On February 23, Beijing time, Brian Windhorst, when attending the show, talked about his views on some naturalization of the future in an interview with Lakers star James during the All-Star period, and said: James does not really want to leave the Lakers, he only wants the Lakers to improve the lineup in this offseason and continue to rush to the championship.
Let's briefly review: the Lakers have a bad record this season, currently only ranked 9th in the West, and are struggling for playoff spots, while the Lakers' management has not done anything before the trade deadline, which has somewhat caused James's dissatisfaction. During All-Star Weekend, James first praised Rams general manager Les Snyder, who won the NFL Super Bowl, for "grass he X draft pick" strategy, saying that this is the legendary manager, this is "the type I like", then he praised Thunder manager Presti, then praised Cavaliers general manager Altman, and finally he said that the door to returning to Cleveland was not closed, and that the final season of his career would definitely play with his son Brownie on a team. (Inside and outside the words seem to be spitting on the Lakers management's inaction)
Considering that James's contract has one year left, the outside world has speculated that James's conflict with the Lakers' management will eventually lead to James's departure, and even the famous Mark Marc Stein said: If James can't lead the Lakers out of the current predicament, maybe James will be kicked out by the Lakers, just like the Lakers did to Jerry West.
But Brian Windhorst obviously has a different view, he said: "I think we need to understand a little bit, no matter what James says, and he said a lot with the 'retreat to advance' defense, but I think James is not really trying to leave the Lakers, he wants the Lakers to be able to operate actively this summer, improve the lineup, because James is disappointed and surprised by the Lakers' calm before the trade deadline." ”
In addition, Brian also mentioned: "James definitely wants to play with his son, but now that Brownie is 17 years old, I don't even know if he can enter the NBA at the age of 19, but it will take 2 years at the earliest, so I don't think we can confuse James's dissatisfaction with the Lakers' existing lineup with his desire to play with Brownie." ”
So the question is, do you think James will leave the Lakers? Who do you think the Lakers should be responsible for their current poor record? But I want to emphasize that James is indeed older and his dominance on the field has declined, but in terms of his form, he will definitely still want to have a chance to compete for the title in the next 2-3 years, so I don't think he is wrong!