The happiest people in the building when Lakers rookie center Moe Wagner scored his first NBA points Sunday were the two veteran centers on the team’s roster.
JaVale McGee and Tyson Chandler know what it means to be in that position — to be a rookie center fighting for a place on the floor.
“You remember what it was like, getting into games,” Chandler said. “You’re just wide-eyed. Everything is going 100 miles an hour. You put a lot of effort into talking to them throughout practice, shootarounds, all that kind of stuff just preparing them. As cliche as it sounds, they’re going to be the future.