LeBron James is a man on a mission. And while he is on track to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the leading scorer in NBA history, it doesn’t mean anything if the Los Angeles Lakers are losing.
It’s not been a great season for the Lakers. They started off on a disastrous note going 0-5 in their first five games, before scintillating performances from Anthony Davis and James restored some parity to their run.
That said, they’re not out of the woods yet. Their recent four-win streak has them at 18-21 and placed 12th in the Western Conference. With the season approaching the halfway mark, James and the Lakers still have work to do, and while he’s having an MVP-caliber season, it has been a tough run for the side packed with an average roster and missing Davis.
And James knows it. He’s been vocal about the front office not making ample moves to add a couple of players who can add more teeth to the side’s play on both ends of the court — even if it means trading their picks. The veteran has been on a tear this season, averaging 28.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 6.2 assists, but there’s no doubt that he needs some help in achieving his objective.
LeBron James Is Not Happy With The Lakers’ Season, Says He Wants To Win At The Highest Level
The latest reminder of who he was came in an interview with ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.
The forward’s thoughts come on the back of the explosive press conference after the loss to the Miami Heat, where he put out a veiled threat to leave LA.
“I want to win. [The losing is] not sitting well with me,” James said. “I don’t like having accomplishments, and it don’t feel right, when it comes in a losing effort. … So as we sit here right now as a franchise and as a team that’s below .500 — we’ve been playing some good basketball as of late, but we want to and I want to win at the highest level. Breaking records or setting records or passing greats in a losing effort has never been a DNA of mine.”
He added breaking Abdul-Jabbar’s record won’t mean anything if the side wasn’t winning.
“Me being out on the floor, trying to get the scoring [title] in games that don’t matter, it felt so corny to me. So, I was like, I’m not even going [to play],” he said. “So that has never mattered to me unless it was about winning.”
At the time of writing, James is less than 500 points away from vaulting over Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time mark of 38,397 points. On the season front, the Lakers play the Sacramento Kings next.
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