After brutal season LeBron James affirms long-term goals with Lakers: ‘I want to help this franchise become a champion once again’
EL SEGUNDO — In 18 months, the Lakers have fallen from the top of the NBA to out of the playoffs.
In the wake of a 33-49 campaign, the worst record ever for an NBA team with him on it, James spoke with reporters for nearly an hour about the shortcomings, his injuries, the Lakers’ superteam experiment and his future. While James himself hit many impressive individual marks, it never translated to team success, and the team went just 6-18 after the All-Star break on its way to a nearly unthinkable elimination from the postseason.
“Ask me my opinion, I’m gonna give my opinion,” he said. “But at the end of the day, they’re gonna make the decision that they feel is best for the franchise. And it’s my job to make sure that I’m ready at the start of training camp, and ready to lead the franchise and lead the team that’s put on the floor whoever that may be. So that is my focus.”
James missed seven of the last eight games with a left ankle sprain, which he said should take another four-to-six weeks to recover after he received an MRI on Saturday instead of traveling to Denver. James said earlier this month that this season wasn’t his most challenging: He still believes his first season in Miami in 2011 falling short of a title was tougher. But he acknowledged the one-step-forward, three-steps-back nature of this season was draining in its own unique way. He struggled when the Lakers would follow up wins against a quality opponent with clunkers against bottom-feeders .
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