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I am living a great life.
I always watch the playoffs.
I always was a fan of the Lakers.
I work out at least six days a week.
I don't really know any people from Boston.
I think every part of my body needs improvement.
All of my shots are dunks or are around the rim.
Of course I want to be on the floor in the fourth.
I would love to be trained by Kareem. That's a GOAT.
I can do the Sky Hook, but I'm not confident with it.
I always have confidence in myself even though everyone doubted me.
I just go home or on vacation, or together because Croatia is nice.
In my two and a half years with the Lakers, I didn't win much games.
When you're not getting minutes, you're doubting every shot you take.
I was always trying to get in the paint and get the easiest shots I can.
You know, I just feel physically that I can get a lot of offensive rebounds.
We switched everything in G League so I had a lot of time to work on my switching.
I never doubted in me. I always knew what I can do. I always had the same skill-set.
I just turn on the TV and watch whatever is on, like 'Star Wars' or 'Lord of the Rings.'
When you meet Croatians somewhere abroad that's great. It feels like you are best friends.
My role is to be a roller, offensive rebounder, set the screens and roll hard and play defense.
It's good to have someone who speaks your own language just to get your mind off of basketball.
What really pushed me into chasing basketball even more was my cousin making the NBA too, in 2003.
I was hoping to workout with Kareem on a daily basis. After that first workout, I never got a chance.
I learned how to cook, how to iron clothes. That really helped me be more mature than guys who are my age.
I live in the part of Bosnia-Herzegovina where we are the only Croatians, and we are the proudest in the world.
It was always my dream to play in the NBA, especially for the Lakers because they're the greatest franchise ever.
Marc Gasol, everybody compares me to him. I try to look up to him and see how he plays and adjust my game like him.
I knew I just gotta wait for my chances in the game and I'm gonna prove what I am able to do when I get on the floor.
I've gotten better at calling out coverages, communication, and being vertical when they're attacking me in the paint.
If you want to be successful and you want your teammates to respect you, you got to be open to advice from the older guys.
Sometimes I go to the pool. With the pool, sometimes it's for recovery. I go with Joakim Noah because he's a big pool guy.
I'm feeling like I can stay on the floor for a while. I can run the floor. I can fight in the post with guys. I can rebound.
I just wanted to play and that's all I worried about. If someone wanted to trade for me, I always thought it was a good sign.
It's hard to fall asleep after a game. I often go to sleep at 4 A. M. because I'm thinking about the game and my mind is racing.
I have good mid-range shot and I can shoot threes, but in Europe coaches didn't want me to shoot outside because I was tall and big.
We're going to work hard on my body, put on some muscles. That's going to help me a lot to run faster, to move quicker, to jump higher.
One of my roles is rebounding the ball and not giving up offensive boards, and I feel like I can be one of the best in the league at that.
I think I want to come straight to the NBA, but if the team who drafts me, they want me to stay in Europe and develop my game, I will stay.
I want to get stronger. I want to get slimmer. I'm already slimmer, but I want to get some muscles so I can fight all these guys in the post.
Everyone wants to play in the fourth quarter, everyone wants to close the game. It's the most important time of the game, so being out there is great.
A bunch of fans have come up to me and they say, 'Why did we trade you? The Lakers front office did the biggest mistake.' Everyone's like, 'We miss you.'
If someone told me a couple years ago, 'You're going to be deep into show jumping with horses,' I would be like, I didn't even know that's an Olympic sport.
I gotta defend, I gotta protect the rim, I gotta rebound, I gotta set good picks for the guys, finish on offense, and I think that is not going to change much.
I was taught to hate the Clippers, you know, since I was with the Lakers. So, I never liked the Clippers before. But since coming over here, it's been amazing.
I had to move out when I was 14 and live by myself in the capital of Croatia. That's when it got a little serious. From there, I played on the Croatian national team.
It's the NBA, arenas almost always sold out. When I played back in Europe, there would be some games with 50-100 people in the crowd, so it would be pretty much empty.
I got to prepare more for the games. I got to be ready for better players and starting lineups, just get a bit more focused, more prepared and got to be in better shape.
We went to SpaceX to talk to Elon Musk, that was cool. He gave us the tour. We couldn't film it or anything. There were rockets, it was impressive. It was a lot of cool stuff.
Houses with courts and gyms are super expensive. Not a lot of players can afford that. I know it sounds crazy to say an NBA player can't afford that, but that's how it is in L.A.