David Lee is, by my book, one more team away from being a fully fledged journeyman. But considering that he’s bounced around the country in recent seasons he’s been pretty successful. He hasn’t been part of any scrub teams, he has a championship ring. Life for David Lee isn’t bad.
He is now at Dallas after underperforming in Boston, but with weight issues dissipating for Lee, he’s now feeling happy in Dallas.
“I’m happy,” Lee said, reclining in a chair at his locker in Dallas last week. “Absolutely. It should just be a great time to put an end note on what was a great five years for me and the organization.”
“I came in, I wasn’t in shape, I didn’t play my best and lost my job,” Lee said of his time in Boston. “All that did was make me ask, ‘What do I not have that I had before?’ I wasn’t in as good of shape.”
“In my opinion, I’m playing as good a ball as I’ve played in a number of years,” Lee said. “After really getting back into shape, I feel great out there. I think I have three, four years left, one more deal, then we’ll see from there.“
Now these quotes came before his game against the Golden State Warriors where he finally got his championship ring. I’m glad he’s fine in Dallas, but it’s not like life in Boston was bad, he just needed a chance to get himself into gear.
