After the Lakers were eliminated in the Western Conference Finals, LeBron James made a comment suggesting that he is contemplating retirement.
The comment surprised many people, but some saw it as a way to put pressure on the team to improve the roster so that James could win his fifth ring.
LeBron’s former teammate Dwaye Wade was among those that did not believe that the Lakers star is going to retire, especially since he had such a huge game at the age of 38 to close the season.
“You’re talking about the guy who just had 40-10-9 in his last game [with the Lakers]?… I just want to make sure we’re talking about the same guy,” Wade said on Club Shay Shay, via Mark Tuason on ClutchPoints.
“All my money is still in my pocket, I ain’t buying nothing. It’s the moment after the game, man. It’s a lot. Obviously, what they came back from, shout out to the Lakers making the moves that they did for making that push.”
The three-time NBA champion thinks that once James takes some time off, he will be motivated to go back and perform at the highest level.
“I looked at that and thought ‘I ain’t buying that’. I know when the season is over and they’re asking [LeBron James] this question in this moment.
“But also I know, when he gets away, when he goes to Mexico or goes away to the south of France on his Yacht for the summer, he’s gonna look around and say ‘Okay, the King coming back’,” he said.
