Lebron James took to Twitter to react to ESPN’s low-season ESPN poll of 10 NBA scouts and executives that left him without a single vote for the NBA’s best player title.
James responded sarcastically to a tweet saying he was finished as a player, then sent a separate one to his 50 million Twitter followers announcing that he would use it as fuel for next season.
THANKS! As if you no longer need ME ME! #Washed👑
– LeBron James (@KingJames) August 19, 2021
In the poll, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo and Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant evenly split the vote among those 10 scouts and executives for the title of best player in the league. Antetokounmpo was credited with leading the Bucks to the NBA title as long as Durant for his heroic performance in Brooklyn’s second-round loss to the Bucks, while co-stars James Harden and Kyrie Irving suffered. injuries, in addition to his role with Team USA in leading the way to the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics earlier this month.
The only other player considered for a vote was James, and several of the respondents openly debated selecting him before finally opting for a different option. The differentiating factor, ultimately, was his age combination (he will turn 37 in December) and the injury, having missed much of two of the last three seasons with the first significant injuries of his first career. at the Hall of Fame.
This is not an unknown territory. After the Lakers missed the Playoffs in their first season in Los Angeles in 2019, that same poll included 20 people and again James didn’t get a single vote, with Kawhi Leonard getting 12, Antetokounmpo getting 6 and Harden getting the other. 2.
James responded to this by leading the Lakers to the NBA 2020 title inside the bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. He was firmly in the discussion for this season’s Most Valuable Player award when he suffered an ankle sprain that paused his season in March. The Lakers lost to eventual Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns in six games in the first round of the Playoffs after James’ co-star in Los Angeles, power forward Anthony Davis, suffered a groin strain during the game. 4.
This offseason, the Lakers have tried to prepare for a title race, with the arrival of superstar escort Russell Westbrook and surrounding his new ‘Big Three’ with several high-profile veterans, including Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard.