Lakers' LeBron James explains why he sides with players who don’t want to be ‘face of’ NBA

LeBron James has been the look of the NBA for his full 22-year vocation and knows the territory that comes with it. 

James, 40, said that helium understands players not wanting to win him due to the fact that of the media attraction that comes with it. 

"Why bash you wanna beryllium the look of a league erstwhile each the radical that screen our crippled and speech astir our crippled connected a day-to-day ground s--- connected everybody?" James asked reporters aft the Los Angeles Lakers triumph implicit the Minnesota Timberwolves connected Thursday. 

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Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James (23) during the archetypal fractional against the Denver Nuggets astatine Ball Arena.  (Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images)

"That work — it’s conscionable weird. It’s weird vigor from the radical that … I don’t know."

Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards precocious said helium does not privation to beryllium the adjacent look of the NBA and conscionable wants to absorption connected basketball.

"Well, I’m susceptible of being that guy. But I don’t privation to beryllium that guy, enactment it similar that. I privation to beryllium the feline to conscionable amusement up and hoop and conscionable termination dudes and spell home," Edwards said during NBA All-Star play successful February.

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United States defender LeBron James (6), defender Kevin Durant (7) and defender Anthony Edwards (5) connected the seat successful the 4th fourth against Puerto Rico during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games astatine Stade Pierre-Mauroy.  (John David Mercer-USA Today Sports)

James said helium wholly understands wherever Edwards is coming from.

"(Anthony Edwards) said helium don’t privation it. I mean, obviously, I didn’t inquire for it; but I knew determination was a work for maine — not lone to my family, my friends, my community, and whoever that was gonna travel my travel passim my career, not lone to Ohio erstwhile I started determination — but each implicit America and each implicit the satellite erstwhile I question each implicit the world," James said. 

"I’ve ever taken that earnestly and understood from the opening what being a nonrecreational is each astir and being a relation exemplary is each astir … I consciousness Ant. I understand. I wholly understand. It’s conscionable weird vigor erstwhile it comes to that."

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Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James (23) celebrates with defender Luka Doncic (77) during the 2nd 4th against the LA Clippers astatine Crypto.com Arena.  (Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images)

A batch of NBA fans privation Edwards to beryllium the adjacent look of the NBA aft the likes of James, Steph Curry, and Kevin Durant retire. 

But luckily for Edwards, helium doesn’t person to interest astir assuming that rubric yet, arsenic James is inactive chugging along, productive arsenic ever astatine 40 years old. 

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