The Los Angeles Lakers, reeling from the death of team icon Kobe Bryant, "want to represent what Kobe was about" as they press ahead with the NBA season, coach Frank Vogel said.
"We want to represent what Kobe was about more than anything," Vogel said on Wednesday.
"We've always wanted to make him proud, and that's not going to be any different here."
Vogel said the club had a simple directive for players still coming to terms with Bryant's death in a helicopter crash on Sunday: "You guys can speak when you're ready, and not before."
"Then we had a lunch where we all just spent time together and grieved together."
"I just wish I could hug them, kiss them and bless them. Have them here with us, forever."
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