LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

Good. This trade LeBron stuff is out of control.

 

Do you guys think we should buy his a** out and waive him???

 

NO!!!!!!

 

it's of no benefit to us, and if he chooses to be disruptive or not fulfill his contract, we can suspend him and fine him so we save tons of money.



that'll never happen, but Kang is mulling over all his options to express his butthurtedness

 

Not sure if this is real… or previously posted. Or if it’s about rn rn or next offseason - sharing anyways FYI:

 

He’s not getting traded! This year anyway. But LOL we can ADD LeBron to the “career contract year” incentive to play extremely well THIS year … can’t we? To go with 5 other guys.

Ayton, Reaves, Hachimura, Goodwin, Kleber. And Luka on a mission to destroy if you need him.

 

1. He's not getting traded.

2. Gafford/Washington/Klay/Christie for LeBron/Bronny works in the trade machine lol.

 

again, it would make no sense for any contender to blow up their team and trade for him. why would the mavs gut their depth to bring in 40 year old lebron?

 

well, if he signed somewhere next year, he could take a huge pay cut for one last shot at a ring. It would suck for our FO if he went somewhere else and won a ring. It would make them look very bad. Then he could just say how unhappy he had been since 2020 because our FO was not trying to win. He could go out a winner and we would be the loser. Not likely how it will play out, but it is a possibility.

 

how much of a paycut could he take realistically? lebron's not signing a min level contract when he's still a top 10-15 player in the league

and i really don't think he cares about winning another ring either. his recent comments about "ring culture" hinted at that

 

Because they actually want to win a championship? If Kyrie came back looking like himself (big if), a Kyrie/Flagg/LeBron/AD/Lively team could do a lot of damage. It's not happening with the current version of their team, Kyrie, Klay and AD are going to age out before Flagg is ready. I understand why a team like Cleveland wouldn't do it, but the Mavs are stuck between two timelines so I actually think it would make sense to really go for it with their old guys. If it doesn't work out, no worries they have Flagg and didn't expend draft capital to bring in LeBron.

It's not happening, though. Just kind of fun to think about. I think LeBron is going to be here next season and maybe even the one after that. I'm highly skeptical of this whole Giannis/Jokic "plan", but if Giannis does force his way here next summer I bet LeBron tries to stick around as well.

 

you can't win a title without depth, and the mavs would have none of it if they traded for lebron. on top of that, you're relying on AD to stay healthy for an entire playoff run, kyrie to come back looking like his old self, and flagg to live up to the hype. i could see why the mavs would try, but it would be nothing more than a hail mary attempt by nico to save his a**

and i can't see either of those guys coming here. the bucks have shown they're willing to do whatever it takes to keep the team competitive and jokic comes off as someone who couldn't care less about LA and is content with staying where he's at

 

I don’t buy that at all.

 

I think LeBron definitely cares about winning another ring, but also cares about the optics. He’s not just going to sign for the minimum with a team already near the top of its conference like the Cavs. He knows everyone would discount that ring.

 

Except we wouldn't have AR any longer next year LOL. He's not coming off the bench this year. Just give him Max back. Thompson can do the bench thing.

 

he's not signing a minimum contract regardless. not just because he wouldn't do it, but because it would be an awful look for a guy who is still a top 10-15 player to be taking that big of a pay cut. it would set a bad precedent and would completely go against everything the player's union stands for

 

I actually don't think it would matter much, all people do after a couple of years is count the rings on his finger. How can you give someone in their 40's grief for winning a ring with other guys?? It would end out being absurd. If he wins, he will also win that argument. I doubt this happens but of course our FO better be thinking about this.

 

I would love to at haul from Dallas but Nico would be crazy to do it.
On the other hand…