LeBron James looks like he’s starting to settle into a groove in his new digs. While the Los Angeles Lakers got off to a 2-5 start to the season, the squad now sits at 12-9, winners of seven of their last 10 and firmly in the playoff hunt in the Western Conference as November comes to a close.
There have certainly been some growing pains as the Lakers and James have gotten used to one another, but on the whole, the early returns have been promising. But in the event the team really struggled, or in the event there is an especially brutal stretch on the horizon, James is at peace in his new digs.
For proof, we go to a discussion that occurred on More Than An Athlete, James’ program on ESPN+ that features himself, Maverick Carter, Randy Mims, and Rich Paul (The notorious “Four Horsemen” of Northeast Ohio).
James’ decision to leave Cleveland for Miami and the doubts that existed during his first year in South Beach came up, which led to Paul seeing the similarities between that and James joining the Lakers.
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“I said let’s go through this exercise,” Paul said. “If you stay and y’all lose 10 games in a row, you got’ be like, ‘Damn, maybe I should’ve went to Philly or L.A.’ If you go to Philly and y’all lose 10 games in a row, you’d be like ‘Damn, maybe I should’ve stayed or went to L.A.’ But if you go to L.A. and you lose 10 games in a row, it’s like, ‘Well, sh*t, we gotta figure this thing out.’ It’s as simple as that. That’s how you know it’s the right decision.”
It’s an interesting insight into why James is where he is now. While we don’t know if this pushed James over the top in his decision to go to Los Angeles, at the very least, it looks like it played a major role in his current situation.
