Rui Hachimura: In the NBA, we already live in our own bubble, right? The NBA is its own world—300 players, small group. But the Lakers? They have their own bubble inside that. We move differently.

Roki Sasaki is already mingling with the other stars in Los Angeles. Just days after the Dodgers signed the Japanese phenom, Sasaki was sitting courtside for the Lakers game Tuesday night at ...