Even if James really wanted to leave, if he had informed them earlier, they could have at least signed Derozan as a fallback, instead of being left with nothing.
But now, the players available to the Lakers are very limited, and they are really struggling to form a team capable of reaching the playoffs in the West.
Lakers fans have started cursing James and his family.
Especially Kobe's diehard fans.
In their eyes, Kobe had been tirelessly teaching James game experience for the past two years.
For what purpose?
To have James succeed him, become the new face of the Lakers, and lead them back to glory!
And what happened? James made his exit after benefiting fully!
Kobe just retired, but the number of his diehard fans remains intimidating, and they lashed out at James.
Some extreme fans even claimed they would break James' legs if he dared to set foot in Los Angeles again.
However, James had already left Los Angeles for Oakland.
