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I'm a shooter and shooters shoot.
My teammates are part of my family as well.
I can't let my frustration get the best of me.
I can focus on just one thing - that's basketball.
If I can defend, I find that my offense just comes to me.
That's part of my game: just running the wing, defending.
Going to the rim, you either get fouled or get an easy two.
I don't mind staying home. I'm a homebody anyway, so I don't mind.
I feel like the criticism and bad stuff don't come unless I'm playing bad.
You can learn a lot. You can learn how to win. You can learn how to be coached.
When I defend, it keeps me patient and lets my game come to me on the offensive end.
I like scary movies. I like the mystery that leaves you wanting to watch the next one.
My mindset is I don't need to worry about the noise. I got my team and my brothers with me.
To know through my struggles, 'My coach still believes in me,' does a lot for your mindset.
I've been working hard to get playing time, just for whatever. I'm up for whatever I can earn.
It'd be nice to settle down in a great home instead of just moving around and stuff like that.
That's what I do - I run the floor, I run the wing. Either get easy layups or transition threes.
The first year I kind of struggled to find where my shots was coming from, when to cut, where to be.
If you're open in certain spots, you just shoot the ball. It doesn't matter if you're good from that spot or not.
I can bring a lot. I play both sides of the ball. I defend. I have an offensive game. I rebound the ball. I get steals a lot.
There's always room to improve, so I'm going to continue to improve on defense, offense, being consistent and continuing to play hard.
Most teams won't really focus on one player because they've got multiple players to defend and that will open up a lot of things for me.
If you've got a big man who scores the ball, you've got to defend, and if you've got a shooter, you've got to pick and choose who you're going to defend.
To play the game at this level, I've got to continue to get better. I've got to stay consistent, still work on my ballhandling and I've got to become a great defender.
You've got the same rhythm every day just to keep you going. So once that rhythm is broken, it's kind of hard to get back with it when you got a lot of things going on.
My teammates are incredible. Just to be a part of this organization and this group, it's amazing with all the history behind the Lakers; I'm just glad to be a part of it.
When I was in the second unit, it just took me time to find my rhythm just playing with a lot of new guys. But once I got in the starting lineup, it kind of just opened up a little bit.
Ballhandling - I made it a focus in all my workouts - working on my handles coming off screens with it, one or two-dribble pull-ups, making second moves, trying to mix it up and continuing to get better each day.
When I get up, I usually have a missed call from either my sons or my wife. Every day we try to talk on FaceTime, try to talk after practice and stuff like that throughout the day. Try to stay in contact as much as possible.
That was probably the biggest adjustment for a lot of people... You have a ball-dominant guy like LeBron that makes plays for everybody. You gotta just be ready at any point because you might not get a shot the first 15 minutes and you might get three or four after that.