Lakers seek toughness ahead of game with depleted Mavericks

HOUSTON — JJ Redick has made it clear: he doesn’t just want the Lakers to be a good team; he wants them to be a great team.

And not only does he want them to be great, but he believes they can be.

But what does it look like for Redick to hold his team to a standard of looking to become great rather than simply trying to be good?

In Friday’s home win against the Atlanta Hawks, it was criticizing his team’s lack of game-plan discipline.

“Why that stuff matters, the reason...