LeBron James Reveals How He Cheekily Convinced Montrezl Harrell to Sign with the Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers meant business during the 2020 offseason. They offloaded several talents but brought in massive reinforcements as well. The reigning champions went shopping right next door as they acquired free-agent Montrezl Harrell from rivals LA Clippers, and LeBron James can’t stop drooling over the move! 

Montrezl Harrell is NBA’s reigning Sixth Man of the Year, and he is a tough player. LeBron James loves to team up alongside talents like him, and the King is overjoyed with the Lakers’ newest member. 

James recently appeared on Spectrum SportsNet’s Road Trippin’ show, where he expressed his delight at Harrell’s arrival to the 17x champs.

“First of all, Trez was a next-door neighbor. We knocked on his door and said, ‘Do you like what’s going on here?’ We knocked on his door and we landed Trez,” LeBron mentioned. 

LeBron brilliantly convinced Harrell to sign with his team by singing their praise. They outshined rivals Clippers the previous season, and James brought that up as a case for him to switch teams.

The 4x MVP kept it real about what the Lakers lacked previously and why Harrell’s signing is a major boost. 

“We got Trez who’s the Sixth Man of the Year award winner, who’s gonna help our bench that we struggled with this past year with our bench keeping that up.”

Harrell averaged 18.6 points and 7.1 rebounds and shot 58.0% from the field during the 2019/20 regular-season

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LeBron James wants to have a chat with Marc Gasol about the 2013 DPOY award

LeBron James has never won the DPOY award in his career. However, he came incredibly close to winning it in 2013 only for Marc Gasol to finish ahead and spoil his party. LeBron still considers it to be a major snub and feels that he should’ve won the award.

Several questions were raised about the NBA awards’ authenticity as 2013 DPOY winner Marc Gasol didn’t even make the All-Defensive first team that year. However, it is all in the past. But LeBron cheekily taunted his new teammate on the Road Trippin’ show.

“Marc [Gasol] has my Defensive Player of the Year trophy at his house, but that’s not here or there. I love you, Marc! I can’t wait to talk about this,” expressed LeBron. 

It is incredible to see LeBron James pumped up and instilling the same feeling into others who are around him as well. He is determined to go for the repeat and is preparing the new signings for it as well. Can the Lakers go back to back? 

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