LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are flat out struggling to live up to the high expectations set by fans before the start of the season. The Purple and Gold are currently 9th in the Western Conference & are on a 3-game losing streak.
Things arguably got past boiling point for fans when the Lakers were handed a blowout defeat at the hands of the New Orleans Pelicans. The Pelicans are even below the Lakers on the table yet they comfortably defeated Purple and Gold.
Moreover, during the game, the Lakers fans even started booing LeBron James, which is something truly unexpected. James was still quite respectable when he responded to those boos later.
But that wasn’t the case with the Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green. Green recently started his own podcast and fans are enjoying it to the full extent. During an episode of the same, Draymond reacted to how Lakers fans treated James, and quite frankly he destroyed those fans.
“I thought that was pathetic. I thought it was extremely pathetic, and like I said, I thought it was very distasteful from a fanbase of an organization that has the most championships in the NBA.”
He continued, “Lets not be like spoiled brats. It’s okay to be spoiled, like ya, you can 100% be spoiled, we all get spoiled by things at times at one point in our life or another, but let’s not be brats. That was about as bratty as something I’ve seen. Considering that this team just won a championship not even a full two years ago. And now you’re booing? I thought it was utterly ridiculous.”
(starts at 8:30)
As Green explained, it was a surprising reaction from the Lakers fans. LeBron James alongside Anthony Davis carried the Lakers to an NBA Championship in the 2019-20 NBA season and it seems like fans have already forgotten that.
While the Lakers players can maybe try to look a bit lively and try to put more effort into the game, getting booed by their own fans will not be any good to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF6G7wMyikQ
