08/15/2021 11:14
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Updated 08/15/2021 11:14 AM
For some time now, the
NBA
began to be characterized by teams with an accumulation of stars that would have to review how much background they have. Talent is spreading throughout the league and there are many franchises that are betting on gathering figures to go for the title. The
Los Angeles Lakers
had caught up in 2020 with
LeBron James
and
Anthony Davis
, but they couldn't in 2021. And they added
Russell Westbrook
. After their first training sessions together, the top star in the league passed judgment on his new teammate: "I don't think this will work."
"Being from Los Angeles, you always have the desire to play for the home team, '' Westbrook had stated." It's definitely something I've always had in mind.
Maybe one day?
But he would always come back and say, 'it's probably not going to happen.'
I just had to wait.
And now that we are here, I will take advantage of everything, '' he said.
LeBron and Davis are coming off a tough season with injuries and are looking to bounce back.
AP Photo / Mark J. Terrill
The Lakers believe they will be able to take full advantage of James and Westbrook, a combination that could be tricky.
Westbrook is one of the
most dominant
players
on the ball of his generation, while James is exceptionally offensive to start plays and eventually settled on a great base, among other skills.
"LeBron is one of the best players ever and his ability to do everything on the court will allow me just to
find out ,
'' Westbrook said." I get to a team that is to champion and my work will
make the game easier
and find The way to do it''.
Coach
Frank Vogel
echoed Westbrook's confidence.
The
coach
recently extended his contract on the confidence manager
Rob Pelinka
put in his ability to find a way to win with an extremely talented, but not so young, lineup.
Along with Davis, Los Angeles will have three of the top active scorers: James (first),
Carmelo Anthony
(second) and Westbrook (fifth).
"Anytime you have great players like these, it takes a certain sacrifice and we've all talked about it and we're on the same page," Vogel said. "These guys can do it all," he said.
Why, then, the words of LeBron, spilled on his Instagram account?
He did it
by way of irony
, of course.
In fact Russell answered the publication: "You know what we're up to, little brother."
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A post shared by LeBron James (@kingjames)
Because there are many who wonder
how
these two figures
will coexist and how they will avoid a collision
. Westbrook already had its drawbacks when he shared a team in the
Houston Rockets
with
James Harden
and to this day there are plenty of voices that assure that this relationship was never fruitful, that the bearded man did not love his partner and that this team was doomed to failure.
So, falling into the temptation of parallelism is something that is repeated in this case. However, James has shown that he knows like few
others
when to
tighten the knob
and when not to. He is used to playing with other stars and was actually among the first to inaugurate this "era" of star reunions when in 2010 he teamed up with
Dwyane Wade
and
Chris Bosh
on the
Miami Heat
.
The same did when Anthony Davis arrived, whom he himself recruited publicly and privately to the point of exhaustion, so if there are doubts about it, they may have to do with the operation of the team, unknown that, as in all cases, recently the start of the season will begin to resolve.
But James has full confidence in this new duo and the new trio.
So much, that it is allowed to be ironic.
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