Ever since the Lakers started signing veteran role players to surround LeBron James and fill out their roster, people have wondered about the chemistry of the group and how the personalities would mesh.
“If everybody does their job right and stops judging some players — me, mainly — you’ll figure out that guys like me and Nick Young and JR Smith and Lance Stephenson and guys like that actually know how to play basketball, actually know how to win basketball games and actually know how to get along with others. It’s nothing to do with my maturity; it’s the total opposite,” Beasley said Monday during a conference call with reporters.