Um, well, my teammate, uh, well, hit me with a bet on the sideline, and I was I took the bet while I was still shooting the ball.

So, you know, a bed isn't official to be looking, man, and I So I had to look into the eye, and, um, I was able to win that one.

Okay, I'm gonna need a couple follow ups on this one.

Who was the team, mate?

Dennis the menace.

Okay.

And so was the bet.

Just like, Can you turn around and look at me, or can you do it?

No luck or what were his words that you heard?

Uh, you said bet you won't make it.

And in order to make a bet official, you've gotta have a handshake or you got looking at, and I So he said, Bet it and I turned around looking, and I and I said better.

What did you think of your other teammates?

Reactions around Venice there.

I love my teammates, man way Got a great group of guys and we want to continue to build what we've been doing on the road so far.

Tonight was another example of a a lot of people comparing that shot.

Just some Steph Curry does.

Kcp just told you tell that, uh, you know, Nick Young did it and missed it.

Gilbert Arenas did it.

Made it at a game winner.

Who do you associate that shot with an MBA History?

Well, step is definitely probably done it the most in our league on when you shoot the ball as beautiful and effortlessly and precisely as Steph does.

Um, he has the ultimate autre green light to do that because 10 times out of nine is going in for Steph.

Bill LeBron.

Uh, what do you attribute?

This team's chemistry and the energy you were talking about?

The love you have for your teammates.

You know, you guys haven't been together that long.

It's a lot of new guys.

What do you attribute this kind of instant bond?

We all got one common goal on our common goals to hold each other accountable.

Um, you know, put a lot of pressure on us as individuals or individual self aan den.

If one individual eyes not feeling like himself then we pick our brother, and that's what it's all about.

We got a common go to compete every night to play championship basketball, to be selfless, and, you know, that's both on and off the floor.

So we know we can't, you know, obviously can't do much off the floor with the landscape of, you know, covert and the pandemic things of that nature.

But our film sessions are playing rides and our bus, um, you know, Sessions has give us some some camaraderie.

Well, okay, um you know, you said before this road trip that so far you guys have been playing BB plus basketball.

Where do you guys put these two games against the Rockets?

And how close to your potential do you think you guys played on this trip?

E think we played some really good basketball on this trip, but I think that that question was asked after the 1st 10 games, How would you access your team?

S o?

I have a better assessment.

Have toe.

Um, you know, after game 20 give us another grade, but I thought we played some really good basketball.

Especially defensively.

We heard what are what are Captain 80 said after San Antonio game.

And from there on, we've been We've been locking last two.

Dad.

Work E Hey, LeBron.

I kind of a two parter for you.

The league today announces, you know, some updates to the protocols that are pretty restrictive.

Um, you know, the bubble life is much as anybody.

You lived it longer than anybody, Any other player.

I hate to always remind you of that, but what can it be replicated without the physical bubble?

And, I guess, have your thoughts about potentially ever returning if necessary.

Has that changed at all since the day you left or land?

Um, well, the bubble was a success.

Obviously from a from a player from a performance standpoint, as far as our lead getting it, getting it back.

Go on.

Um, you know, I haven't thought about the bubble much after I left.

Um, once again, Dan, you continue to give me PTSD.

Every time you asked me about the bubble, I started start shaking and thinking about 96 straight nights in that place.

Uh uh.

But you know, for us I don't know.

I think for our team way live in L.

A County.

So, um, pretty much the new protocols and things that came out today is pretty much everything we've been doing since March of last year.

So, um, not too much has changed on our landscape.

For us as a ball club or us as a team or as a franchise.

Um, eso it doesn't It doesn't change too much for us.

Um, obviously, if if any of you guys live in l A county, most of you guys do this with our B team.

But it's pretty much standard for us anyway.

So it's easy for us to go about the new protocol any way, shape or fashion.

Last question.

Mark Medina.

LeBron to follow up on that.

I mean, given the handful of games have been postponed this week, what is your comfort level of the league's ability to navigate through this and complete?

This is, um way knew that the tougher months we're gonna be right after the holidays, you know, Thanksgiving and then Christmas for the majority.

Obviously, this is the most.

These are the two holidays where you wanna be around family.

Everyone should be around family eso You know, we will come out of this stronger.

Obviously, we never want our games to be postponed because of the virus and Cove and things of that nature.

But I think we have a A great group was far a Zen beside an M V p a side uh, that that will continue to do due diligence and continue Thio keep things moving and running on.

Hopefully all the guys that, uh, you know, been hit with Kobe.

Hopefully they come back stronger, they get over it.

Andi, any of the traces going on as well.

But, um, you know, our league is always been receptive tow.

Our players are receptive to the franchises and everything that's going on.

And obviously we know what the pandemic in the covert issue is still going on.

We wanna be receptive today.

So, um, you know, I think we're Onda still in a really good place and, you know, we continue toe always, you know, work for the best on help for the best.

So, um, you know, that's what it's about.

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