Amin Elhassan

I talked to Law Murray, actually, with the interview drops today on Basketball Illuminati, get it wherever you get podcasts, and Law Murray, who's covered the Clippers literally longer than anybody in the media,

was basically at a very, it was kind of very blunt.

He didn't pull punches, but he said, James isn't doing this for the money.

This is a guy who's given up money in the past so that teams could assign more players and better players and all that.

James is doing this because

He wants to win a championship.

He's worried about his legacy.

And he's being realistic.

Look at the Clippers.

Even though they've been playing great, are they going to win a title?

They're not going to win a title.

And this aspiration stuff means it's only probably going to get worse from here on out once the judgments get levied.

So he's like, get me out of here.

Let me get somewhere where I have a chance.

And he looks at Cleveland and is like, okay, they're in the East.

Their path is a lot easier.

They were a really good team last year.

They've got a superstar, Donovan Mitchell.

I can go there and help them out.

He can't.