Anytime LeBron James joins a new team, a huge swath of extra media follows to peruse every move he makes or quote he gives with a CSI investigator-level of scrutiny and certainty about what it all means.
The Los Angeles Lakers are no different in that respect since James joined, and also no strangers to gigantic amounts of attention. So it wasn’t a surprise when tons of talking heads went on T.V. and predicted all kinds of drama for the 2018-19 season.
Some of that drama has come to pass, but it was between the front office and coaching staff rather than the war between veterans and young players that was popular to predict.