"I'm elated to go to the Lakers," said Pinnock early Thursday morning in an interview. "I'm happy they traded for me." When they announced his name during the 58th pick, Pinnock said he broke out in tears. The emotions ran after anxiously waiting hours before his name was called. "I was getting nervous," he said. "We got a call at about [the] 56[th pick] that the Mavericks were interested. When they announced my name, the tears started falling. At the time they stopped, they told me I had been traded to the Lakers. I broke out crying again." Because he was a second-round pick, a contract is not guaranteed. Pinnock must go through a vigorous training program and must prove himself to the Lakers. Pinnock, though, is up for the challenge. "Whatever I have to do to make the team better, I will do," he said. "If they say I need a year in the NBDL (National Basketball Development League), it's a year in the NBDL. If it's come in and play three minutes in a game, then that's what I'll do. Anything to make the Lakers better."
If every athlete had that attitude COUGH COUGH TERELL OWENS COUGH TRAILBLAZERS COUGH it would be SO much easier for the coaches and for the team to become an even better team.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TheFreshPrince:</div><div class="quote_post">who is this guy, ive never heard of him. i dont think so anyway.</div> Played at George Washington, his real name is Danilo.
Well the Lakers traded for him, so they must have some interest in him making their roster or the NBDL one.
