Lakers guard Austin Reaves has been fairly open about the truth that he wasn’t at all times LeBron James’ greatest fan and he revealed precisely when he stopped hating the Lakers nice.
Final yr, social media posts of Reaves hating on LeBron from 2012 got here to mild, however now that he’s teammates with LeBron, he appears to have come full circle.
“I’ve requested LeBron quite a lot of questions,” Reaves stated on BustaJack Golf. “Greater than he most likely desires me to, to be sincere. However once you’re enjoying with the best of all time, how do you not attempt to decide his mind? I’ve requested him what he thought his best yr was, not when it comes to championships however when it comes to peak athleticism, talent, and information. For me, I feel his greatest yr was the yr they misplaced to KD (Kevin Durant) and Steph (Stephen Curry) within the Finals. That was the yr I lastly stopped hating him.”
In the identical episode, Reaves went on to defend LeBron’s most up-to-date title win from the 2020 bubble.
“It’s not a Mickey Mouse ring,” Reaves stated. “… Everyone had an equal enjoying subject, I feel it’s the identical as each different yr. I simply suppose if Bron doesn’t win it, then no one says something. Everyone hates Bron. Truly, everyone loves LeBron, however he will get a lot hate.”
One other NBA participant, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope defended the Lakers’ title run not way back.
In July, he informed Draymond Inexperienced on The Draymond Inexperienced Present that, “It’s one of many hardest championships to win. You’re enjoying a season, then the season’s shut down. You don’t know should you’re even going to come back again and play basketball.”
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