The Los Angeles Lakers dropped to 0-3 with their 143-142 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs. 

"It's not tough," James said after the loss. "I know what I got myself into. It's a process. I get it. And it will be fine.

"So, I didn't come here thinking we were going to be blazing storms right out of the gate. It's a process, and I understand that."

The Lakers have been competitive in all three games, which came up against teams that reached the playoffs last season in the Western Conference.

The Lakers next play the Suns.

"We're going to continue to get better," James said. "We're going to continue to get better. I like the direction we're going in. Obviously, it's not resulting in the wins right now, but it's such a long process."

Steve Kerr talked about how the Warriors' first title in 2015 was a feeling of job while the one in 2018 felt more like a relief.

Kerr is attempting to use greed as a motivating factor for his superstars.

“I think when you’re talking superstars, when you’re talking about Michael Jordan, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, the motivation internally sometimes becomes just getting greedy with your titles and with your place in the history of the league. I don’t use that as a carrot as a coach, but I think a lot of superstar players probably have that on their minds. They can’t ever take it away from you, you’re a champion. But at that point, guys like Steph and KD just get greedy. ‘Let’s get Magic. Let’s get MJ. Let’s go.’”

“You can’t lose the love,” Curry said. When asked how one preserves the meaning of winning, he says, “Draymond was in practice the other day talking about it. There’s a very fine line between just showing up and actually getting stops and playing with love. I mean, you might not win, but you can’t lose that edge. That’s not good for anybody.”

LeBron James had 26 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and six turnovers in his first regular season game with the Los Angeles Lakers, which they lost at the Portland Trail Blazers.

“I liked our fight to get back into the game when we were down double digits, I liked the way we competed at times, I liked the way we shared the ball as well,” James said. “Those were all positive. … There’s some things that we could do better. We can rebound a lot better, we had some turnovers, which I expected. Us just trying to get a feel for one another.”

“Glad he’s on our team,” Luke Walton said. “He’s pretty good at the game of basketball.”

Carmelo Anthony acknowledged coming off the bench for the first time in his career will be a significant transition for him.

"It's challenging mentally more so than anything, having to prepare for the game differently," Anthony said. "Other than that, it's a challenge all the way around. It's just a matter of how I'm going to react to that challenge and accepting that challenge, which I am, which I will do.

"For me, at this point, it's more about what I have to do for the sake of the team, instead of trying to just go out there and do whatever or trying to have a specific role. Every night will be different; but for the most part, it is a challenge, but it's something that I'll get used to quick."

Anthony informed the Rockets that he was open to whatever role the coaching staff determined was best before he signed with the team.