LeBron James

Adversaire régulier de Kobe Bryant durant sa carrière, LeBron James considérait la légende des Lakers comme l'un de ses grands amis.

Principales figures de l’ère contemporaine de la ligue, LeBron et Kobe se sont ainsi quittés sans la moindre confrontation sur la plus belle des scènes, n’en déplaise au Chosen One. Pas seulement parce qu’on est des compétiteurs qui voulaient se défier à ce stade de la compétition, mais aussi pour les fans. Tout le monde ne parlait que de cette affiche entre les Lakers et les Cavs, de Kobe contre LeBron. La faute notamment à l’élimination surprise des Cavaliers en 2009, eux qui étaient promis à une affiche face aux Lakers pour le titre. Adversaires à 22 reprises en saison régulière, LeBron et Kobe n’ont en revanche jamais eu l’honneur de se disputer le trophée Larry O’Brien en Finales. Il affiche néanmoins un grand regret à son égard, qui le hantera sans doute encore jusqu’à la fin de ses jours.

Sports broadcasting personality Skip Bayless is known to be one of the biggest LeBron James haters in the world. He constantly uses his platform to downplay ...

Over the last two Lakers games, LeBron is averaging 45 points, 10.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists, and has led the Purple and Gold to two convincing road wins against Eastern Conference opponents. Sports broadcasting personality Skip Bayless is known to be one of the biggest LeBron James haters in the world. "Here to tell you, a skeptic has been turned into a fan," Bayless said.

LeBron James has been dominant since Anthony Davis went down with a foot injury, leading to Darvin Ham confirming going to he's lean on The King.

[01](https://www.slamonline.com/the-magazine/jadakiss-set-free-richardson-starting-five/) Right now, the Lakers are just four games back of the No. While The King’s dominance has been amazing to watch, Ham has to be careful that he doesn’t rely too heavily on James. How much rest I can get from day to day, get my optimal sleep, get the right food in me, treat my body right.” The King has put up back-to-back 40-point outings in the previous two games and led the Lakers to a 6-5 record over the last 11 games, eight without AD. “And he allows you to do that because he takes such great care of himself.

Ham is going to need LeBron playing hard on the back end of the season. But if his body can continue to take the pounding, Ham hopes he can ride James all ...

But if his body can continue to take the pounding, Ham hopes he can ride James all the way into May. He does as great of a job as I've seen ever of making himself available and being able to produce physically at an extremely high level." So, to say the least, I'm happy." Ham wants to lean on his superstar, especially with Anthony Davis out, because the Lakers coach is interested in scoring. And he allows you to do that because he takes such great care of himself. [Follow Yardbarker on MSN to get our exclusive content in your Microsoft News feed](https://www.msn.com/en-us/community/channel/vid-cj9pqbr0vn9in2b6ddcd8sfgpfq6x6utp44fssrv6mc2gtybw0us)

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This late in the season, a game of this magnitude is crucial to the regular-season outcome … More importantly, both performances came in wins, and thanks to his exploits, the Lakers have won three of their last four games. Fox Sports 1 personality Skip Bayless tweeted “No doubt the NFL is considering postponing the rest of this game – but how?

The Lakers are currently without Anthony Davis due to an injury, and as a result, the team has had to rely on superstar LeBron James even more.

Still, with a little over half of the games left to play, the Lakers find themselves just four games back of the No. The good news is that the Lakers have a relatively slow schedule for the rest of the first half of January. Four of those games will be at home in L.A., and two will come on the road. If the Lakers want to have any shot at weathering that storm, James is going to have to keep playing MVP-level basketball. With one game already in the books this month, the Lakers have just six games between now and Jan. While it’s been incredible to watch James, who’s now 38 years of age, dominate in recent games, Ham does have to be very careful when it comes to how much he plays the superstar.