Saying the Lakers are 'treating this season like we have a chip on our shoulder' and that 'we're the underdogs,' Los Angeles star Anthony Davis painted the picture of a hungry team on Monday at the club's media day.
struggled to fit in during his first season with the team. L.A. whiffed on several veteran free-agency signings. The Lakers ranked 21st in team defense and 22nd in team 3-point shooting. Coach Frank Vogel was fired, less than two years after guiding the franchise to its first title in a decade in the NBA bubble in Orlando, Florida.
"Me and Darvin have been in communication since Day 1," Westbrook said. "Just being able to connect with him right away was extremely important to me." Westbrook will have a leg up on the starting point guard competition to begin training camp, however. Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka said that
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