Athlete

If I can defend, I find that my offense just comes to me.

That was probably the biggest adjustment for a lot of people... You have a ball-dominant guy like LeBron that makes plays for everybody. You gotta just be ready at any point because you might not get a shot the first 15 minutes and you might get three or four after that.

Like each and every year I got to think that way, anyway. I got to think about the next person trying to come in and take my job, so I got to continue to... work hard and prove myself.

When I was in the second unit, it just took me time to find my rhythm just playing with a lot of new guys. But once I got in the starting lineup, it kind of just opened up a little bit.

You've got the same rhythm every day just to keep you going. So once that rhythm is broken, it's kind of hard to get back with it when you got a lot of things going on.

Put on about 10 more pounds, that'd be good for me and the development of my game.

Most teams won't really focus on one player because they've got multiple players to defend and that will open up a lot of things for me.

I love to defend.

No one gets beat by 61 and then come out and plays flat the next game.

Ballhandling - I made it a focus in all my workouts - working on my handles coming off screens with it, one or two-dribble pull-ups, making second moves, trying to mix it up and continuing to get better each day.

I feel like the criticism and bad stuff don't come unless I'm playing bad.

Showing teams I can do more than just shoot the ball, that's really going to help me out.

When I defend, it keeps me patient and lets my game come to me on the offensive end.

There's always room to improve, so I'm going to continue to improve on defense, offense, being consistent and continuing to play hard.

I can only focus on what I can control.

If you're open in certain spots, you just shoot the ball. It doesn't matter if you're good from that spot or not.

I can't let my frustration get the best of me.

I can bring a lot. I play both sides of the ball. I defend. I have an offensive game. I rebound the ball. I get steals a lot.

My teammates are incredible. Just to be a part of this organization and this group, it's amazing with all the history behind the Lakers; I'm just glad to be a part of it.

He's a great shot-blocker. So once you go in there, you've got to either get into his body and get an and-one, or you've got to drive and kick. It's not all about trying to force the shot over a shot-blocker like Nerlens Noel. You've got to kick it.