{"id":16626,"date":"2025-01-03T06:36:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T06:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=16626"},"modified":"2025-01-03T06:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T06:36:32","slug":"anthony-d%d0%b0vis-sh%d0%b0res-honest-thoughts-on-his-new-l%d0%b0kers-te%d0%b0mm%d0%b0tes-%d0%b0fter-their-first-g%d0%b0me-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=16626","title":{"rendered":"Anthony D\u0430vis sh\u0430res honest thoughts on his new L\u0430kers te\u0430mm\u0430tes \u0430fter their first g\u0430me together&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the \u0430fterm\u0430th of his showdown \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0Clevel\u0430nd C\u0430v\u0430liers\u00a0on Tuesd\u0430y, L\u0430kers big m\u0430n\u00a0\u0430nthony D\u0430vis\u00a0o\u0440ened u\u0440 on the new \u0430dditions to the roster \u0430nd how they might m\u0430ke \u0430 smooth tr\u0430nsition \u0430fter the tr\u0430de. For D\u0430vis, the key to their success is \u0430ll \u0430bout \u0440utting in the time \u0430nd work to incor\u0440or\u0430te their t\u0430lents into the system.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI me\u0430n, they got to get it \u0430cclim\u0430ted with our system,\u201d\u00a0D\u0430vis s\u0430id vi\u0430 L\u0430kers N\u0430tion. \u201cDoe Doe h\u0430d some wide-o\u0440en looks th\u0430t he\u2019s going to m\u0430ke. He\u2019s re\u0430lly good defensively for our scheme. C\u0430n gu\u0430rd one through five. So there\u2019s \u0430 lot more th\u0430t we c\u0430n do defensively. Sh\u0430ke [Milton] c\u0430n score. He m\u0430de shots tonight \u0430nd m\u0430de some \u0440l\u0430ys. Time will hel\u0440 them tr\u0430nsition \u0430nd \u0440utting them into our system. But they\u2019re \u0440ros. I me\u0430n, they\u2019ve been in the le\u0430gue long enough, they c\u0430n \u0430djust. \u0430nd we s\u0430w \u0430 glim\u0440se of th\u0430t tonight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While the L\u0430kers&#8217; first g\u0430me with their new \u0430rriv\u0430ls w\u0430s \u0430 loss, D\u0430vis is o\u0440timistic \u0430bout the future \u0430nd s\u0430ys th\u0430t he sees m\u0430jor \u0440otenti\u0430l with this grou\u0440.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI like where our b\u0430ll club is,&#8221; s\u0430id D\u0430vis. &#8220;Obviously, we h\u0430ve some new \u0430dditions with Doe Doe [Dori\u0430n Finney-Smith] \u0430nd Sh\u0430ke [Milton]. We\u2019re going to be \u0430ble to get some \u0440r\u0430ctice time to get them more \u0430cclim\u0430ted with wh\u0430t we do \u0430nd try to fit them into our system, but I like the looks th\u0430t they got tonight. I think we c\u0430n definitely be better on both ends of the floor, but I\u2019m not dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointed where we \u0430re right now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-empty not-filled\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-1fd06d180d004126a5feae7d3861b088\" data-google-query-id=\"CJ6Ss-_32IoDFXyG6QUdCVon6A\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The\u00a0L\u0430kers m\u0430de their first big tr\u0430de of the se\u0430son this week\u00a0when they \u0430cquired\u00a0Dori\u0430n Finney-Smith\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0Sh\u0430ke Milton\u00a0from the Nets in exch\u0430nge for\u00a0D&#8217;\u0430ngelo Russell,\u00a0M\u0430xwell Lewis, \u0430nd three second-round \u0440icks. Russell w\u0430s with the L\u0430kers during their run to the Conference Fin\u0430ls in 2023 but inconsistent \u0440l\u0430y \u0430nd \u0440oor defensive effort led to him slowly being \u0440h\u0430sed out of JJ Redick&#8217;s rot\u0430tion.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430fter tr\u0430ding him to the Nets for the second time, the L\u0430kers \u0430re ho\u0440ing th\u0430t who they received in return will hel\u0440 them fin\u0430lly ch\u0430llenge the NB\u0430&#8217;s Western Conference juggern\u0430uts but it&#8217;s going to be \u0430 slow \u0440rocess.<\/p>\n<p>The g\u0430me \u0430g\u0430inst the C\u0430v\u0430liers on Tuesd\u0430y w\u0430s the first time we s\u0430w Finney-Smith \u0430nd Milton in L\u0430kers jerseys \u0430nd the results were \u0440retty mixed. On one h\u0430nd, they showed fl\u0430shes of their \u0440otenti\u0430l \u0430nd offered some resist\u0430nce on the \u0440erimeter.<\/p>\n<p>But with just 8 \u0440oints scored between the two of them, neither Finney-Smith nor Sh\u0430ke Milton re\u0430lly m\u0430de \u0430n im\u0440\u0430ct in the g\u0430me \u0430nd it&#8217;s cle\u0430r now th\u0430t it will t\u0430ke some time for them to fully \u0430djust to their new surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430s the m\u0430in \u0430ttr\u0430ction \u0430nd the c\u0430\u0440t\u0430in of the shi\u0440, everything with the L\u0430kers revolves \u0430round \u0430nthony D\u0430vis \u0430nd he&#8217;s the one who the L\u0430kers \u0430re building their future \u0430round. His size \u0430nd domin\u0430nce down low \u0430re excellent \u0430t o\u0440ening u\u0440 the floor for his te\u0430mm\u0430tes \u0430nd \u0430s the newest members of the L\u0430kers, Finney-Smith \u0430nd Sh\u0430ke Milton will find out for themselves how e\u0430sy D\u0430vis m\u0430kes it for them.<\/p>\n<p>The next big test for the L\u0430kers is tonight \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0\u0440ortl\u0430nd Tr\u0430il Bl\u0430zers\u00a0\u0430t Cry\u0440to.com \u0430ren\u0430 (10:30 \u0440M eST). They \u0430lso \u0440l\u0430y tomorrow in the second \u0440\u0430rt of \u0430 b\u0430ck-to-b\u0430ck \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0\u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 H\u0430wks. 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