LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

I'm in the same mindset I have been all year. I don't like Lebron, never have, but if you can sign him outright you do it. I love hearing some positivity about PG coming here. I've been dubious. We'll see. If you can pair up Lebron and PG and resign Randle you do it and don't look back. That's a rock solid core to kick GS's butts. We'd actually be in prime position to battle them with our combo of length, youth and vet leadership.

If we get PG and not Lebron I'm fine with that. Mostly I've been wanting Lebron to ensure PG comes. But if PG is down to come either way then I'm fine missing out on Lebron. We'll still need one other great player to either emerge from our young ranks or come to us in 2019 Free agency in order to take down GS. But PG would be a heck of an addition and he's young enough that we could grow into a contender.

 

Yes!!!! I like what I'm hearing. Make it so!

 

Tied with us though.

And if it's true Capela is getting maxed (another rumor he's starting coming from Phoenix), then they've got massive questions to answer. It'll be funny watching them pay Chris Paul 200 million and if LeBron joins that mess, he's a damn fool.

Hey he also said everyone will reject Dallas, so that's fun.

 

Capela absolutely needs to get paid. He can get the max. I would not necessarily give him max, but he'll get it, or close to it for sure. I really don't see how Houston can do this, but if they can - more power to them. They instantly become the most hated team in the league, and I would think that Bron gets crucified in the media for doing this again. I think the Lakers narrative is better, and that does not have anything to do with me being a Lakers fan. It's just a better story than - he joined two superstars who were waiting for him there and... oh wait, I have heard that one before.

 

I believe CyberX called Dwight to Houston, not sure if he’s made other predictions that happened, but he has been right before. As long as we don’t strike out in free agency, I’m good. I know a lot of people wouldn’t be content if all we ended up with was Paul George this summer, but I’d still call that a win for a team that hasn’t been able to lure a free agent star to sign here since 1996. If we added PG AND LeBron, that’s a grand slam. If we traded BI AND Kuz for Kawhi, well, honestly I’d be very sad, but if he were healthy, that’s a championship team and we’d still have Zo, Randle, and Hart, so I’d get over it.

 

Absolutely. At this point, I think PG is ours. We don't have to add Bron, it's not the end of the world; we would improve massively with just George and one year of experience - and the team is fun to watch. Maybe we can add Kawhi afterwards, maybe the FO is looking at renting Boogie for a year, to give him a chance. You know he wants LA badly. In any case It would be a fun offseason, and if we only get George, I'm cool with that for now. If we stay mostly healthy, that's a playoff team. A very young team, at that. No one would be able to run with us next year.

 

To be fair, Pete said it was all entertainment sources and none of the basketball people are as confident. He did say however that the entertainment sources are ADAMANT he's coming and that LeBron has lined this up for a long time.

That being said, one of the old back-up ESPN hosts for 710 back when I used to listen was Jeff Katz (something Katz) said (probably a year ago or so) that LeBron was coming to LA. Katz is a movie producer so he was using his entertainment connections I'm sure, but he called it back before everyone knew how good Kuzma and Hart were going to be. He called it a long, long time ago and nobody believed him at the time. I'm betting Katz either has the same sources as Pete or could be one of Pete's sources.

I'm actually closer to your thinking though. I think LeBron is 20-35% looking at LA without George. I think with George he's way closer to 50% looking our way. Add in the ancillary stuff (home, wife, kids, business ventures) and I think we could be the favorite. All I know is, he's not staying in Cleveland with that mess. Is he going to go to Philadelphia which looks like a barely contained mess? Houston would have to pull off the craziest stunts to get him. I think LA is quietly the best option as long as LeBron is convinced that the kids are worth something.