Russell Westbrook is tired.
He is tired of being called Westbrick. He is tired of having his wife having to call out Skip Bayless. He is tired of having to worry if he brings his kids to the game they will get heckled.
He had to tell a couple of Spurs fans to stop calling him Westbrick.
Meanwhile LeBron couldn’t even play after he’s knee was sore after carrying the Lakers to win over Spurs.
LeBron James did not play Monday night against the San Antonio Spurs, with Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel saying pregame that James had “significant” soreness in his left knee coming off his 56-point effort against the Golden State Warriors.
James, 37, missed five games because of his knee from late January until early February, but had not missed any time because of it since.
“With the heavy load that he’s carrying for us this year, we know that it’s always a possibility,” Vogel said of James sitting out, before the Lakers’ 117-110 loss. “I think that’s why we continue to list him as questionable to see how it’s responding over the 48 hours between games. And this is just one of those days where it was significant enough to hold him out.”
Aside from James’ 39-minute workload against Golden State, Los Angeles’ travel day on Sunday — when a mechanical issue caused the Lakers to sit on the runway for two hours before changing planes for the nearly three-hour flight to San Antonio — did not help with recovery time, sources told ESPN.
It is just a sad state of affairs.
Westbrook sounded defeated in the post game press conference.
This is what he wanted though. He wanted to play for the Lakers and this is what comes with it.
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