When a superstar with the kind of stature LeBron James possesses decides on his next destination, he does his homework. One can only imagine the types of names stored in his phone, and before he made the call to come play for the Los Angeles Lakers, he reached out to see what kind of coach he might be playing for.
Richard Jefferson, a close friend of both James and Luke Walton, told Howard Beck on “The Full 48” podcast that James asked him about his former teammate at Arizona:
“I talked to ‘Bron about Luke before ‘Bron made his decision and he was like ‘Yo, tell me about Luke,’ and I’m like ‘Dude, find someone to say something bad about him.