LeBron James stuck his neck out into the stalledJ.R. Smith negotiations and publicly stumped for the holdout guard.
"I hate coming into another season -- two years in a row -- with one of my big guns not here," James said, alluding to Tristan Thompson, who missed most of training camp last fall with a similar holdout situation. "So, for a leader of a team and for me personally, I just hate to deal with this s--- again.
"It's just too big of a piece to our team to have to deal with in another training camp. Like I said, hopefully things get resolved fast, because you know how big and important he is to our team."
James' comments came unprompted. In fact, a team public relations staffer told James he was free from media obligations for the day but James chose to meet with reporters anyway.
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