Luke Walton responds to LeBron James criticizing the Lakers' lack of urgency: "Experience is the best way to learn"

After their 128-115 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans in the lottery on Saturday night, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James questioned his the sense of urgency of the team at this point of the season with a potential playoff spot in the balance.

"How many know what is at stake if you have never been there?" James rhetorically asked to qualify for the playoffs after the match via ESPN. "I make myself the devil's advocate, you know, it's a bit of a fine line when you talk about that, because when you're never there or you know what's going on, it takes to shoot for something like that, sometimes you are afraid of being uncomfortable.

"So you have to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, so I'm not saying that's what we are as a whole. this sometimes, that we are sometimes afraid of being uncomfortable and getting out of our comfort zone and the kind of, you know, have that sense of urgency of the jump, and do not have not afraid to go out and not succeed, so I mean we have what, there are twenty-three games left to play, we'll see what happens. "

Now, a few days away from the frustration of the loss, Luke Walton shared his thoughts. Essentially, the Lakers coach is not concerned. Although he recognizes that it is a new experience for the young players of the team, he stressed that the experience is the best teacher.

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Luke, added: "It's really something as a group, being a new team together and relying on a lot of young players, it's new.We are learning … It will not be perfect. but we will continue to go out and get better and we will see if we can not make noise in the far right. "

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We will not have to wait long to see if Walton's belief in the ability of the team to cope with adversity and a new situation is well founded. LeBron and the Lakers will be back in action Monday night when they will travel to Memphis for a showdown with the Grizzlies (8 pm ET – Watch on FuboTV with the addition of the NBA League Pass), which is handsome at this time of the season many must win. The Lakers are three games from the eighth seeded in the West with 23 games to play.

They can not afford much more defeats at this stage, but not against teams like the Grizzlies, who are in tank mode. Even with the struggles that the Lakers have had sometimes this season, it's a game that they should to win without much trouble.