Although the Lakers wing says he is still searching for the best spots in Los Angeles to cast a line, he and former Lakers center Jaxson Hayes would chat – not nearly to the point of ad nauseum – about their love of fishing, sharing the sport from their respective Appalachian-area upbringings. For Thiero, the lakes and ponds – or Leetsdale, Pa., along the Ohio River where he grew up – are an outlet for expression outside of basketball, he told the Southern California News Group.