After skipping the press after the defeat against the Heat, LeBron James agreed to respond to journalists in the Lakers locker room. Obviously in a bad mood after the Lakers' 4th defeat in a row, the best scorer in NBA history is not looking for any excuse for this current bad patch.
“We just suck right now” he blurted out, in an almost perfect imitation of Anthony Edwards. He even confided to Austin Reaves that Bronny could 'easily' play with the Lakers right now…
More seriously, LeBron would like everyone to forget this NBA tournament, just won by the Lakers. “But it was only two games. This is a small sample » he insists. “Everyone gets excited about Las Vegas, and you keep talking about Vegas. It was just two matches. We did what we had to do… but it was really only two games.”
Three wins in 13 matches
Since this victory in the first “In-Season Tournament”, the Lakers have played 13 matches, and they have lost ten! Of their three victories over this period, two were obtained against the Hornets and the Spurs… Against the Grizzlies, the excitement is costly. The absence of a playmaker too. “We had some good positions, but we were losing balls. I lost two important ones, I missed four shots, but we had our chances…” underlines LeBron in this duel of poorly classified.
For the moment, the Lakers winger assures that he does not really have an explanation for the current bad situation. “ We had a game plan, we executed it, and I even found that we executed it as best as possible.” he replies. A game plan applied by the players but which does not work. Enough to put more press on the broad shoulders of Darvin Ham. This Saturday morning, the Lakers are 11th in the Western Conference with a negative record (17v-19d). Virtually, they are not even in a position to compete for the play-in…
