Dwyane Wade Reveals LeBron James, Rajon Rondo’s Lakers Advantage

The Los Angeles Lakers will open the new season with six players from last season’s roster. LeBron James, Kyle Kuzma, JaVale McGee, Rajon Rondo, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Alex Caruso made this season’s roster. Anthony Davis, DeMarcus Cousins (now injured), Danny Green, Dwight Howard, Avery Bradley, Jared Dudley, Quinn Cook, Troy Daniels and rookie Talen Horton-Tucker are here, too. The team looks really good at the moment, and Dwyane Wade likes it a lot.

“The talent and the roster is great top to bottom,” Wade said. “It’s just going to take some time to get it together and get the continuity together.”

The Lakers had big plans for LeBron, but he got injured on Christmas Day. He played in just 55 games which is a career low. The team missed the NBA Playoffs, and LeBron received an unhealthy dose of criticism. But, he used it as a motivation.

“I like being uncomfortable in the offseason,” LeBron James told The Athletic’s Joe Vardon. “I like being counted out. It motivates me.

“I’ve had basically the same offseason training regimen the last eight years,” LeBron added. “I knew how long I wanted to rest for the season on a short timeline. I’m figuring out now how to get as much as I can out of two months of extra time for training. It requires a totally different strategy. We’re looking at it in an entirely new way.”

Davis is focused on winning a title. He said, “Do whatever I can to help this team win a championship. That’s the main goal. That’s our goal and we are going to come in with the mindset that we’re all thinking. This is the year.”

“If they get it together obviously they’re going to be a very good team,” Wade said. “LeBron, Rondo and those guys, their veteran leadership is going to try and get that continuity together early on and try to get it together and going fast.”

Let’s see what happens this season. LeBron has big plans for the team, and Davis is here to give him a hand. Kuzma promised to upgrade his game, and he really did it.

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