What are your thoughts now, after spending so much time on this, about how many Lakers fans want LeBron to leave ASAP? Yaron Weitzman: I think his relationship with LA is fascinating, and I wanna say age poorly. It's just gonna be weird when we look back in 20 years that we're not gonna know what to do with LeBron's time in L.A. because the fanbase did not embrace him and has not fully embraced him. And his one highlight, and it's certainly the top highlight, took place in a literal bubble with no fans there, so you don't get to form emotional connections. These are the things that fandom is built on. There's no parade. Things like that matter. It sounds dumb and cliché, but it matters. And that won't exist for this generation of Lakers fans. You mix that with the fact that he's been there eight years and they have the one title, but you feel like it should have been more. Like if I told you in 2018 and you're going to get eight mostly healthy seasons from LeBron. I think Lakers fans would have expected more than one.
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