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JaVale McGee was not shocked by the Lakers’ decision to trade him

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JaVale McGee said the Lakers’ decision to trade him in the offseason didn’t come as a surprise to him.

The Lakers decided to trade McGee to the Cleveland Cavaliers in order to create cap space and sign Marc Gasol.

“It didn’t catch me by surprise, but I didn’t know already either. It was just I had been on six teams already, you know what I’m saying? In my whole life I’ve never lived nowhere longer than two years.

Even before the NBA. I’ve never been that person who just sets their feet in the ground and gets their roots in a place and is like ‘OK I’m comfortable.’ I’m never comfortable. Ever. I’m always on edge to where I’ve got to fight. I’ve always been that person. And I’m OK with that. I’ve always been that person.

So when they traded me to Cleveland I was like ‘oh, all right, I’m going to Cleveland.’ (laughs) That was it. It wasn’t ‘oh, man, I’m sad for myself, I feel bad for myself.’ None of that, nah. I’m going Cleveland, I’m making more money than I made last year.

You’ve got to count your blessings and realize you’re in the National Basketball Association with a brotherhood of 450 players only, and the average career is 3-4 years. That’s it. I’ve tripled that.

“So I’m like ‘you’ve got to count your blessings and take advantage of the opportunity when it comes,’ and that’s another example of it. When I get my time to shine here in Cleveland when I play, I play. So that’s what it is,” McGee told Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports during an appearance on the “Posted Up” podcast, via Silver Screen and Roll.

McGee spent one season with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning the 2020 NBA championship.

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