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All season long LeBron James and Rajon Rondo have made it a habit to sit at the end of the bench away from the team which has led to several former players/coaches to call out the Lakers leadership.
Here is LeBron doing it last month.
I can take the losses, I can take the injuries, but this is the shit I can’t stand. It’s over, this is the end. pic.twitter.com/jJtQnnBPhR
— ⁸𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚 (@33643pts) February 6, 2019
Among everything wild and crazy in the NBA last night; Rajon Rondo sitting in the crowd while LeBron James has THREE EMPTY SEATS next to him on the Lakers bench is the #NBATwitter moment of the night.
I just love everything about this photo! pic.twitter.com/8ocyQdUIrf— Ari Wagner (@AriHoopsWagner) February 6, 2019
And Rondo from a few weeks ago.
2 Chainz is sitting closer to Rondo's Lakers teammates than Rondo pic.twitter.com/X3M0yUQJNj
— Brody Logan (@BrodyLogan) March 7, 2019
Rondo was infamously called out by ESPN broadcaster Mark Jackson in this clip that went viral on Twitter.
Mark Jackson rips Rajon Rondo and Lakers leadership during broadcast pic.twitter.com/iXTfOpBnml
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) March 7, 2019
“Look where Rondo is sitting. Unless he’s coming into the game, there’s no excuse for that … That can’t happen. For whatever reason, that can’t happen. … That’s unacceptable.”
Knicks legend Clyde Frazier ripped him for “not being a part of the team” and “not caring”.
Clyde Frazier criticizes LeBron for not being “part of the team” and says “he doesn’t really care” 😳 pic.twitter.com/cHGumjnI8L
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 17, 2019
This type of behavior is not…When you’re the face of the NBA I think you should be more a part of the team no matter what is going on. In the public you gotta be a part of your team. In the locker room you’re not but you have to exude that type of togetherness in public.
Oof.