Before he made his way to Los Angeles, one of the safest bets in sports was that LeBron James would lead his team out of the Eastern Conference. Now that James plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, however, people are wondering whether he’ll even make it to the playoffs.
This isn’t even a straw man argument, either. According to Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report, the sentiment is out there around the league:
“I don’t think the Lakers make the playoffs,” said a Western Conference rival executive who questioned the experience of their talent outside James.