LeBron James, fair or not, has not always had a reputation as the most coachable player in the NBA, a rep that started long before he joined the Los Angeles Lakers. His current head coach, Frank Vogel, however, says that couldn’t be further from his own experience.
“He’s been extremely coachable for me and our coaching staff here this year,” Vogel told the media in his Friday morning Zoom call.
That statement won’t come as a surprise to anyone who has watched the Lakers closely this season, but heading into the campaign, such a prediction would have qualified as a fairly bold one for a few reasons.