LeBron James fires warning to Lakers team-mates ahead of Trail Blazers clash

LeBron James has warned his Los Angeles Lakers team-mates they still have a lot of improving to do ahead of their season-opening match against Portland Trail Blazers. “We just try to get better and better every day,” James said. “We need to improve on everything. We are new to each other so we have to.” “It is our the first game so it would be un-human like to not think about it but we still have a couple of days for the team to prepare,” he added. “I was excited about the first pre-season game, from watching to playing, it is the first of 82 so it will be fun. “There are four great teams playing, Oklahoma [City Thunder], Golden State [Warriors], Boston [Celtics] and Philadelphia [76ers] so it should be fun.” “I didn’t have a number [of games] last year. I just go out and if my body is feeling good then I’m in,” he said. “If my body is not able to perform at the level that I like to play for my team-mates then I won’t. “I will be playing more than just the first half, 15 minutes, other than that I prepare myself for a pre-season game as I do a regular game. “I prepare my body, my activation before the game before I even get to the arena.”

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