In hopes of showing that he’s not going to have an easier time dealing with it than his teammates, LeBron James is trying to show that he’s right there with them in the quarantine, experiencing everything they are and not the normal King-like experience he would have otherwise.
TNT’s Chris Haynes reported last night on Inside The NBA that in hopes of showing solidarity with his teammates throughout their stay at Disney World, LeBron elected not to bring his personal masseuse, his personal chef and his normal security detail. It sounds like most of his time has been spent hanging out with Anthony Davis and Quinn Cook.
We do know that LeBron hopped on NBA 2K with Cook, as well as Anthony Davis, this past weekend. Obviously, if James would have asked for the league to accommodate him, he probably would have been granted it but seeing as how the teams are living together as well as practicing together, he wanted to make sure he didn’t have it better than anyone else, in hopes of setting the tone of for the duration of their stay. Also given that we are still in the midst of a pandemic, it would have been a little redundant for James to bring extra security when the league already has their own private security watching to hotels to make sure nobody breaks the bubble.
