LeBron James Beginning to Doubt Lakers?

When you sign a player like LeBron James, you commit to a lot more than wages and a starting spot. You commit to the players’ success. Their brand, their motivation, their personality.

You commit to tailoring his experience so that he can extract the maximum from himself in order to deliver the highest honours for your team.

With that level of talent and drive, the player needs to be convinced that the team is right for him just as much as the team needs to be convinced that the player is right for them.

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Just over halfway through the regular season, LeBron James is wondering what he’s ended up with in Los Angeles.

His Lakers (29 – 30) are tenth in the Western Conference, and suffered another damaging defeat on Saturday.

Following their 128 – 115 defeat to the New Orleans Pelicans, LeBron James questioned whether they have what it takes.

“How many know what’s at stake if you’ve never been there?” James asked Saturday.

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“I’m playing devil’s advocate, you know? It’s kind of a fine line when you talk about that, because when you’ve never been there or know what it takes to actually shoot for something like that, sometimes you’re afraid to get uncomfortable.

“So you got to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. So I’m not saying that’s what we are as a whole. It kind of looks that way at times, that sometimes we’re afraid to be uncomfortable and kind of get out of our comfort zone and kind of, you know, have that sense of urgency from the jump, and not be afraid to actually go out and fail to succeed. So I mean, we have, what — 23 games left? We’ll see what happens.”