Overview
- Head coach JJ Redick implemented a condensed five-slide PechaKucha format to build connection, carrying it from preseason into the regular season.
- Players and coaches say the storytelling prompts encourage vulnerability and quicker chemistry that has accompanied a 7-2 start entering Saturday’s opener in Atlanta.
- Austin Reaves was ruled out for a third consecutive game with a right groin strain after two earlier listings as soreness.
- LeBron James has been cleared for contact, stayed in Southern California for one-on-one work, and a South Bay Lakers practice stint is under consideration with no decision made.
- Luka Dončić has participated and jokingly questioned the exercise’s impact while saying he is enjoying this group, and Maxi Kleber was upgraded to questionable.