LeBron James Was Prepared To Abandon The NBA Season
LeBron James revealed in a conversation with Barack Obama that the Lakers were prepared to abandon the resumed NBA season.
The Milwaukee Bucks boycotted one of their playoff games in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake. As a result, players including LeBron James pushed to abandon the remainder of the postseason.
It is due to a phone call with former President Barack Obama that the playoffs in the ‘bubble’ continued.
“There was a time where we were ready to leave too — the Lakers. Myself included, we were ready to leave,” LeBon James said.Â
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“And we were trying to figure out if we leave or if we stay, what is our plan, what is our call for action? And I’m lucky enough to have a friend, the 44th President, that allowed me and allowed CP and allowed us to get on the phone with him and get guidance.
“When there’s things going on — when it’s chaos — when people don’t know which move to make or how to handle a situation, the best thing you can do is have someone that you can talk to and give you guidance and have that type of leadership. And I’m lucky enough to have a friend that gave us those words of leadership and those words of saying, ‘OK, this can be a plan of action; this can be something you guys can ask for. And if we can get that, then we can continue to push the needle and you guys can also continue the season, as well.'”
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“As I told them though, it’s not going to be solved overnight. This is something that we got to stay on. We got to keep on moving,” Obama said.Â
“So the fact that LeBron then has also been working with More Than a Vote, working with my outstanding partner and the most popular Obama, Michelle Obama, in getting people registered, getting them educated, understanding the connection between voting and reform so that you combine protest and going to the polls, I think that’s the best outcome possible.”
