“I’m embarrassed for LeBron James”: Skip Bayless Thrashes The King’s Chase of KAJ’s Record as Lakers go 13th After Pelicans Loss

Akash Murty | 05/02/2023
"I'm embarrassed for LeBron James": Skip Bayless Thrashes The King's Chase of KAJ's Record as Lakers go 13th After Pelicans Loss

Another day, another LA Lakers loss. They are truly fulfilling the meaning of Los(s) in LA. Some credit to LeBron James for trying to take over a game in which they led by 11 at halftime and an 8-point lead around the end of the 3rd quarter. What can he do? The man has to get over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as soon as possible.

Just 37 points away now, he might do it against the OKC Thunder on Tuesday. But at what cost? The Purple and Gold team is now 25-29 after a 131-126 loss against the Pelicans and following Thunder’s thrashing of the Rockets the same night, they are now the #13 best team in the league.

What an irony, The King is chasing the #1 scorer of the NBA and his team is struggling to keep themselves in the Play-in spot. And we all know a certain someone who is never going to let this slide.

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Skip Bayless rips LeBron James yet again for his failure to close out a game

Maybe his obsession with LeBron James has passed even Kobe Bryant’s obsession with Michael Jordan, but Skip Bayless sometimes makes sense. Mostly when he is going after the 19x All-Star for his failure to close a game.

The 70-year-old did it again on Saturday as the Lakers lost an encounter in New Orleans which they would have put to bed if James let Anthony Davis do his thing.

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True Lakers fans might never appreciate LeBron like Kobe Bryant or Magic Johnson

As much as he enjoys basketball, it’s clear that James cares about stats as much as winning, if not more. Kobe and Magic, the two of the greatest Lakers of all time, wanted to win championships more than anything.

They obviously won plenty of individual accolades doing that, but rings were what they cared for. Kobe did end up becoming the #3 scorer of all time by the end of his career taking over MJ but was chasing his 6 championships not KAJ’s not scoring spot.

Nothing would be different if James did it 20 games later, besides the Lakers’ W/L column, which could have had a few more wins. That would matter come the postseason.

Let’s see if LeBron taking over the scoring record brings them success or haunts them after three straight seasons of failure while having the league’s two top-10 players (forgetting the injuries to AD) of recent times.

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Post Edited By: Akash Murty
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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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