EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Oddsmakers in Las Vegas might consider them the favorites, and desire to repent for the 2018-19 debacle of a season might be palpable, but LeBron James is doing his best to keep the burden of expectations off the Los Angeles Lakers this season.
"I'm very motivated but I'm right now not in talking-about-it mode," James said Friday at the team's annual media day. "Been very quiet this summer, for a reason. My mother always taught me, 'Don't talk about it, be about it.' That's where I'm at. As a team, me myself, need to get the Lakers back to what they've been accustomed to every year, so excited about that.