F1 star Pierre Gasly detailed why the Los Angeles Lakers were his favorite team, and how he liked LeBron James.
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F1’s Pierre Gasly is a huge fan of the NBA. Time and again the AlphaTauri racer has been seen attending NBA contests, enjoying a game of NBA 2K, and even playing some hoops himself.
During the lockdown due to the pandemic, the Frenchman took on Thibaut Courtois in a game of NBA 2K20. Before starting the clash, he was asked to talk about his love for the American basketball league. The 26-year-old said:
“I really love the NBA. Most of the time I try to go and watch games when there are races in the US, so I went to see Houston, I spent some time in Miami and I managed to see a couple of games there. I went to see the Raptors once, Lakers… I just love the atmosphere. It gives you goosebumps just watching it and the level of the athletes is also really impressive – it’s completely different from F1.”
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“LeBron James is a great leader”: Pierre Gasly
The former GP2 Series winner then went on to talk about his favorite team – Los Angeles Lakers. And how he really liked LeBron James.
“I would say the Lakers. I really like LeBron James, as an athlete and as a person. His charisma, his attitude, he’s a great leader.”
Gasly further picked LAL to win the 2019-2020 season. He had reasoned:
“I think the Lakers look pretty strong. I’ll be happy for LeBron to get the title because going to the Lakers wasn’t easy, it was a big challenge… but looking at the results, I think they’re in a really good shape, but you never know what to expect in the playoffs.”
A couple of months after picking LAL to win it all, Bron and co. did manage to lift the NBA trophy at the Orlando Bubble.
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So far this season, the Lakers have been rather underwhelming. Despite having a stacked team filled with future HOFers, Frank Voegel’s boys are placed 9th in the West with a subpar <.500 26-28 record.
