While LeBron James was one of the players who has been the strongest advocate for resumption of the game since the season was suspended on March 11, Yahoo! Sports that his peers began to see a shift in his position during Wednesday’s meeting over their strike. James was ready to go with what the majority decided.
During the meeting, Udonis Haslem pressed James on what he was planning to do with the reminder that he’s the face of the NBA and it goes as he goes.
James then said, “We’re out,” and ran out with almost all of his teammates behind him, sources said, with Dwight Howard the only member of the Los Angeles Lakers left. The Los Angeles Clippers also ran out.
On Thursday morning when the players had to meet again at 11:00 AM ET, sources said the Lakers arrived 45 minutes late. Members of the executive committee reached out to James and Lou Williams to see where their teams stood and they confirmed they were ready to move on.
But while James told other players that he was, it would depend on how the players’ meeting with owners went. James, who was adamant about urging owners to do more in advocating for the Black community and use their resources to combat systemic racism, was ready to reverse course if the meeting did not go well.
Sources told Haynes that James felt comfortable with the promises made by NBA owners to work on real action points that would support the Black community.
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