The Los Angeles Lakers will maintain their annual Media Day for the 2024-25 season at the UCLA Health Training Center on Monday, Sept. 30 at 11:30 a.m. PT.
This marks the official begin of the 2024-25 season for the Lakers as they may maintain their first follow on Tuesday, Oct. 1 earlier than starting their preseason schedule on Friday, Oct. 4 in opposition to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Palm Springs.
It was a quiet offseason for the Lakers, who didn't make any additions to their roster except for drafting Dalton Knecht and Bronny James to switch free brokers Taurean Prince and Spencer Dinwiddie.
The presence of James ought to nonetheless draw loads of consideration at Media Day as he will likely be becoming a member of LeBron as the first father-son duo in NBA historical past.
This can be the first Media Day for JJ Redick as a head coach. He already mentioned a number of matters with common supervisor Rob Pelinka finally Wednesday’s press convention, together with how the Lakers will handle James’ workload as he enters his twenty second season.
“I think it goes again back to the communication. LeBron, myself, Mike (Mancias), LeRoy (Sims), we’ve already sort of talked through what October will look like for him as we ramp up,” Redick stated.
“I think everyone in this building is cognizant of the fact that he’s almost 40. But when we watch the pick-up games, he’s going full tilt. If he’s going on the court, he’s going. So in some ways, sometimes we maybe have to save him from himself, whether that’s in training camp, practices throughout the season. But we’ll be mindful and thoughtful. We have a process for all of that as well.”
Redick added that LeBron and Bronny may share the ground sooner moderately than later. “We don’t have anything planned, per se, in terms of a commitment to do it this way,” Redick started.
“We obviously have talked about it as a staff and we’ve gotten into some specifics of what that might look like. But we haven’t committed to anything. And obviously, there’s a discussion to be had once we’re all together with Bronny and LeBron too. They should be a part of that discussion as well.”
Lakers Media Day will likely be broadcasted stay on the Lakers’ YouTube page in addition to Spectrum SportsNet and Spectrum News 1 at 11:30 a.m. PT on Monday.
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