LeBron James talks watching ‘Tiger King,’ hopes to resume season

It’s been nearly a month since the NBA went to hiatus and LeBron James decided that it was the right time to answer questions from the professionals, rather than staying on Instagram Live. James took part in a conference call on Wednesday afternoon with the assembled Lakers media members, discussing what he’s been up to during the quarantine and his hopes, that echo those of Lakers president Rob Pelinka, to potentially finish the season where the Lakers have a chance to be crowned champions.

While Pelinka wants the Lakers to have a chance to pass their final test, LeBron admitted that it will be impossible for him to feel closure about this season if they aren’t able to finish it.

LeBron James on a conference call right now with some media says he'll appreciate some of the special moments from this season regardless, but: "I don’t think I would be able to have any closure if we did not have an opportunity to finish the season."

— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) April 8, 2020

However, LeBron realizes that the priority must be getting the public health situation under control before anyone can think about getting back to basketball.

* @KingJames, on a call w/local reporters, summarizing the current situation: “I think we can all agree that we know at the end of the day the wellbeing and the health of all of us is what’s most important. And when we get that under control, we can tackle everything else."

— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) April 8, 2020

Among his viewing habits during the quarantine, LeBron admitted to watching the Netflix hit show, “Tiger King,” because adding “King” to a show title is an easy way to get LeBron to watch.

LeBron: "Anything that has the word 'King' in it, I pretty much watch"

— Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) April 8, 2020