LeBron James has doubts about his future in the NBA

lebron james eliminated this monday night with los angeles lakers in the West final for Denver Nuggetswith (4-0), left questions about their future and a cryptic message, where they were swept, after the fourth and final game (111-113).

“It’s been a pretty cool ride (this season). But I don’t know, I don’t know. I don’t like to say it’s been a successful year because I’m not playing for anything but to win a championship at this point in my career… No. Fun. I’m sorry that I can’t be part of the final,” he asserted in the last question of the performance.

“But we’ll see, we’ll see. We’ll see what happens later. I don’t know, I don’t know. I have a lot to think about, to be honest, I have a lot to think about. Personally, I’m moving forward with the sport of basketball, I have a lot to think about “, he added before closing the press conference.

These statements caused a storm on social networks and journalists from ESPN Dave McMenamyn later spoke with LeBron to clarify his point and copied the following transcript to his Twitter account:

– Question: When you said you wanted to think about things, what thread should we draw from all this?

Question: When you said you want to think about things, what thread should we draw from all this?

– Answer: If I want to continue playing.

– Q: In the next year?

– Oh yeah.

– Q: Would you leave it?

– A: I have to think about it.

In a titanic and unforgettable night in which he rested only 4 seconds out of 48 minutes of play, LeBron had two opportunities to force overtime, but his first shot went along the board, and the second, already on the buzzer, was blocked Aaron Gordon.

With statistics against because they never came back from 3-0 against u nba, lebron took responsibility at the moment of greatest desperation lakers and, at the age of 38, gave a fantastic performance of 40 points (15 of 25 shooting), 10 rebounds and 9 assists.

lebron He flashed 21 points in the first quarter and reached 31 at halftime (a new halftime playoff high), but showed fatigue in the second half.

“Anthony Davis and while I talked a little in the locker room, we concluded that this is one of the best teams, that is, the best team that we have played against in the last four years”, he assured, praising the Nuggets who made it to their first nba finals.

He also surrendered to an enormous level Nikola Jokic although he clarified that the recital of the Serbian genius in this regard did not surprise him. “Jokić didn’t show me anything in this series. I already knew how big he is,” he said.

“You’re always unbalanced when you’re defending a player like that because of his ability to score, rebound and shoot. You see the play before it happens. There aren’t many players like that in our league. I knew we were going against a beast before the series started.” added.

Lakers This season they experienced a roller coaster with a disastrous start (2-10), leaving Russell Westbrook, d.A great comeback with new signings like D’Angelo Russell or Rui HachimurHere’s to the growth of Austin Reaves and some very exciting playoff runs where they eliminated The Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors.

The Nuggets They were too big a team for these hard-working Lakers, but in any case, LeBron offered no certainty when it came to the project for next year. “I haven’t even thought about next year. I don’t know,” he said.

“I didn’t start thinking about next year. We had a great run (in the playoffs), but we didn’t achieve our goal, which is to win a championship. That’s what this franchise is about. And (the loss) is disappointing,” he said. is.