LeBron James Heaps Praise on Rival Coach

LeBron James has given praise to his rival coach amid the Los Angeles Lakers struggles. And struggle they have. They are barely a .500 team right now and their play on the court has been even worse than their record indicates. The Lakers have losses to several teams that are currently at the bottom of the standings. This includes two losses to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the same team that lost by 73 points in a game this week.

They are now looking at a 12-12 record after a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. LeBron had some kind words for rival coach Ty Lue after the game.

“T-Lue is great. Simple as that. Obviously you guys know I played for him and what we was able to do. T-Lue is great,” James said to reporters after the game. “He’s great at every facet of the game. As a coach, he doesn’t have a weakness.”

Ty Lue is a former coach of LeBron James and the two obviously have a lot of mutual respect for one another.

LeBron James Heaps Praise on Rival Coach

Anthony Davis, LeBron’s star teammate, also had some kind words for Lue.

“They knew we were rotating, and T-Lue out of the time out, instead of having Luke Kennard cut through, he went strong side and kind of put us in a jam,” Davis said postgame. “Great play call.”

With another loss, more and more people are calling for Frank Vogel’s job. This includes Stephen A. Smith who talked about it recently.

“These are the Lakers. This is Tinseltown. We are looking at LeBron James—36 ain’t getting any younger,” Smith said. “We’re looking at Russell Westbrook—32 ain’t getting any younger. We’re looking at AD, we got questions about chemistry. We got questions about commitment and dedication. We damn sure got questions about their defense, which has been ranked in the bottom five throughout the season.”

“I expect the Lakers to fire Frank Vogel,” Smith said. “If this continues Frank Vogel, in my opinion, will not be the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers come All-Star Weekend.”