As Lebron James is nearing the end of his iconic playing career, there's been endless discourse about how he could be celebrated after his retirement. Given his current body of work, one former player believes the LA Lakers should hold off on bestowing him a great honor.
There are numerous teams that have honored their all-time greats with a statue outside of their home arena. The Lakers have done so on countless occasions, with Kobe Bryant being the latest one.
Between the fact that he is preparing for his eighth season with the team and is on pace to be viewed as one of the best players ever, some have argued for LeBron getting a statue in LA. But, Longtime Lakers Byron Scott doesn't stand with such a decision.
In a recent interview, the three-time champion gave his reasoning as to why LeBron isn't deserving of being immortalized in this fashion at the moment.
“No, no statue. One championship in six, seven years," Scott said. "I don’t know how many years he’s been in L.A. right now, but I think if he gets another one then he has a chance. But right now, if you look at the players that have statues in front of the Crypto.com, these are long lifers."
"I’m a big LeBron James fan for what he’s been able to do on and off the court, but statue? No.”
Podcaster labels relationship between LeBron James and Drake 'mini-support group'
Van Lathan said that LeBron James and Drake have questions in their legendary careers that have made them vulnerable to criticism. As per the former TMX Live producer, this drew them together.
“Them being pals, it more seem, like, it was a mini-support group than it was a friendship. Like, they be on the phone, ‘Hey, man, I score 40, won the championship, and said it was a bubble champ. What you got?’ ‘Ni**a, I went No. 1 again and they telling me some f**king Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Tupac, B. What the f**k?’ ‘Aye, man, let’s go party together. ‘Okay, cool.’”
The Academy Award winner added that somebody from that partnership jumped out of the deal, damaging the "building block" of the relationship. For him, he can only hope the NBA superstar and Drake stay cordial to limit unnecessary damage.