play alongside one of them,

Michael Malone: “I think Darvin Ham is a hell of a coach. That’s not an easy job. I think Darvin does it with class. He’s a good man, good coach, and I wish him all the best. Hopefully, he’ll be around there for a long time because he deserves to be.”

Lakers are doing exit interviews tonight at Ball Arena, instead of tomorrow back in LA at the practice facility. Already underway.

Darvin Ham: “It's been an unbelievable franchise to represent. Couldn't ask for a better governor, a better president of ops in Rob Pelinka, Jeanie Buss. I've seen a lot in my first two years in this seat. I'll continue to work, get better, and control what I can control."

All things considered, everything about the way that game played out made perfect sense. Incredible effort by the Lakers.

Asked ChatGPT what the Lakers have to do to beat the Nuggets tonight:

Anthony Davis on the Lakers' confidence going into Game 5: "We're very confident in our group. Very confident in our schemes. Very confident in our gameplan, our adjustments. It's just about us going out there and getting it done."

LeBron: “For AD to clean glass, 20 of them on the defensive end…it’s just key for a lot of the things we want to do. “AD doesn’t have to prove anything to anybody. He’s one of the best bigs we have in the game. He’s one of the best bigs in the world. He’s shown that again.”

Austin Reaves: “AD does so much for our team…For him to get 23 in a game like this, it means a lot…That’s obviously been a point of emphasis, it’s something that we have to clean up. And you could tell with his mentality, he was just like, “I’ll do it.”

Anthony Davis had 23 of the Lakers 46 rebounds. Nuggets had 40.

LeBron just unloaded on the Lakers' coaches for not challenging that call and the Nuggets got a layup because of it

Christian Wood going through pregame warmups