Hachimura contributed six points (3-7 FG, 0-3 3Pt), 12 rebounds, one assist and one block over 35 minutes during Thursday's 110-102 victory over Portland.

Hachimura provided 17 points (7-16 FG, 1-8 3Pt, 2-4 FT), eight rebounds, three assists and one steal in 39 minutes during Wednesday's 100-97 loss to Charlotte. Hachimura was forced to embrace a more ...

Rui Hachimura: That same night, I got a call from my agent again. He said, ‘The Lakers want you.’ And I was like, ‘Lakers? What Lakers?’ Because I never even thought that I’d be a Laker.

Rui Hachimura: In the NBA, we already live in our own bubble, right? The NBA is its own world—300 players, small group. But the Lakers? They have their own bubble inside that. We move differently.

A former NBA star recently named Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura the best third- and fourth-string options in the league.

Rui Hachimura: In the NBA, we already live in our own bubble, right? The NBA is its own world—300 players, small group. But the Lakers? They have their own bubble inside that. We move differently. The ...