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00:00 I want to start by, personally and on behalf of the Lakers family,
00:07 offering condolences.
00:09 >> Microphone out of the way.
00:10 >> To- >> Down in front.
00:12 >> Shh.
00:13 Offering condolences to Vanessa Bryant and
00:15 the entire Bryant family on the loss of Kobe and Gianna.
00:19 We are all deeply, deeply saddened by this unthinkable tragedy.
00:23 And my thoughts and prayers are with you.
00:26 I also wanna offer condolences to the families of the other victims that were
00:30 lost in this tragedy.
00:32 My thoughts and prayers are with you as well.
00:34 And with that, I'll open up for questions.
00:36 >> Coach, how emotional has this been for you and your family at home and
00:40 your Laker family here?
00:41 >> Extremely emotional on both fronts.
00:46 It's been something that has touched my family, being the father of daughters.
00:54 It's been very emotional and something that brings us together.
00:59 And then as well as the Lakers family.
01:02 I'm around the people that were closest to Kobe throughout his time here.
01:12 And it's been just a deeply saddening time for all of us.
01:17 >> Frank, can you describe how you broke the news to the team on this plane and
01:23 what the sentiment of that moment was like?
01:26 >> For me, I just wanted to make sure everybody knew.
01:31 And some of them had heard, some had seen the reports, some had not.
01:37 So it was just a daunting task of just grabbing each guy one on one and
01:44 letting them know.
01:46 >> Obviously, the NBA canceled that game Tuesday.
01:49 How do you know when this team can be ready and you said it's pulled you together?
01:54 How do you guard against it breaking you apart?
01:56 >> I don't think you can break us apart in any way.
02:00 Yeah, I mean, it's just a feel thing.
02:05 You observe those around you, you observe your own feelings and emotions.
02:11 And you proceed at the right pace.
02:14 >> Yeah, Frank, has there been talk about playing this season for Kobe?
02:19 That sort of thing.
02:19 >> We wanna represent what Kobe was about more than anything.
02:28 We've always wanted to make him proud.
02:32 And that's not gonna be any different here.
02:35 >> Frank, what did you guys get done yesterday?