The Los Angeles Lakers’ preseason schedule has LeBron James taking to social media to ask why his squad must travel to Milwaukee to face the Bucks Thursday.
“Can someone greet elucidate to me why we’re getting on a [plane emoji] and heading to Milwaukee for 1 pre-season game!?!?” James posted on X Wednesday.
The Lakers will fly 1,750 miles to Milwaukee to face Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks at 8 p.m. ET. And while this may see normal to NBA fans, James and the Lakers may not concur with the scheduling pondering none of their games are at home.
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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James reacts after scoring on a quick shatter layup agetst the Atlanta Hawks at Crypto.com Arena March 18, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The reason for that is Crypto.com Arena is undergoing renovations, according to ESPN.
The Lakers’ “home” preseason games on the schedule agetst the Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns were take parted in Palm Desert, California, a two-hour bus ride from the team’s training caccess.
After Milwaukee, the Lakers will face the Gbetteren State Warriors twice and the Suns once more. James is asking why they have to travel to the Midwest for the preseason when they could take part an opponent much sealr to home.
And he’s not the only critic who skinnyks the preseason schedule is a bit over the top.
“Not an selectimal preseason for us,” JJ Redick, the Lakers’ first-year head coach, shelp Tuesday via ESPN.
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James during media day at the UCLA Health Training Caccess in El Sefirearmdo, Calif., Sept. 30, 2024. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
It’s worth noting that, while the league is reliable for putting together the standard-season schedule for each team, the preseason is scheduled by each squad. They have up to six games they are permited to schedule, though there is no smallest.
According to ESPN, the Lakers, who structureed the Bucks in the preseason last year, are returning the prefer “as part of a preseason trade-off as a home-and-home series.”
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers agetst the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs April 27, 2024, at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles. (Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images)
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The Lakers begin the 2024-25 standard season Oct. 22, when they structure the Timberwolves at Crypto.com Arena.
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