LeBron James announces he will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics after his Los Angeles Lakers lost to Phoenix Suns in the NBA
American professional basketball star, LeBron James, has ruled out his participation in the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo with the US national team.
LeBron James said after his Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Phoenix Suns 100-113 to bid farewell to the NBA champions, who will compete for this year's title from the first round of the playoffs, that he will devote the summer to recovering from an ankle problem.
The Los Lakers star, who never lost in the first round of the "Playoff", congratulated the Phoenix team on the "great performance."
He also congratulated the star of the opposing team, Devin Booker, who scored 47 points in the match, and urged him to continue improving on and off the field.
James, who will turn 37 in December, expressed his regret for the loss, explaining that the Lakers could not do his best because of the string of injuries he suffers from in his ranks.
And he stressed the need for his team to restore the player Anthony Davis next season without the physical problems he has suffered in recent months, which made him participate only for 5 minutes.
Despite the contracts made by the team for this season, the injury of Davis, as well as LeBron James for several weeks, as well as the absence of Marc Gasol due to the infection of the Corona virus, and the failure of the new deal, Andre Drummond, who joined the team last March, led to a confusion in the level of results for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Spanish news agency EFE
