LeBron James Drops Statement On Lakers Challenging Timberwolves In Play-In Game

The Los Angeles Lakers are getting ready for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the play-in match. LeBron James and his teammates will try to hit the seventh spot in the Western Conference Playoffs. Winning this one will take them all the way to the first round of the playoffs.

The Lakers have to win this one. If Minnesota beats the purple and gold, the Lakers will have to play against the winner of the game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

LeBron on his thoughts of getting Minnesota next: "That we get Minnesota next. That's all."

— Lakers Daily (@LakersDailyCom) April 9, 2023

Lakers rely on strong players in the play-in match vs. Timberwolves

LA is not wasting any time. The front office added two very capable players. Tristan Thompson and Shaquille Harrison will be of great help for the team in the next period. LeBron and Thompson have already played together which makes things easier for everyone.

“Just to shore up our backcourt and to shore up our frontline,” Lakers head coach Darvin Ham said about the moves. “[Harrison] is a guy that can score and defend and playmake and guard multiple positions. To have a guy like that that’s I think just shy of 200 NBA games under his belt, so he’s played real NBA minutes, and we saw an opportunity just if anything should happen health-wise with our guys we’ll have someone that we can throw in the mix, that’s familiar, that’s been in our program, that understands how we want to play and the terminology and whatnot. So, yeah, there’s a bit of corporate knowledge there.

“What he [Thompson] brings, his spirit, his positivity as well as the way he’s played, years and years of championship-level basketball. Championship pedigree. Great guy to be around, great teammate, I’ve heard nothing but great things about him. And having coached against him for a bunch of years, he and I have always had a great rapport throughout his career. I’m a big fan of him, I watched him back when he was playing at Texas. But just another great guy to add a serviceable player if we need to go in that direction.”