Marcus Good stated that getting recruited by Luka Doncic performed an vital function in him signing a two-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.
“Once you get a man like Luka calling… checking on you, making an attempt to see the place you are at, to see if you wish to come be part of one thing particular that he is making an attempt to cook dinner up over right here,” Good stated. “For him to say that he can actually use my assist, that meant quite a bit.”
Doncic reportedly performed an lively function in recruiting each Good and Deandre Ayton this offseason, assuaging fears that he wasn’t dedicated to the Lakers long-term.
Good added that his objective is to deliver protection and management to the roster.
“Simply to be me. Are available in and do what I do and that is [being] a tenacious defender, simply bringing the depth that I deliver, my management, my basketball IQ, as nicely. However simply being the pest that I’ve at all times been,” stated Good of his expectations.
Good additionally stated that he believes the Lakers can compete with any workforce within the west.
Good, who solely performed 54 video games within the final two seasons, added that he was trying to get again to being totally wholesome.
“I am very motivated,” Good stated. “The final two years for me was, in my eyes, a disappointment. Accidents sort of stopped me and held me again. However, like I instructed my spouse and my household, every part occurs for a cause. And it is humorous that 12 years in the past, I may have been right here and now it is full circle and I am right here.”
