Los Angeles Lakers: David Griffin says its miserable building around LeBron James! LeBron Shocked!
By Ronald Agers
Welcome to a slow news day in the NBA!
The one thing that LeBron James is a genius at is making sure that he controls the narrative in any situation. This episode will be no different. David Griffin probably will learn a valuable lesson from this even though he more than likely was telling the truth.
It only takes one quote out of a long interview to bring ratings, page views and attention to a story used in another context. Dave McMenamin breaks down what Griffin will have to do to clean this story up. Good luck with that. He tried to on ESPN’s The Jump.
David Griffin discusses experiencing the constant scrutiny of the 2016 Cavs and the sudden pivot from rebuild to contention upon LeBron's return. pic.twitter.com/Cw0A4juhXA
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Does this really matter in the grand scheme of things? No. It was three years ago. Everybody needs to move on. David Griffin got what he wanted in New Orleans. LeBron James is body bumping his son on AAU courts and Dan Gilbert will have plenty of people to fire over the next few seasons.
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Truth be told, we are all starving for stories these days and this came along and the NBA media jumped on it. Nothing more.