{"id":172402,"date":"2022-12-30T09:45:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T09:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lebron-james-hints-at-leaving-lakers-should-let-him\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T09:45:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T09:45:09","slug":"lebron-james-hints-at-leaving-lakers-should-let-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lebron-james-hints-at-leaving-lakers-should-let-him\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James hints at leaving. Lakers should let him"},"content":{"rendered":"
You just knew he was going to say it.<\/p>\n
And, sure enough, in a most demanding way at the most difficult of times, he said it.<\/p>\n
While lugging around a pile of disappointment for a second consecutive season, LeBron James is claiming his arms are tired.<\/p>\n
After realizing that the final fruitful years of his career could be spent mired in mediocrity, LeBron James is claiming his mind is wandering.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday night in a postgame news conference in Miami, two days before his birthday, James carefully lined up 38 candles, pointed them in the direction of Jeanie Buss and Rob Pelinka, and blew.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t want to finish my career playing at this level from a team aspect,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n
The Lakers had just lost for the 21st time in 35 games.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying basketball at this level just to be playing basketball is not in my DNA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Lakers are again spiraling toward the bottom of the standings and seem destined to miss the playoffs for the second consecutive year and third time in James’ five seasons with the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know what I can still bring to any ball club with the right pieces,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n
The Lakers have James under a guaranteed contract for at least two more seasons, and he’s not guaranteeing he’ll stay interested for that long.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m a winner and I want to win \u2026 so we’ll see what happens and see how fresh my mind stays over the next couple of years,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n
There are many times that comments from the infinitely passive-aggressive James are open for interpretation, but this is not one of them.<\/p>\n
This is aggressive-aggressive.<\/p>\n