But Lacob's sentiment is notable when attem… | HoopsHype

Published 7 hours ago• 2 minute read

They’re plotting a retooled middle of the rotation below Curry, Jimmy Butler and Green, still believing that veteran core can contend. “It’s in some ways kind of a win to get here, to get (to) the second round,” Lacob said. “Yeah, we lost four games to one. Not good. But to a team that is playing very well. They took the Lakers out four to one also with two of the greatest players in the world on their team. We didn’t have one of ours. So we can all sit here and make what-ifs, judgments, but I can’t be really upset with what happened, given that we just didn’t have our biggest force.”

More HoopsHype Rumors

May 15, 2025 | 11:23 am EDT Update

But it was other teams that I know had interest in me. And at the end of the day, I was kind of just like wherever I go I’m just gonna play the best basketball I can. It’s been kind of crazy the trade deadline and everyone’s on their everyone’s on their toes. This is always my first option. I just like this is kind of like a dream come true kind of thing. I was like, ‘there’s no way I’ll be able to come here’. But it happened.

.

a passionate, competitive player. We were tied at halftime, he’s trying to give their team a spark and momentum and the same thing with me.” Hart and Brown embraced later in the game to bury the hatchet. “I got nothing but respect for him,” Hart said. “It’s just two competitive dudes going out there and competing at the highest level. Sometimes, tempers flare and those kinds of things. But there’s always respect.”