Frank Vogel says Kendrick Nunn will "probably not" play before the end of the year (2021).
Trevor Ariza participated in live action for the first time today. Vogel said he’s still going to need some ramp up time as he gets his legs back underneath him.
Frank Vogel: "We have enough defensive talent to be great."
Frank Vogel and the Lakers don’t yet know Talen Horton-Tucker’s ceiling defensively, but the hope is he can become a lockdown defender
The @Lakers Horton-Tucker scored 72 points in his first 3 games back from surgery.
He scored 47 points in his next 8 games.
Frank Vogel said there is still going to be a grooming period for THT, who just turned 21, but they see him as growing into a role of taking on the best defensive assignment each night, while improving to being an above average 3-point shooter to go with his drive game.
Frank Vogel says he saw “some good, some bad” from the new starting lineup in the last game. He felt a lot of their struggles in the first half came down to just missing shots.