Lakers’ LeBron James Drops Honest Take On Teams Wasting Lottery Picks On ‘Potential’

LeBron James and JJ Redick launched their podcast and it’s exactly what fans need. The first episode of “Mind the Game” is already out and the powerful duo mentioned a hot topic. LeBron and the retired NBA star talked about lottery picks and the way teams waste their options.

According to the four-time NBA champion, NBA teams are wasting their picks on “potential.” It’s a terrible practice and teams lose more than they get.

LeBron talked about all the players who were selected late in the draft and still managed to make an impact. He was a top pick back in the days, but he is definitely honest on this topic.

“Our league has been feast off potential, guys with potential. They come in and say this guy has potential, we have to, if it’s not year one, maybe year two, or not year three, or maybe year four, are we going to pick up his option in year four,” LeBron said. “It’s been grasped on potential like that has been, that’s the whole thing of the lottery. The whole thing of the lottery pick 1 through 13 or 14 I don’t even know what it is now when it cuts off like you’ve been a lottery pick, but it makes sense why those guys that’s like 16 to 30, 16 to 42 why those guys be on real contending teams making impacts.”

LeBron likes teams that use lottery picks well

Redick offered an interesting take. He asked, “Also why is it the same teams that always draft well? And the same teams always draft poorly?”

LeBron dropped an interesting hint about his future. He promised to hire those who draft well to work on his team.

“I’ll tell you what when I get my team, the teams that draft well, those guys will be working for me for sure,” the Lakers superstar said. Great point!

It’s interesting to note that teams are forced to trade “potential” to another team in order to get players who can actually contribute to the game.