Beijing time on February 20, this season's NBA All-Star Weekend is in Cleveland, as this year's All-Star ticket king, but also Cleveland's hero, Lakers star LeBron James's every move in this All-Star Weekend has attracted much attention, and in the face of the interview, James seems to be because of the reason of returning to his hometown, and finally said something that has been held in his heart for a long time.
When asked if it was possible to return to the Cavaliers in the future, James did not directly deny it, but frankly said: "The door to that matter is not closed. I'm not saying I'm going to come back and play, I don't know. I don't know what my future holds. I don't even know when I'm free. ”
James's words surprised many people, to know that in 2020, James expressed hope that the Lakers are the last stop of his career, and he is also willing to end his career in Los Angeles. But now only in the past 2 years, James has officially changed his mouth, although he did not explicitly say that he would leave the Lakers, but in the eyes of many people, the possibility of James leaving the Lakers is constantly increasing.
There are two main reasons for James's change of mentality, one is that he still has not given up the possibility of competing with his son Brownie, James was interviewed by Steveland veteran sports journalist Jason Lloyd after today's All-Star training. Looking ahead to the final season of his career, James said: "In the final season of my career, I'll play with Brownie. Wherever brownies play, that's where I'll go. I would be willing to do anything just to play with my son for a season. Then it's not about money. ”
With the talent that Brownie shows now, it is still difficult for him to successfully enter the NBA, and the biggest possibility is that some teams choose Brownie on James's face, and then use Brownie to attract James to join, which is an operation to attract traffic by playing tickets, not because Brownie can really become a star. This makes the Lakers not necessarily choose brownies in the future, and it also increases the probability of James leaving.
Of course, the biggest factor leading to James's change of attitude is the incompetence of the Lakers' management, ESPN Lakers reporter Dave McMenamin today again wrote an article reporting on the disconnect between the Lakers' management and the stars in the team. Previously, Robert Pelinka, vice president of operations for Lakers basketball, said that the team's staying on the trade deadline was the result of his negotiations with LeBron James and Anthony Davis, but a source with knowledge of the situation told ESPN that James and Davis did not agree in advance to accept a quiet trade deadline.
To put it bluntly, the Lakers management, especially Pelinka, is lying, he said before the trade deadline that he has been communicating with James and Davis, promising to make a trade reinforcement, but in the end he deceived James and Thick Brow, not only did not have any operation, but also did not communicate with the two, which led to the Lakers this season's situation is very bad, James is also outspoken about it.
Speaking about the challenges he faced this season, James said: "It's the strangest season I've experienced so far. It's a challenging season, sometimes physically and emotionally exhausting. "The team is constantly injured, the lineup is not reasonable, the record is bad, all factors may prompt James to choose to leave in the future.
For James, he has brought a precious championship to the Lakers, which is worthy of the Lakers, and Lakers boss Jenny Bass has also said that he hopes that James will eventually grow old to the Lakers and will set up a statue for him in the future. But if James finally chooses to leave the Lakers and return to the Cavaliers, whether he can still get the Lakers' promise to have a statue of his own Lakers may depend on Jenny Bass's attitude.