![]() "Rob (Pelinka) has done such a great job of constructing this team that he'll continue to do that. Image: Los Angeles Lakers guard Talen Horton-Tucker dunks the ball during the fourth quarter of Game 6 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Phoenix Suns But 'may the better man win', and the Suns were the better man in this series." On potential off-season roster reconstruction ![]() I commit, my team-mates committed and the coaching staff to being ready to go when the time was called and giving everything we had up until this moment. "Every team has to deal with it obviously but us and Miami, going the long haul in the bubble and then coming right back short notice to this season, it's been very draining. It did not stop me from committing to the game, committing to my team-mates, committing to the work, putting in the work mentally, trying to stay as sharp as I possibly could but throughout it's been mentally draining. Mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally draining. "I always think about from the moment we entered the bubble until now today. ![]() Time to re-adjust and think what the off-season has." On the mental drain of the last 18 months Me not being able to be at my fullest strength throughout this series is my main focus. "It doesn't matter to me not making it out of the first round, what matters to me is getting this team back healthy. Twitter Due to your consent preferences, you’re not able to view this. Every season is different, every challenge is different and to be able to put myself where I can even have accomplishments to either be broken or continue with is all due to the grace of the man above and putting a lot of hard work in, having great team-mates, great coaching staff, things of that nature so if there's a record, or if there's not, they're always meant to be broken in that fashion. ![]() "I tore my groin my first season with the Lakers and we didn't make it. It never got fully back before the injury but I was just happy I was able to get out there and help our team win." On losing in the first round of the playoffs for the first time My ankle is the only thing that's bothering me, in the later stages of the season. "I can get three months, to recalibrate, get my ankle back to 100 per cent. "During the season I don't like to talk about rest, I don't like to put my mainframe into that, it makes me weak but in the off-season I get the opportunity to rest. Image: LeBron James hangs his head on the sideline ![]()
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