LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

He did with AD. He let AD take over the offense.

 

my first question was what is he talking about? in context, you assume it's a continuation of his veiled gripes about falling from the top dog status.

maybe it's what svtzr said, and a general comment to "the haterz", but...who are they? who would be hurt by his disappearance? the general nba fan? they've already witnessed his best basketball, and his retirement will be welcomed by most of them. so the logical assumption is he's talking about lakers fans, and it's some sort of threat.

i know it's definitely not about this:

lol, the amount of required twisting...

this is what i mean.

not sure what that changes; see carolina's comment above. why not quote jay z about continuing to rise or staying on top or quieting the naysayers or whatever? i'm sure he's got some. instead, the specific phrasing implying that "you'll miss me when i'm gone".

he's trolling, alright, but he's trolling lakers fans, not others, imo.

 

Meh..Now you claim to know who he was trolling? And You have become the voice of most fans? It just has to fit your preferred narrative, FOH Skip Bayless Jr!

I know damn well, Lakers fan would have a problem with the Hyena, posting the exact same thing in OUR gymn!! But since it's LeBron, Nah..it's not logical that he's trolling the Clippers, it's Lakers fans?IDK...he might just be talking about YOU. That's the thing about trolling, see.. you don't have to specify a target. They immediately identify themselves by their response! A hurt dog will holler!

 

Luka has been class the entire time towards Lebron. Good for him.

 

if kawhi posted a quote saying his detractors will miss him when he's gone while posing in our practice facility, i'd take it as a threat to join us when his contract was up, tbh.

 

You probably would too. Your Hyena hate isn't as strong, as it is for James. Lebron has become your Bane for some reason. Eh..It would seem that Luka disagrees with your assumptions BTW.

 

As would all of us if we’re being totally honest. Imagine if Giannis or Jokic made a similar post? We’d be losing our minds.

 

AD was never the face of the franchise though

 

what assumptions? luka wanting lebron to retire here doesn't mean lebron wants to.

luka didn't force the FO to sign his bff this summer even though the fans would have been thrilled if we did.

luka doesn't have a history of b****ing about his front office, either.

the only weird interpretation of lebron's statement in this thread is your byzantine "it's to own the clippers" take.

 

Lol.

The song from Jay-z is What More Can I Say and I love that track. I don't really think he's trolling anyone as I definitely get the parallels between Jay-Z's rap career at the time of that song and where LeBron is approaching retirement.

I'll also add that my understanding is that Klutch is basically taking over an old Clippers practice facility to work out their clients and haven't switched the logos and stuff yet. Time will tell if that's true or not but I've seen a few plugged in guys post that so I think its likely legit.

It's also not uncommon for players to work out in other teams gyms period.

He's wearing Laker gear in half the photos he posted if that makes anyone feel better. lol.

Overall, another nothing sandwich for me during a slow news period.

See you in the preseason LeBron.

 

apparently klutch uses the clips former facility (the gym lebron is working out in) so its not like he went out of his way to workout there

 

Understood. But you don’t think a billionaire like Lebron wouldn’t have enough juice to get whoever currently owns it to put a new coat of paint on the walls to cover up the logo, while “negotiations” to buy the facility for Klutch are ongoing? Lebron is a smart man that knows marketing, and knew exactly what he was doing having that stank logo in the background behind him.

 

they don't own the facility and aren't in the process of buying it as far as i know. it's still owned by donald sterling last i checked and even after ballmer bought the clips, they were still paying sterling to use it

i really don't see any other reason why lebron would post that photo aside from just an attempt at trolling. do you think he's trying to tell the lakers that he wants to sign with the clips or something?

 

There are strong parallels, it’s from the Black album right? Right around the time Jay Z was arguably one of the top 5 biggest stars in Hip Hop with the most number 1 albums but was fading due to not being able to connect with the youth because of his age. Lots of people wanted him to ride off into the sunset and that song was a kind of “F you, I’m still the best.”

I can see Lebron having lots of those feelings, this is all he really knows and he probably feels like it’s him against the world - his wife wants him to retire, lakers aren’t giving him a new contract, fans are actively talking about what comes after, media is building up new faces of the league.

Like Elgin said, much ado about nothing.

 

Yeah. It’s from the black album and I completely agree with your breakdown here.

 

No of course not. He wouldn’t tarnish his legacy playing for that Temu Lakers franchise. But, I do think it was his way of trolling us Laker fans and the front office for thinking we take him for granted. Lakers nation has always embraced stars who were all in and not lukewarm. You’re not gonna scare the average Lakers fan with veiled threats that you’re leaving. This ain’t Cleveland. Be all in. Things didn’t exactly go your way this time (Lebron). Get over it, stop pouting and help us get #18. That’s how you become immortal in the greatest franchise in basketball.

 

That's what it's all about

#18 and more

Go Lakers!

 

I think it's naive to think it just happened. Bron is a multimillion company, everything affects his stock and I'm pretty sure he has a team consulting his media content.
He also put a bunch of photos and it just happened the first is exactly that one. He knew exactly what he was doing.

I don't think he's signaling he's going to the Clippers. I think he just wanted to show he's bigger than anything else and can do what he wants. And get some media attention for a couple days.

 

Dude has always been very intentional with his media postings.
Even there being a question that it could be trolling us Laker fans is just annoying. The guy wonders why he will never be loved by most Laker fans like we did others- it’s the constant “Look at me, Look at me!!! Talk about me!!!” Garbage that he puts out way too often.
Sorry you big, entitled baby, this summer is all about Luka and the TEAM improving with its new additions.
It’s hilariously ignorant that he feels like he’s bigger than the Laker Franchise.