LeBron James Calls Out His Lakers Teammates After Brutal Loss To The Pelicans

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Last night the LA Lakers suffered a brutal 13 point loss to the New Orleans Pelicans who were without star big man Anthony Davis.

After the game, LeBron James was not happy with the team’s lack of urgency and experience considering the team is on the brinK of missing the playoffs.

Via ESPN

“How many know what’s at stake if you’ve never been there?” James asked Saturday after L.A. went down by as many as 20 points to a Pelicans team that was resting Davis and came into the night eight games under .500.

I’m playing devil’s advocate, you know? It’s kind of a fine line when you talk about that, because when you’ve never been there or know what it takes to actually shoot for something like that, sometimes you’re afraid to get uncomfortable.

“So you got to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. So I’m not saying that’s what we are as a whole. It kind of looks that way at times, that sometimes we’re afraid to be uncomfortable and kind of get out of our comfort zone and kind of, you know, have that sense of urgency from the jump, and not be afraid to actually go out and fail to succeed. So I mean, we have, what — 23 games left? We’ll see what happens.”

The last few years, everyone’s so accustomed to the losses that I’m just not accustomed to,” James said. “I’m not accustomed to it. I will never get comfortable with losing. So losing Game 1 to Houston [at home], it feels the same way as losing Game 59 in New Orleans to me. It’s just how I’m built. That’s who I am.”

Lakers fans did not seem to appreciate LeBron publicly questioning his teammates in front of the media.

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