With the new defeat this Thursday (105-112) against the Nuggets, which pushes the Lakers to the brink of elimination, LeBron James sees his chances of obtaining a fifth title being seriously compromised. And according to a former player, the King won’t taste success again as long as a certain superstar is in the league.

No matter how great his track record is, LeBron James will always be compared to Michael Jordan and sometimes others in the GOAT debate. If some refuse to consider the King as such, it is among other things because his number of rings is lower than that of His Airness. But by lifting the Larry O’Brien trophy for the fifth time, the Chosen One’s detractors would start to run out of arguments a little.

However, this possibility is unlikely to become a reality this season, since the Lakers are currently trailing 3-0 in their series against the Nuggets following their defeat (105-112) this Thursday. Kendrick Perkins went even further, as he recently stated via a social media post that the 39-year-old winger won’t win another title without another superstar retiring.

Never again a ring for LeBron James?

LeBron will never win another title unless Nikola Jokic retires early.

It was in 2020 in the bubble that LeBron James won his last ring. Since then, failures have multiplied. And despite reaching the conference finals last year, Los Angeles had already been swept 4-0 by Nikola Jokic’s Nuggets. Could the Serbian be the main cause of the quadruple MVP’s woes? For the former pivot this is a fact, but not necessarily for a large part of Internet users.

Or unless they get a new coach and better bench players. LeBron and Anthony Davis were very good.

What if they recruited a competent coach, a center and a playmaker? It’s not like they haven’t been very close in the last two games.

According to Kendrick Perkins, as long as Nikola Jokic is still in the league, LeBron James will not be able to win the title again. On the other hand, some fans of the King persist in thinking that it would only take a few changes in the team to see their idol reach the top again. Notice to the leaders of the Purples and Golds…