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Lakers' Ryan Kelly relishing familiar role

The stream of text messages flooded Ryan Kelly’s phone, perhaps as quickly as when he unexpectedly threw down a one-handed dunk that secured a preseason win against Portland on Monday.

“At the same time,” Kelly said, “my dad will be the first one to say, ‘That’s great. Now forget about it and do something else.’”

Kelly appears well aware on how things can turn quickly.

The Lakers re-signed him in the 2014 offseason after showing promise as a 48th overall draft pick as a so-called stretch forward with dependable outside shooting. But then Kelly missed a combined 30 games in the 2014-15 because of overlapping hamstrings.