Most of the time, NBA teams do whatever they can to fight off distractions. Monday, the Lakers couldn’t have been more thrilled to have one.
LeBron James and Anthony Davis had to evacuate their homes. JJ Redick lost his. The rebuild hasn’t even begun, another round of winds keeping red-shaded swaths of the city on edge.
But Redick, one of the most public faces of these fires, knew this would be a chance to think about something else, temporary as that might be.
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“I think a group functions best when you draw strength from each other.