Tim MacMahon: “But here’s LeBron’s quote. ‘You want me to compare us to them? That’s a championship team right there. We’re not. We can’t sustain energy and effort for 48 minutes, and they can. That’s why they won a championship.’
A couple things: I wasn’t in the Lakers locker room—I went to the Thunder side—but I was told LeBron was in a mood, kind of grumpy. Consider that as the context. What he said is a simple fact: the Lakers got bounced in the first round last year and probably are getting bounced in the first round this year. They’re not close to a championship team. Sweet—10 games of improved defense—but they’re a bad defensive team.”
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