When 19-year-old Lakers rookie Talen Horton-Tucker was getting ready to make his debut in the NBA playoffs on Thursday night, the Lakers were huddled up, preparing to resume the second quarter. Horton-Tucker was just trying to get ready, to take everything in. Seemingly sensing that the youngest player in the NBA might be a little nervous, LeBron James stopped things to deliver a message on behalf of himself, and the rest of the Lakers’ veterans.
“He just told me to come in and stay focused, to do what I do.