LeBron James is a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. It still doesn’t feel real. Maybe it will sink in in the next week or so. Then we’ll see him wearing the Lakers purple and gold for the first time and it will knock us back to July 1 all over again.
With LeBron heading West, the whole NBA landscape has changed. If you’re not living on the West Coast, you may want to get a timeshare out in Los Angeles or Colorado with a couple of friends. Tell them they can have it for the entire summer. You need it from October to June.
Deciding who won and lost the LeBron James decision less than 24 hours removed wasn’t easy. Rosters are still being re-shaped and something tells me certain franchises aren’t quite done. Last season, we saw teams load up to challenge the Warriors. With LeBron making his decision early in the process, teams will continue to re-tool with the ultimate goal in mind: beating Golden State four times in seven tries.
But in the immediate aftermath, here’s who won and lost the LeBron decision.