A-Smith: Lakers trade for James to Westbrook to fire coaches but now it s Doncic s turn

Recently, famous A-Smith, a guest at Arenas' podcast "Gil 's Arena", talked about James.

Speaking of whether James should feel disrespected in the Lakers now, he said: "I don't think so. First of all, with the team having a new core, Luca will be the face of the next ten years, and LeBron may retire within one or two years. This is business, and it is normal. Secondly, it is hard to say that it is disrespectful to get $52 million a year, right? You have to accept this fact. Of course, I'm not saying that he is not worthy of getting more- If the labor-management agreement allows, he should get more, because his significance to the NBA box office is irreplaceable, and I don't deny this. I just said that there is nothing to complain about with an annual salary of $52 million."

"Secondly, let's talk straight to the point. You also know that you won the championship in the Bubble Park. At that time, Kyle Kuzmab didn't have to leave, Caruso didn't have to, and Pope and others didn't have to. Now we may feel that Well, 'Okay, that's all the past'. But Caruso obviously just won another championship with the Thunder. But to a few others, we might be thinking, 'Oh, so what? They've all left the Lakers.'"

" But in that critical period after the championship, it wasn't like that - you still needed these players. You want your boy Westbrook, what did the Lakers do? They got Westbrook for you. You want some coaches Leave, how did they do it? Fired those coaches. You want new coaches to come, how did they do it? They all did it and completely obeyed your wishes. "

"I'm not saying that you have these appeals wrong. You know, you are the team's appearance and the star. Of course you should have a certain say, there is no doubt about this. So, there is no problem with these appeals. But the key is that the team satisfied you at that time. So , One day, it's someone else's turn (with this kind of voice). Well, it's Luca's turn. Now it's Luca's era. Even if James is still on the team, your teammates are already this global iconic star. In the playoffs, his data performance is still excellent. His performance on the field is almost comparable to Jordan. So from this perspective, it's difficult for you to blame this and have a problem with it."