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Christian Wood of the Lakers talks about the sweet promise he recently kept to his mother.

Recently, Los Angeles Lakers big man Christian Wood was able to fulfill a dream for both he and his mother.

Earlier this week, the Lakers role player revealed that at age 18, he promised his mom that he would buy her dream house for her before he turned 30.

Video of Wood talking about making his mom’s dream a reality appeared on Uninterrupted’s Instagram page:

This season with the Lakers has been an adjustment for Wood. In the past, he has provided significant offense to the teams he’s played for. Last season, the big man out of UNLV averaged 16.6 points per game for the Dallas Mavericks.

However, heading into the season, the Lakers asked the 28-year-old to take on a smaller role and focus on doing the “little things” to impact the game. Wood opened up on his adjustment back in November:

“I’m not playing a role I played the last four or five years, which was being a high-usage guy, taking a lot of shots,” Wood said. “Playing this role-player role, where I’m trying…if the team needs help with rebounds, I have to try and help rebound. And whatever they need to do, I’m there to do.”

The Lakers have lost four straight games and currently sit at 17-19 in the 2023-24 season. That puts them in 11th place in the NBA Western Conference standings. Wood and the rest of the Lakers will need to figure things out if they want to reach the postseason.

Lamar Odom thinks the Los Angeles Lakers should reach back into the past and change their offense to get out of their current slump and turn their season around.

The two-time NBA champion under head coach Phil Jackson advocated for the Lakers to use the famed triangle offense to right the ship for the rest of the season.

The Lakers have fallen to a 17-19 record and into 11th place in the Western Conference, winning just two of their past 11 games. They will take a four-game losing streak into their matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.

That game reportedly is “crucial” for head coach Darvin Ham, whose future may be in doubt as the losses pile up. But perhaps before changing the head coach, the Lakers will heed Odom’s advice and instead change their offensive philosophy first.

Jackson and assistant coach Tex Winter implemented the triangle offense with the Lakers near the turn of the century and it helped them win five NBA championships.

The Lakers no doubt need something to keep this season from falling apart. Since winning the first NBA Cup as champions of the inaugural In-Season Tournament on Dec. 9, the feeling around the team has changed considerably.

Though a high-ranking Lakers source is reportedly pushing back on the idea that Ham will be fired, the coach is receiving some harsh criticism, including from ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins.

Reports of a disconnect between the head coach and the locker room continue to persist, with rookie Maxwell Lewis using social media to seemingly agree with that notion. Another observer, ESPN pundit Stephen A. Smith, is blaming the role players who have “betrayed” stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

James for his part is doing everything he can to pull the Lakers out of the slump, but his best efforts have not worked recently. Despite the 39-year-old playing more than 38 minutes and scoring 32 points, they lost to the Memphis Grizzlies 127-113 on Friday.

There is still plenty of time — and an opportunity such as the NBA trade deadline next month — for the Lakers to turn things around. But the sooner they find a way to do so, the better it will be for all involved.