All of a sudden, not as many people are talking about LeBron James possibly asking the Los Angeles Lakers to trade him. That talk has largely subsided as the realities of how difficult it would be to pull off a trade that would land him on an instant title contender have seemingly sunk in.
But many feel James has been dropping passive-aggressive hints that he may want to move on. Earlier this offseason, he had a couple of social media posts of himself in his native Ohio, including one at the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ facility.
The latest such post shows him working out in a room that has the Los Angeles Clippers‘ logo positioned behind him.
The accompanying caption on that Instagram post read as follows:
“Say whatever you want but you damn sure won’t be able to say I didn’t put in the WORK!! . We’ll see what happens when I no longer exist. Man [expletive] this [expletive].”
This could be a big nothing as far as which team James will play for in the coming months, and it’s always possible he’s simply looking to mess with people who love to speculate about him. Of course, since it is him, and since he is infamously passive-aggressive, people will wonder what this post is really all about.