The Los Angeles Lakers are 5.5 games back of the eighth seed, and while they aren’t eliminated from playoff contention yet, it sounds like they’ve reached the point — or at least are getting close to it — where LeBron James will talk to head coach Luke Walton about how much he continues to play in what appears to be a lost campaign with 18 games remaining.
After the Lakers’ most recent loss to the LA Clippers, a defeat that is likely the final nail in the coffin of their playoff dreams, James was asked if he would start to play a bit less now that the team was all but out of the hunt.