Although Anthony Davis missed his third straight game on Monday night, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers cruised to their ninth straight victory over LeBron’s former Cleveland Cavaliers squad. And while the Cavaliers these days are far down the standings, a couple of the players on their teams have a unique perspective on whether a LeBron-led squad has the right stuff to win the championship.
That’s what led ESPN’s Dave McMenamin to chat with two of the holdovers from the Cleveland Cavaliers 2016 championship squad, Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson. Both believe the Lakers are in win-now mode and Love believes the Lakers could be “special.”
“It was different because it’s been so long and we’ve been through so many battles with each other,” Love told ESPN. “I’m not going to say it felt normal, but I feel like we were both out there competing and playing hard, but seeing him play with that team is obviously different. Especially, even I didn’t get to see him with AD [Anthony Davis] and it still feels like they could do something special.”
Even without Davis, and for one game without LeBron, the Lakers have proven that their squad is much more than just the two stars. They are a team that plays together and even when called upon, players down the roster have stepped up to play big roles. And that, in addition to star power, is what it takes to do something special in this league.
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