EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- It's hard out there for a 7-footer. Just ask Los Angeles Lakers center JaVale McGee.
While he's carved out a career in the NBA that's lasted more than a decade, he claims the direction the league is heading is conspiring against him and his extremely tall brethren.
"It's extremely hard because it seems like they don't want us here," McGee said after practice Wednesday. "They're trying to get us out of here. The prime example is them taking us off the All-Star ballot. They literally took the whole position off the All-Star ballot.