On April 7, Beijing time, for Lakers fans and players, this is the first day that the team officially missed the playoffs and playoffs. Although they have 3 games to go, because they are still 3 wins away from the tenth place in the West Spurs, and the opponent has a higher win rate against the West team than the Lakers, the Lakers lost the possibility of advancing to the playoffs early.
Perhaps, this is a tough time for James. Because shortly after the Lakers lost to the Suns, the US media listed James' achievements since joining the Lakers for 4 seasons: 2 missed the playoffs, 1 championship, and 1 first round.
The contract between James and the Lakers was signed in 2018 for a total price of 156 million for 4 years. The 2022-2023 season will be James' last season with a salary of $44.47 million. So far, there has been much speculation about whether James will part ways with the team at the end of the new season.
According to the statistics of Yossi Gozlan, a salary expert at Hoophype, from August 4 this year, James will have the right to renew his contract with the Lakers in advance, and he can get up to a 2-year, $97.1 million contract.
Recently, when James participated in a talk show "The Shop", the host naturally did not want to let go of this topic. He asked James from the side, who is the player he most wants to work with in this era?
James said without hesitation: "There are really some tough guys in today's game, Stephen Curry is definitely the guy I want to play with, I love everything about him, he's deadly. ”
"When he gets out of the car, you'd better guard him from the moment he stops, and you might want to guard him when he gets out of bed, I swear to God."
In addition to this, James also mentioned the Lone Ranger's European star, Luka Doncic. In his opinion, Doncic is a ruthless man, and on the pitch, he is also a very cold player.
However, Curry did not look particularly excited when he learned of James's statement. Still, Curry said with great humor: "Well, LeBron has fulfilled his wish, he chose me in the last two All-Star Games, I don't know if that's enough, but I'm cool right now." ”
Perhaps, that's why James was always controversial.
The Lakers have just been eliminated from the playoffs at this time, and it is the most difficult time for the team. At the beginning, James and Davis hit it off, and the two achieved a championship victory in the Lakers. At that time, Davis heard no less "sweet words" than Curry is now.
However, since you have chosen to play together, shouldn't you continue to get through the difficulties with your teammates and face strong opponents together? If at this time, he said that his favorite player to play with is his teammate Davis, presumably the Lakers in the new season will be more united. And he blurted out Curry's name, is he trying to leave the Lakers?