Bill Plaschke: James hype not reality of Lakers
by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Feb 13, 2019
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES_He was the greatest and most celebrated acquisition in franchise history. He was going to immediately carry the team deep into the playoffs. He was going to attract the fellow stars that would eventually lead them a championship.
That was the hype. Eight months later, perhaps it's a good time to examine LeBron James' Lakers reality.
Hmmm.
His camp reportedly tried to get coach Luke Walton fired.
His hand-picked veteran acquisitions were involved in a heated locker room incident with Walton.
His agent failed miserably in an attempted power play to force Anthony Davis to the
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