Los Angeles — With LeBron James sidelined for another game as he continues to deal with his groin injury, Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton knew he’d need other players to step up and help L.A. get its first win since James went down.
So at shootaround before the Lakers took on the Sacramento Kings, Walton approached Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to tell him he had “a green light” to let it fly against the Kings.
“I was like ‘coach, I’m gonna get ‘em up tonight,’” Caldwell-Pope said.