You knew this was going to happen eventually.
Luke Walton isn’t LeBron’s coach, he just happened to be the coach when LeBron signed, but like every other team LeBron has been on, he is the defacto coach per ESPN.
What seems to have gotten James back into the groove is that he’s back in his comfort zone playing lots of point guard again. It hasn’t been framed this way but that’s what he has been doing increasingly as the season has aged, and especially after Rajon Rondo went down because of a broken hand.
The scouts also have noticed that when James is running the point, he rarely looks toward the bench to receive playcalls from coach Luke Walton. Even when he has seen them, the scouts say, he ignores them and runs the play he prefers. Walton has adjusted, and now when James is running the show, Walton will typically just let him call the game.
Jalen Rose thinks LeBron will eventually push Luke Walton out and get his own coach who will allow him to do what he wants.
To be honest the Lakers will probably be better off letting that happen.
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