LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are going on three full weeks since the NBA trade deadline passed. The team’s inconsistency — as evidenced by them one night beating the Houston Rockets and only couple days later getting blown out by the New Orleans Pelicans — could point to the lasting effects of such a public negotiation process for Anthony Davis.
In a column that looked at how the blame pie gets sliced up as the team tries to get back on track, Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report argued that James deserves a hearty helping — with a little help from an executive who didn’t mince words:
“He killed the [Lakers’] chemistry,” one NBA executive said.