Coming into last season, LeBron James spoke about the excitement he had in helping put the roster together. Carmelo Anthony (jokingly) called LeBron the general manager of the Lakers.
Fast forward seven months and one massively disappointing season and LeBron isn’t quite as willing to associate himself with that front office.
James was very closely associated with, at the very least, the Lakers acquisition of Russell Westbrook. But that blew up spectacularly and now James isn’t using “we” when referring to Lakers decisions the same way he did in the preseason.