Marc Gasol: "We do as much as possible as best as possible to stay on course and do our job, but I have no idea what this might turn into. Hopefully we can get through this month, which they anticipate being a tough month and then we’ll go from there." Thread on LAL & COVID ... The NBA updated its COVID protocols while the Lakers were on the road in Houston, about 5 hours and 15 minutes before tipoff Tuesday.

A little Lakers-related story about Rudy Tomjanovich, the two-time championship winning head coach with the Houston Rockets who was announced as a Hall of Fame inductee today (thread): Tomjanovich signed with L.A. in 2004 to replace Phil Jackson. He was paid handsomely - $30 million over 5 years -- but was given a near impossible hand in trying to replace a legend in PJax and coach a team that just traded Shaq while appeasing a fan base that expected rings

Kyle Kuzma played college ball at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He offered his perspective on the Russell Westbrook incident with the Jazz fan in a brief chat with ESPN today. (thread) "My experience in Utah was great. I never had any issues. Obviously I didn't play for the Jazz, but a lot of Jazz fans are University of Utah fans. It's pretty much the same (fans). But I definitely see how it could be different just because you're playing for the opposing team"