James and Doncic are not in line? The Lakers personally denied the rumors, James choice is amazing

Recently, Lakers star Doncic reached a three-year, $165 million contract renewal with the Lakers. This was originally a very happy thing for Lakers fans, but at the signing ceremony, James did not come to the stage with other Lakers teammates to congratulate Doncic, which led to some media with ulterior motives and dark people taking the opportunity to make a big fuss, and they all said that James and Doncic were not in harmony, and James was completely abandoned by the Lakers. As a result, less than a day, he was slapped in the face by the Lakers with the team reporter.

Today, NBA reporter Marc Stein reported that although James did not come to the scene to support Doncic's signing, he had a video call with Doncic on Saturday morning local time to congratulate him on completing the contract renewal. In addition, Lakers reporter Anthony F. Irwin also said: "I have said many times that the two had contacted each other very early this summer and discussed how to cooperate next season. There was no conflict between the two at all."

These two reporters emphasized two key information. First, before Doncic officially signed the contract, before other Lakers teammates came to support Doncic, James had actually been in touch with Doncic and expressed congratulations. Therefore, it is not important whether James was present. Secondly, James was not completely excluded from the team's future plans by the Lakers as some outside media and fans believe. On the contrary, when he first entered the offseason, he had already communicated with Doncic and discussed the cooperation between the two next season and the team's construction direction.

Then the question is. Since James and Doncic have no conflicts, he has not been excluded from the Lakers' future plans, why did he remain so silent throughout the offseason and did not participate in any Lakers-related activities? In fact, this proves exactly how amazing James is and his wise move. In fact, many people can see that in recent years, James has been giving up his position and transitioning the team's boss position to Thomas. In many public occasions, Thomas is letting Thomas speak out. After the Lakers exchanged Thomas for Doncic, they clearly stated that Doncic is the core and cornerstone of the team. In this case, James will naturally slowly hand over the media attention and voice to Doncic, and slowly retreat to the second line.

Evidence is that during this offseason, most of the Lakers' recruitment work was completed with the participation of Doncic, especially the recruitment work of Ayton and Smart. Doncic played a very important role. Doncic himself said in an interview: "Build a team to win the championship. I think we have introduced two great players. I have played against them before, but I have never played with them, so I am very happy that they can join my team." This shows that from the media's voice to the creation of the team's lineup, James and the Lakers have to default to Doncic as the core. In this case, all James has to do is not to steal Doncic's limelight.

But the problem is that James is a veteran superstar in the league after all, and his influence is unquestionable. As long as James appears on any occasion, the media's attention will be tilted towards him, and traffic and topics will be actively looking for him. For example, this summer, even though James clearly said nothing, the media and fans will automatically make up for it one after another. James and the Lakers broke, James was going to be traded, and James and Doncic are incompatible. So imagine, if James really appeared at Doncic's signing ceremony, how many people would care about what Doncic said, and how many media would surround James? So James didn't go to the scene, just telling everyone that the Lakers are Doncic's team now, and everything is fine if Doncic says.

This just reflects James' greatness and high emotional intelligence. When many NBA stars grow old, they are unwilling to admit their old age and are unwilling to give up the position of the team's boss. They steal the limelight in various public occasions, which eventually leads to conflicts with the team's new core. However, James did not do this. He accepted the role change very calmly and gradually faded himself in front of the media and the public, but still maintained a good relationship with Doncic in private. This behavior is a very comfortable and worth learning from in terms of workplace and life.