SUMMARY
- LeBron James recently discussed how Michael Porter Jr. helped the Nuggets defeat the Lakers.
- King James also claims that Porter Jr. is in the perfect position with the Denver Nuggets.
LeBron James finally expressed his true feelings after the Los Angeles Lakers’ postseason aspirations came to a quick end. As most NBA fans should be aware, the Lakers matched up against the Denver Nuggets for the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Since both teams faced off last year as well, this series was given a lot of attention.
The Nuggets have dominated the Lakers for the past 2 seasons and continued the trend, eliminating Los Angeles within 5 games and putting an end to LeBron’s season. Although the 4x NBA champion did not get into detail regarding their loss in the following postgame interview, he shared more details on his podcast alongside JJ Reddick. With that being said, let us take a closer look and find out more about what he had to say.
LeBron James thinks Michael Porter Jr. is in the ‘perfect position’
While one might assume that LeBron considered Nikola Jokic or Jamal Murray as the biggest reason for him losing a series to the Nuggets once again, the Lakers star stunned the NBA world by giving credit to Michael Porter Jr and his elite shooting in the Nuggets-Lakers series. Moreover, King James also mentioned that luck played a huge role in helping MPJ find success with the Nuggets.
“I mean listen, Jamal hit 2 game winners on us but if you look at his numbers, we did a hell of a job on Jamal as far as making it tough on him. He shot maybe high 30s i don’t know the statistics and obviously jokers gonna do what he did. Michael Porter is the one who kicked our ass…There’s no way coming outta high school before the back surgery that Michael Porter would even be in Denver.”
It is always interesting to wonder about what-if situations. If Porter had never been injured and selected higher in the NBA Draft, he was likely to not have won an NBA championship last season. Coming back to present times, fans may be interested in hearing more about MPJ’s numbers in this series against the Lakers.
What did Michael Porter Jr. average against the Lakers in their playoff series?
Fans were certainly caught off guard to hear LeBron deliver praise towards MPJ as opposed to Jamal Murray or Nikola Jokic. Although Porter has the length and shooting abilities of an elite wing player, he is nowhere close to the other 2 in terms of playmaking or shot creation.