This season's All-Star game has been wonderful on and off the court, and The son of Cleveland, James, has returned to the home game, whether it is the James posters that can be seen everywhere in the city, or the most applause received in the entrance ceremony and the game, at the Cavaliers home, James seems to have never left, he is still the superstar who came to the team as a champion and eventually led the Cavaliers to win the first championship in team history, and is the darling of Cavaliers fans.
In the Interview with the All-Star Game, James was even more amazing, he did not rule out the possibility of returning to the Cavaliers in his career, and even expressed his desire to be with his son in the final season of his career, such remarks instantly burst the Internet. And last night, The Athletic veteran reporter Jason Loyd, who was given an exclusive interview with James during the All-Star Game, wrote an article reviewing the interview, although James did not explicitly say that he would leave the Lakers during the interview, but his dissatisfaction with the Lakers this season has jumped on the paper.
James, who is 37 years old this season, is still the best star in the NBA league, averaging 29.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.6 steals and 1 block in 36.8 minutes per game, shooting 52.2% from the field, shooting 35.3% from three-point range, and shooting 74.8% from the free throws, while in the All-Star Game, James hit the final killer, once again proving that he is the first person in the league. Such a brilliant James still has a chance to win the championship again in the final year of his career, which can also make his historical position further.
Unfortunately, this season's Lakers performance is not satisfactory, Davis after winning the championship fell significantly, and seems to return to the glass physique, overdraft of future trades to get Westbrook to become this season's basketball comedian, not only did not play the role of the third big, but repeatedly pit the team at key moments. When the Lakers' record was not good, the Lakers management failed to complete any reinforcement transaction before the trade deadline, and even found nothing in the buyout market, watching the favorite players join other teams, the championship is getting farther and farther away from the Lakers, James finally took the opportunity of the All-Star to put pressure on the Lakers, which will definitely lead to a shock to the Lakers management.
James's contract will expire at the end of next season, and he has the right to renew his contract early at the end of this season, once James does not renew, then the Lakers will become very passive, because in order to get James and configure him with a championship-winning lineup, the Lakers have overdrawn the future, if James leaves freely, the Lakers will quickly become a weak team in the league, with the glass man Davis who has begun to maintain basketball and the basketball comedian Westbrook, the Lakers will only go farther and farther in the future despair.
It can be said that if the Lakers' record this year does not improve, then the Cavaliers' opportunity really comes, they have now built an excellent lineup with Garland, Allen and Mobley as the core, in the final year of James' contract, the Cavaliers can get him with very cheap chips, such as Sexton, who has been excluded from the future core, the son of Cleveland, and won the championship again in the final moments of his career, there is no better fairy tale.