{"id":1451809,"date":"2022-04-24T07:31:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T11:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1451809"},"modified":"2022-04-24T07:31:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T11:31:38","slug":"lebron-james-vows-to-not-miss-playoffs-again-after-lakers-choke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-james-vows-to-not-miss-playoffs-again-after-lakers-choke\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebron James Vows to Not Miss Playoffs Again After Lakers Choke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flebron-james-vows-to-not-miss-playoffs-again-after-lakers-choke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1451809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>LeBron James has been tweeting postseason observations from his couch this spring. He has no interest in doing so again next year \u2014 or ever again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\/will NOT miss the post season\u00a0again for my career,\u201d James tweeted Saturday night. \u201cThis s\u2013t HURT. Ok back to watching these games.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Lakers_Warriors_Basketball.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>LeBron James<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At 37, it\u2019s unclear how long James has left before retirement, but he\u2019s missed the playoffs twice in four years with the Lakers, though winning a championship in 2020 helps ease the disappointment. The only other times he\u2019s missed the playoffs in his entire career were his first two seasons with the Cavaliers, back in 2004 and 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers were supposed to be title contenders this season before things went south. Trading for Russell Westbrook didn\u2019t go as planned, while James and Anthony Davis both missed significant time with injuries.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can\/will NOT miss the post season again for my career! This shit HURT. Ok back to watching these games.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/1517661979057426433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Lakers finished a disappointing 33-49, firing head coach Frank Vogel, who led them to a championship in the NBA bubble less than two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the second straight year the team failed to meet expectations. They finished seventh in the West in 2021, again with James and Davis spending much of the season dealing with injuries, before losing to the Suns in the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Whether James can make good on that vow will depend heavily on his own health, as well as Davis\u2019. Additionally, the Lakers need to get their head coaching hire right, and figure out a way for their three superstars to coexist on the court.<\/p>\n<p>In theory, missing the expanded postseason shouldn\u2019t be an issue for a team with so much talent. But all you need to do to see whether that applies in practice is look at what happened this\u00a0year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James has been tweeting postseason observations from his couch this spring. 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