There were a few people that were puzzled when Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers followed up their successful recruitment of LeBron James by adding players like Lance Stephenson, but it seems like — as some suspected — those types of players may have all been part of a grander plan.
Teams don’t get to just sign James without consulting him on roster decisions — that’s just life with the King. And while some people on the internet might not have wanted Stephenson’s addition, one far more important person did: LeBron himself.