In the first game after the All-Star Game, the Lakers lost to the Clippers in the Los Angeles derby and continued to be 9th in the West, and participation in the playoffs seemed inevitable. James was also average in this game, not only was the whole game inefficient and had as many as 6 turnovers, but the act of throwing the pot at the last moment of the game once again caused heated discussion. And if a loss of a game, or even a season of failure, can be accepted by the Lakers, then James's rumors of leaving the team during the All-Star Game will really be a devastating blow to the Lakers.
Combined with the recent reports of a number of American journalists, we have been able to preliminarily judge James's intentions, forcing the Lakers and achieving their future goals, which is the root of all this. Throughout James' career, every major decision he made had a clear purpose. When he left the Cavaliers for the first time, as the son of Akron, James was under a lot of pressure, but his purpose was equally clear, the Heat promised him to form a big three with Wade and Bosh, and for James at that time, only the championship could further enhance his position in the NBA, it can be said that the Heat's championship won laid the foundation for James to become the first person in the league, and his choice was undoubtedly successful.
After the Heat won the championship, James chose to return to the Cavaliers and help the city he grew up to win the first championship trophy in history, which made James's status rise sharply, and he established an image of excellent ball skills, honor, championship trophies in hand and heavy love in front of all fans, thus determining the status of the league's top card. After gradually entering the end of the peak, James began to make plans for his life after retirement, choosing to come to Los Angeles, not only to further enhance his popularity, but also conducive to the establishment of James's business empire, and pressured the Lakers to trade Davis, so that James won the championship again in the Lakers, but also raised his historical status to the point of comparable to Jordan, James's choice was successful again.
And when James was about to retire, in the case of Davis's sharp decline in form, and Westbrook who had won a desperate trade this season failed to get a good result, James could not see the hope of winning the championship again, so he chose to make the last major choice of his career. Taking advantage of the opportunity to hold the All-Star Game in Cleveland, and with the Cavaliers fans still loving him, James returned to the Cavaliers to pressure the Lakers, just to achieve his three goals.
The first is to fight for the last big contract of their careers, in order to get James and build a championship lineup has been overdrawn in the future, the Lakers have been riding a tiger, not to the desperate situation, they can not choose to trade James, then they are bound to send James a contract extension, which means that James can still get more than 50 million salary at the age of 40.
Secondly, after getting the contract extension, James was able to stay in Los Angeles to continue to build his business empire, which actually carries James's future, and he can't leave easily. And if the first two goals can be achieved, the third goal is also logical, that is, the Lakers picked brownies in the draft, and James used the influence of the end of his career to pave the way for brownies to develop in the NBA.
James' agent Rich Paul interviewed Lakers owner Jenny Bass and general manager Pelinka this week, saying that James will not leave the Lakers proves this, all of James's remarks in the All-Star Game are to force the Lakers to achieve his real goals, and leaving the Lakers to join other teams is not within his consideration, Cavaliers fans are disappointed.