“Yeah, since my rookie year,” he said pleasantly Monday night at Staples Center about 15 minutes after the Lakers’ 143-142 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs.
But James has spent the last three months asking for patience — from fans, from reporters and from himself. And while he slogs through these difficult early days of his Lakers career, he reminds himself of that.
“I know what I got myself into,” James said. “It’s a process. I get it. We’ll be fine. I didn’t come here thinking we were going to be blazing storms right out the gate.