Ramon Sessions says playing for the Los Angeles Lakers is “crazy” – NBA Update
Ramon Sessions had no idea what he was getting into when the point guard arrived at the Los Angeles Lakers from the Cleveland Cavaliers. The player had spent his career around small market teams until then, but now was the big step into the most glamorous
team in the NBA.
And Ramon admits he wasn’t really ready for what came next.
He became an instant star overnight. The player was followed around by the paparazzi, chased by fans and got talked about on TV every night. Sessions had never known what playing for the Lakers actually meant, he had just heard about it, and after going
through the experience he could only muster the word “crazy”.
“I was staying in a hotel right by the practice facility at first and I would see some fans waiting out back when I left,” Sessions said. “One time, I parked in the front of the hotel and started walking down the hallway. The next thing I know, there are
five fans running after me in the hallway. It was crazy. They came out of nowhere and they were coming at me. I was just thinking, ‘What is going on?’”
Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most storied franchises in the NBA. While they lag behind the Boston Celtics for the record of the most NBA World Championship wins, the Lakers have always been in the limelight and among the contenders.
The fanfare around the club is like no other in the NBA, and while Hollywood gives a lot of attention and fame to Lakers, it also demands a lot out of them. All that was a whole new thing for Ramon, who came from the Cavaliers in a deadline day trade and
he deemed it quite the experience, according to Sessions.
“Nobody knows what its like,” Sessions said with a laugh. “People may think they know, but they don’t have any idea how much different it is to be a Laker.”
The Lakers could be termed the NBA’s equivalent of the New York Yankees in baseball, or Manchester United in football. As Ramon fittingly summarized, Los Angeles Lakers are the show.
“The Lakers are the show that everyone watches around here.”
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