Jonas Knox

And when Luka does come back, you really want to rush him back out there.

The guy just got blood spinning done or whatever he did.

They put a bull elephant gun to his hamstring to try and get him ready to go.

And then you're relying on LeBron James.

I look at it if I'm the Lakers and I say this.

Eh, whatever.

Because it was never about this year anyways.

This was all about, let's end this peacefully.

Let's end this quietly.

The LeBron era is over.

And then we move forward and we start thinking about the future with Luka, Austin Reeves, and you figure it out from there.

This year was, I don't want to call it a free roll.

I just think it was a...

Let's be nice to everybody here.

It's been awkward.

It's been a weird vibe with LeBron and everyone knowing that it's probably the end of the run here.

And everyone's like, hey, we're good here.

We're probably better off apart.

If I'm the Lakers, why do I want to rush Luka back in a series where your second or...

third best player, isn't even going to be a part of it, Austin Reeves, why would you want to rush Luka back to that with a bum hamstring?