LeBron James' former teammate explains why it 'sucks' playing with him

Richard Jefferson played with the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James for two seasons from to and won an NBA championship before his -year career ended But playing with James considered the best athlete in the NBA during the prime of his career wasn t inevitably rainbows and butterflies James competitiveness was otherworldly CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMJefferson explained on the Road Trippin podcast the possibility of James getting a buyout from the Los Angeles Lakers and rejoining the Cavaliers at the end of his career Playing with LeBron sucks because you re trying to win a championship the current ESPN NBA broadcaster announced via Awful Announcing He is one of the bulk competitive human beings in the history of American sports and sports in general Does it suck when you re showing up and he s already been practicing for four hours and you re like Oh s--- ' When he s watching film and you mess up a play and he s just like Motherf----- what are you doing EMERGING LAKERS STAR DARIUS BAZLEY EXITS NBA SUMMER LEAGUE TOURNAMENT IN WHEELCHAIR WITH APPARENT SERIOUS INJURYBut Jeferson noted the upside was he was playing with one of the greatest basketball players of all time And it s like Yeah those are the cons But there were cons for playing with Michael Jordan There were cons for playing with Kobe Bryant There were cons playing with players that were so great that they demanded excellence There were cons for playing for Pat Riley or Gregg Popovich or Erik Spoelstra There s invariably cons when you re trying to win at the highest level James future with the Lakers may be in question but he s reportedly expected to be with the squad Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter