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LeBron James is looking for respect.
After the Los Angeles Lakers won their 17th NBA championship in the odd, pandemic-fused 2019-20 season played in Bubbletown, USA, aka Orlando, he wanted his third career team (LA after Miami and two stints in Cleveland) to receive some “damn respect.”
But while he was at it, James begged for his own level of recognition. James was asking for a little respect. Just a little bit.
“I want my damn respect, too,” James pled.
Let’s do the math. James just signed a two-year contract extension for more than $85 million. He will make nearly $40 million this year. And that doesn’t count the millions of dollars in endorsement deals. The entire NBA is built around James. A sports network ESPN is dedicated to his every move. Social media awaits his every word.
I would like to create a thread where we all make predictions about the success or failures about the 2020 Draft. It will be fun to look back on this thread. I am going to start with my.