Welcome to our Lakers Season Preview Series! For the next several weeks, we’ll be writing columns every weekday, breaking down the biggest questions we have about every player the Lakers added this offseason. Today, we take a look at Christian Wood.
While portraying a hypervigilant father in Meet the Parents warning his soon-to-be son-in-law, Robert De Niro once said, “with the knowledge you have been given, you are now in the Burns family circle of trust.” Echoing that metaphor throughout the film and its first sequel, De Niro laid out his expectations for Ben Stiller’s character, and the consequences that would come if he failed to uphold his end of the bargain.