LeBron and Westbrook believe the Lakers can still save their season
Even though we just talked about the current season the Lakers are going through, LeBron James and Russell Westbrook never lose hope. It's not in their nature as they will always strive for greatness despite the situation they are going through. After last Tuesday's painful defeat against the Phoenix Suns, both stars spoke to the media about the team's actual chances to win the title this season. It's evident that injuries and COVID-related issues have marred the Lakers this season but they also have other problems with low-performing stars such as Anthony Davis.
LeBron has his reservations about the season.
When asked by the press after the loss against the Suns if Lakers could reach Phoenix's level, here's what LeBron responded: "I feel that's a question you ask me after every game. I mean, obviously I don't know. I don't think so. We have no idea what this team can be. And when you have Trev(or Ariza), who this is his first or second game back, no K Nunn, I missed a bunch of games, now AD is out, and a bunch of guys are in protocol. Our head coach is out. So how can we really, fully assess what we have when we haven't been whole? I can't remember the last time we played the same starting lineup or had the same rotation coming off the bench. It's been a long time. So it's hard to assess that."
Westbrook is fed up with questions about injuries.
In Russell Westbrook's case, he doesn't like repetitive questions but both stars agree that the Lakers can still save the season: "I mean that's obvious. Everybody knows that, but nobody cares. They don't want to hear that. That's just reality, because every game we get asked the same question of 'hey, can you guys figure it out.' But everybody obviously knows that we haven't been able to see what our team can actually be like thus far. But we understand that, and like I just said, our job is to be able to keep our head down, stay locked in on one common goal and that's at the end of the year just winning a championship and to do that is not going to be easy. It's not going to be an easy road. And we understand that and have to stay with it and continue to move forward."
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