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Rajon Rondo says LeBron James is ‘a better leader’ than he even thought he was

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The Los Angeles Lakers may have lost their first preseason game of the LeBron James era, but the team still showed some promise even amidst quite a bit miscommunication defensively. According to Rajon Rondo, though, communication probably won’t be a problem for L.A. for very long.

When Rondo was asked at the Lakers’ Sunday shootaround if anything has surprised him about teaming up with James so far, Rondo said that the only thing that qualified was James being an even better leader and communicator than he anticipated (via Kyle Goon of the O.