SFGATE Warriors columnist Alex Siquig theorizes about LeBron James' recent peculiar oversight.
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James disputes a call with referee Derek Richardson during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021.As you may have seen, LeBron James recently provoked the ire of Golden State Warriors fans, along with pedants, scolds and objective reality fact-checkers. His crime? The following sentences, delivered after yet another frustrating Lakers loss: “Nobody’s going to feel sorry for our record.
This is LeBron James we’re talking about, people! He knows exactly how many Warriors have been forced into quarantine due to the league’s health and safety protocols, what each of their greatest fears are and their career field-goal percentages. LeBron is a basketball genius and no slouch when it comes to branding, narrative and spin. For the most part, he’s been a competent, mega-successful, well-liked floor general of living his best life in the limelight.
Thankfully, Wiggins and Poole have since been cleared to return, but Draymond Green, as befits such a team player and glue-guy, will be taking their place in isolation. Thus, the only way to charitably read LeBron’s comment is that he considers Steph Curry the only player on the Warriors to actually count, and by this metric, yes, OK, he’s right. Curry’s been more or less durable, so until he’s not, the Warriors must be considered “healthy.
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