LeBron James credits coach Frank Vogel for Lakers being 'great' this season https://t.co/xjEGPcK6Ce via @usatoday
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“He’s just always been the anchor, and our coaching staff has been right behind him,” James said of Vogel. “I can’t say anything more than that. Just happy to be on the floor to kind of be his coach on the floor and just command to my teammates the same message that he’s given to me and be an extension of his mind. It’s been great.”
“He’s done a great job with all of us. He shoots it straight to us,” Davis said. “He wants to win. We want to win. So he comes to me and LeBron with a lot of questions and ideas. We give him our opinion on certain things, but we trust him. He comes in and puts the game plan together. He spends hours and hours of watching film and breaking down games and breaking schemes down to try to figure out what’s the best solution for us, what’s the best recipe for us to be successful, and he puts the right players on the floor at the right time.”
Timing and luck certainly play a part in all of life’s successes and failures. Ty Lue feeling insulted by the Lakers only offering a three year contract opening the door for Frank Vogel to get the Lakers’ job. The maturity and commitment of LeBron James to the Lakers opened the door for Vogel and James to become partners in building a defensive culture that’s become the team’s identify. And the unprecedented challenges of the China trip, Kobe’s passing, the coronavirus, and the bubble were all obstacles that Frank Vogel and the team turned into opportunities. After a long hiatus, the basketball gods finally are smiling again on the Lakers.