LeBron James has by no means been cool with taking part in for a dropping staff, and now that he’s 39 years previous, he has much less persistence than ever.
James expressed his frustration on quite a few events not too long ago, together with when he posted a passive-aggressive tweet that includes an emoji that represented time operating out.
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— LeBron James (@KingJames) January 31, 2024
He additionally wore a Knicks towel after the Lakers’ current win at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Now, NBA insider Brian Windhorst has elaborated on James’ rising frustration with the Lakers, saying “we’re about an ‘8’ on the ‘LeBron Passive Aggressive Commerce Deadline’ time scale.”
“The Lakers up to now, from what I’m instructed by sources, haven’t reacted to LeBron’s maneuvers, together with sporting the Knicks towel final night time, they usually have type of held agency of their talks,” he mentioned on Sunday’s version of SportsCenter.
“The problem with the Lakers is that they have solely a few draft belongings left, they usually simply wish to maintain onto them.”
Regardless of their restricted belongings, the Lakers have tried to make strikes within the leadup to the commerce deadline.
The staff’s most high-profile try to shake up their roster was reportedly a proposal to commerce D’Angelo Russell to Atlanta in alternate for Dejounte Murray, in keeping with a number of stories.
The Hawks are mentioned to favor Austin Reaves over Russell however the Lakers are keen to half with him, so nothing has developed simply but.
Nonetheless, many of the commerce motion tends to go down very near the deadline, which is about for Thursday February 8 at 3pm ET.
The Lakers nonetheless have time to make some form of transfer, however whether or not it will likely be sufficient to appease LeBron will likely be one other story.
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