As a Boston Celtics fan, it is both funny and slightly infuriating to see how LeBron James’ teams cunningly send away players that he doesn’t like playing beside. Kyrie Irving became collateral in 2017, when the C’s were able to get the point guard of the (immediate) future.
When James took his talents to Los Angeles, many figured it was only a matter of time until he became sick of playing alongside the team’s young core of Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and Kyle Kuzma.
Hence the lack of surprise when all but Kuzma were shipped off to New Orleans to acquire Anthony Davis.