02-01-2024, 08:01 PM
(02-01-2024, 07:49 PM)F Gump Wrote: Legit reporter - TV sports anchor in LA. This may go nowhere, but it's a credible report. Which is interesting.
It's not out of the realm of possibility that LA could get tired of the losing, and demand a trade. He's a FA in the summer, so likely to drive the destination choices.
It's probably the reporter just making a dark joke but the Lakers fanbase is sweating this. I think Lebron is a unique situation and the Lakers would probably trade him wherever he asks. In order to remain the premiere NBA free agent destination, I believe the Lakers would honor Lebron's request.
If this is real, I could imagine the Mavericks being the team he would ask to be traded to. I could also imagine the Heat, Cavaliers, Knicks and Suns.
I don't like Lebron but I would change my stance the moment he became a Maverick. We would become the 2nd-best team in the NBA almost immediately.