“I was very close. I really believe that if the Rondo buyout didn’t happen, I would have been a Laker. And all respect to Rondo, and respect to the Lakers organization. I was able to work out with Bron and Westbrook, so they’ve seen me in my element, and they’ve seen me back to the person I am.

我當時很接近（簽約）。我真的相信如果Rondo沒有被買斷，我應該就會是湖人的一員。我很尊敬Rondo和湖人管理團隊。我當時能和Bron和Westbrook訓練，所以他們看過我做我擅長的事，他們也看過我的為人。

“So things happen, I can’t control that, but I was really close to signing with the Lakers and that probably would have been a really good opportunity to play with such great players and to be able to learn from (such) great players. And to be in an organization like the Lakers again, that would have been super dope. But it didn’t happen and you’ve got to move forward.”

後來事情就發生了（簽了Rondo），那我沒辦法控制，但我真的很接近和湖人簽約，而這很可能會是一個很好的機會和這些傑出的球員一起打球、並從他們身上學習。能再一次進入到像湖人這種組織那會超屌，但那（簽約湖人）沒發生，你還是得繼續前進。