Not too way back LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers had been celebrating their in-season tournament title. Since then, nevertheless, issues have gone off the rails.
The Lakers took a 13-point lead over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday evening however couldn’t maintain on, faltering late en path to a 127-113 loss. It was their fourth straight defeat, their tenth loss within the final 13 video games and dropped their common season report to 17-19.
“I imply, we simply suck proper now,” James mentioned after the sport, via ESPN.
The Lakers are enjoying so poorly that James believes there are faculty athletes who might step in and see minutes proper now. Maybe extra particularly, James believes his son, Bronny James, might present up and hit the court docket on Day 1.
“He might play for us proper now. Straightforward,” James mentioned, via Claire De Lune. “Straightforward.”
That might be interpreted as reward of Bronny or a slight of the Lakers — or each.
Bronny, a freshman at USC, suffered a cardiac arrest over the summer season that threatened to derail his athletic profession. Nonetheless, he’s made a miraculous restoration and debuted for the Trojans in December.
In six appearances up to now this season, Bronny has shot 50 p.c from the sphere, averaging 7.5 factors, 2.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per sport.
These aren’t precisely dominant numbers, so if LeBron thinks Bronny might play for the Lakers proper now, it isn’t precisely a ringing endorsement.
