Lakers star LeBron James complaining about flying to Milwaukee for a preseason game |Max Sporty|

LeBron James is not happy with the preseason schedule of the Los Angeles Lakers.

While five of their six games are manageable, it was this week’s quick road trip from Southern California to Milwaukee that seemed to throw off the 39-year-old. James took to social media Wednesday morning before the team’s nearly four-hour flight from Los Angeles to Milwaukee for a preseason game with the Bucks on Thursday.

“Can someone please explain to me why we are going on a [plane] and going to Milwaukee for one preseason game!?!?” he wrote, before adding that he was “surprised” at himself for even getting on the plane.

Naturally, the Bucks couldn’t help but respond.

First of all, it’s not like James and the Lakers are flying commercial here. They are running a chartered team flight that will go directly to Milwaukee, which makes the roughly 1,750 mile trip as easy as it could possibly be.

And second, it’s not like the Lakers are the only team traveling for preseason games. The Bucks just played a preseason game in Detroit, for example, and they’ll head to Dallas for a game against the Mavericks next week. The Boston Celtics, who won the NBA title last season, flew to Abu Dhabi for a pair of preseason games against the Denver Nuggets earlier this month. That’s about a 6,700-mile trip one way. The Celtics will also fly to Toronto for a game against the Raptors next week.

The NBA also does not control a team’s preseason schedules. The Lakers have built their own, and there is no minimum amount of games required to be played. Teams are allowed to play up to six. They travel to Milwaukee this preseason as part of a home-and-home preseason series after the Bucks traveled to Los Angeles for a game last October.

But in James’ defense, all six of the Lakers’ preseason games are away from Crypto.com Arena — which is currently undergoing renovations. That also temporarily displaced the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, who will open their regular season with seven straight road games.

The Lakers opened their preseason with a pair of games in Palm Desert, which sits about two hours east of downtown Los Angeles. After returning from their game at Fiserv Forum, the Lakers will close the preseason with a game against the Golden State Warriors in Las Vegas, a game at the Phoenix Suns and then with a final game against the Warriors in San Francisco.

“Not an ideal preseason for us,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said Tuesday of their travel schedule, .

So while he may not like it, the Lakers’ trip to Milwaukee is not at all out of the ordinary.

James and the Lakers will officially open their season on October 22nd at Crypto.com Arena. It will mark James’ 22nd in the league, which matches an all-time record, and his first season playing with his son, since the draft earlier this summer. They will become the once they take the court together this season.