After a loss to the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, LeBron James reflected on his career and expressed that he wants to spend however many years he has left playing, competing for championships.
LeBron James postgame made it clear that he's not willing to end his career playing meaningless basketball, that he again wants to compete for championships. As of today, the Lakers are seven games under .500.
— Dan Woike (@DanWoikeSports) December 29, 2022
“Playing basketball at this level just to be playing basketball is in my DNA. It’s not in my DNA anymore,” said James.
"I'm a winner and I want to win. And I want to win and give myself a chance to win and still compete for championships. That has always been my passion... Playing basketball at this level just to be playing basketball is not in my DNA. It's not in my DNA anymore."
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) December 29, 2022
- LeBron James pic.twitter.com/Oq01mbborx
James’ comments suggest he is tired of losing. The Lakers are going to have to seriously turn things around to make the playoffs and that’s a tall task with Anthony Davis injured. James had been to 8 straight finals at one point in his career, and it looks like he may miss out on the playoffs altogether for the second year in a row.
In 17 games since returning from injury, LeBron is putting up 30/8/6 on 52%fg.
— NBAStatGuy (@NBAStatGuy_) December 29, 2022
He has posted a +69 in those games while playing 36 minutes a night. The team has been -53 in the minutes he sat. pic.twitter.com/vG33sRmews
James has two more years on his deal with the Lakers with the second year being a player option. It remains both unknown and unlikely that James would ever request a trade, but the outlook for the Laker's future remains bleak.
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