The Los Angeles Lakers are about to face a key offseason, as the team needs to do everything in their power to overcome this crisis and the fact that they completely wasted one of LeBron James’ prime years.
Obviously, the team’s young core isn’t in the same page with the King and they’re in no position to contend right away either, so they might as well try and get some actual help in this upcoming free agency.
That’s why they’re supposed to pursue top-tier players of the likes of Kevin Durant. However, him signing with the Lakers seems quite unlikely as of today, and today, we’ll give you the 3 main reasons why.
3. He Wants His Own Legacy
Kevin Durant is a Hall of Famer. There’s no doubting that. Even so, and even despite his greatness, he’s always going to be questioned for his decision to ‘piggyback-ride’ his way to the Finals by joining Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry.
Durant has done enough merits to let everybody know he was a major part of their recent success, but still, he needs to do a little more to have his own legacy and that means staying away from the Lakers.
2. He Will Be Hated If He Joins LeBron James
Durant and James are the two best players in the world and if he drew that much hate for joining the Warriors, what can you possibly expect if he decides to bail out on them and now join the King in Los Angeles?
Moreover, that team’s locker room is already wrecked as it is, and Durant and LeBron aren’t the most easy-going kind of guys, to say the least. He needs to avoid the Lakers’ drama and toxic environment.
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1. He Wants His Own Team
To finally gain back respect, he needs to take a normal team and make it great on his own, and we all know the Lakers are no ordinary team, especially with LeBron James also on board as their star.
That’s why he’s bound to sign with either the Los Angeles Clippers or New York Knicks because he knows he’s got what it takes to lead them to a Championship and become hoops legend for good.
