The NBA’s all-time leading scorer alluded to retirement after the Lakers’ playoff exit this week. Only he can decide if continuing is worth it
. The Lakers were better than the result suggests: James and his teammates put up a valiant effort against the championship-favorite Nuggets, losing the four down-to-the-wire games by a combined total of just 24 points. The Nuggets’ nearly flawless roster and boundless energy proved too much for an exhausted Lakers team that had been battling hard for months just to qualify for the playoffs.
His boiling frustration was understandable. The 38-year-old James left it all on the floor in Game 4 against the Nuggets. He played all 48 minutes of a game that the Lakers lost by just a single field goal after, at one stage, leading by 15 points. He had put up 40 points, nine assists and 10 rebounds – the team’s next highest scorer was Anthony Davis with 21.
But there’s reason to ponder if there was a deeper motivation behind James’s comments. He may have been applying pressure on the Lakers front office who, while deserving of the praise for their work at the trade deadline, did James and the injury-plagued Davis a disservice by not moving Westbrook sooner. Instead they waited until the two stars had already carried a heavy load to keep the team afloat .
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