LeBron James takes exception to Lakers' preseason travel to Milwaukee: 'Please explain to me why'

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The Los Angeles Lakers' preseason docket has LeBron James taking to societal media to question wherefore his squad indispensable question to Milwaukee to look the Bucks Thursday.

"Can idiosyncratic delight explicate to maine wherefore we’re getting connected a [plane emoji] and heading to Milwaukee for 1 pre-season game!?!?" James posted connected X Wednesday.

The Lakers volition alert 1,750 miles to Milwaukee to look Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks astatine 8 p.m. ET. And portion this whitethorn look mean to NBA fans, James and the Lakers whitethorn not hold with the scheduling considering nary of their games are astatine home.

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Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James reacts aft scoring connected a accelerated interruption layup against the Atlanta Hawks astatine Crypto.com Arena March 18, 2024, successful Los Angeles. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The crushed for that is Crypto.com Arena is undergoing renovations, according to ESPN.

The Lakers' "home" preseason games connected the docket against the Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns were played successful Palm Desert, California, a two-hour autobus thrust from the team’s grooming center.

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After Milwaukee, the Lakers volition look the Golden State Warriors doubly and the Suns erstwhile more. James is questioning wherefore they person to question to the Midwest for the preseason erstwhile they could play an hostile overmuch person to home.

And he’s not the lone professional who thinks the preseason docket is simply a spot implicit the top.

"Not an perfect preseason for us," JJ Redick, the Lakers’ first-year caput coach, said Tuesday via ESPN.

Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James during media time astatine the UCLA Health Training Center successful El Segundo, Calif., Sept. 30, 2024. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

It’s worthy noting that, portion the league is liable for putting unneurotic the regular-season docket for each team, the preseason is scheduled by each squad. They person up to six games they are allowed to schedule, though determination is nary minimum.

According to ESPN, the Lakers, who hosted the Bucks successful the preseason past year, are returning the favour "as portion of a preseason trade-off arsenic a home-and-home series."

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers against the Denver Nuggets successful Game 4 of the archetypal circular of the 2024 NBA Playoffs April 27, 2024, astatine Crypto.Com Arena successful Los Angeles. (Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images)

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The Lakers statesman the 2024-25 regular play Oct. 22, erstwhile they big the Timberwolves astatine Crypto.com Arena.

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