Towards the end of October, when Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was right in the thick of his season-opening struggles, he sat down with Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Jesse Mermuys for a conversation.
The two talked about Caldwell-Pope’s role and how the coaches saw his game, while giving Caldwell-Pope the chance to talk to a coach about what he was seeing out on the floor. The chat helped Caldwell-Pope understand exactly what the Lakers wanted from him, and since then, he’s gone out and given it to them.
”My season didn’t start out how I wanted,” Caldwell-Pope told Silver Screen and Roll in a phone conversation Monday.